fraternal twin

noun

: either member of a pair of twins that are produced from different eggs and may not have the same sex or appearance

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Kopelman’s fraternal twin brother, David, a judge, died in 2022, and his younger brother, Robert, died of lung cancer in 1999. Lisa Lockwood, WWD, 8 Oct. 2024 Michael Lockwood Finley Aaron Love Lockwood and Harper Vivienne Ann Lockwood are Lisa Marie Presley’s third and fourth children and fraternal twin daughters with her fourth husband, Michael Lockwood. Jason Pham, StyleCaster, 8 Oct. 2024 The couple welcomed fraternal twin girls, Eden and Savannah the next year. Colson Thayer, People.com, 3 Oct. 2024 Hailing from horror filmmaker Alexandre Aja (Crawl, Horns, The Hills Have Eyes), the film stars Berry as Momma, who lives in the post-apocalyptic deep South with her 10-year-old fraternal twin sons, Samuel and Nolan (Anthony B. Jenkins and Percy Daggs IV, respectively). Shania Russell, EW.com, 22 Sep. 2024 But also, Pete and Chasten Buttigieg adopted fraternal twin babies in August 2021. Elizabeth Logan, Glamour, 23 July 2024 His mother, Jasmine Watson, was unable to produce enough breast milk to fully nourish Chance and his fraternal twin brother, Chase. James Hill, ABC News, 7 July 2024 Gideon Scott Burtka-Harris, 13 Like his fraternal twin sister, Gideon Scott was born on Oct. 12, 2010, via surrogate. Sarah Title, Peoplemag, 8 May 2024 Over this past Thanksgiving holiday, Timothy Craig Braun and Peter David Arnold broke the news to their 19-year-old fraternal twin daughters: After 25 years together, they were finally getting married. Alyson Krueger, New York Times, 26 Jan. 2024

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fraternal twin

noun
: either of a pair of twins that are produced from different fertilized eggs and may not have the same sex, appearance, or disposition
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