Identical Twin Question

[3113]

For a story: If one identical twin is left-handed, is the other also left-handed? I presume so, but I'm just checking to make sure

 

[CrimsonMaiden]

Most of the time, yes, but there are cases called "mirror" twins where one is left handed and one is right handed.

 

[voluptuary_manque]

Most of the time, yes, but there are cases called "mirror" twins where one is left handed and one is right handed.

Crim is right. I've encountered such.

 

[sr71plt]

I've met a twin or two who was underhanded. (Sorry, couldn't resist.)

 

[Carnevil9]

I'm trying to picture the sex scene that you are choreographing.......Carney

 

[buxxxom]

I'm trying to picture the sex scene that you are choreographing.......Carney

If such a thing comes to pass, is that considered incest or masturbation?

 

[keeblercrumb]

If such a thing comes to pass, is that considered incest or masturbation?

And in a mirrored room! Think of the possibilities!!!!! But apparently 3113 already has, damn it!!

-KC

 

[Emerald_Dragon]

I grew up with identicals that were mirror image twins. It made it easier to tell them apart.

 

[3113]

And in a mirrored room! Think of the possibilities!!!!! But apparently 3113 already has, damn it!!

No, no. That isn't my story. You're free to run with that idea. Yep. Twins in a house of mirrors....

 

[Weird Harold]

Crim is right. I've encountered such.

I've actually encountered more "mirror" twins than identical twins.

It isn't always manefested as one right-handed and the other left-handed, and the left-handed one is often forced into right-handed habits by teachers/parents/etc when it does manefest that way.
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[oggbashan]

My twin nephews are ambidextrous. So are their parents.

I'm ambisinistrous (useless with either hand).

Og

 

[emap]

Yeah but Ogg, you still have a tongue.

 

[Lady Legs]

Well since I'm a identical twin (and so is my sister ) and we are both right handed, I'd think that most identical twins are either both right (or left) handed although I have heard about mirror twins.

 

[LadynStFreknBed]

Did you know that twins are more likely to be left-handed than the general population? Being left-handed is considered a mild birth defect in the case of twns. If I remember correctly, it has to do with less room in the womb.

Don't get all offended. I'm left-handed and a twin, though my twin was stillborn.

 

[keeblercrumb]

No, no. That isn't my story. You're free to run with that idea. Yep. Twins in a house of mirrors....

I am running!

Uhh! Ouch! THUD!

"Fucking mirrors! I know they are in here somewhere!!"

-KC

 

[JAMESBJOHNSON]

Gerald Edelman wrote a fascinating book about molecular embryology: TOPOBIOLOGY. In it he writes about how identical twins are different. Much of the sameness is cosmetic.

 

[CrimsonMaiden]

Did you know that twins are more likely to be left-handed than the general population? Being left-handed is considered a mild birth defect in the case of twns. If I remember correctly, it has to do with less room in the womb.

Don't get all offended. I'm left-handed and a twin, though my twin was stillborn.

Really? Mine are left-handed, but I figured it was genetics since their daddy and grandmother are both left-handed.

 

[Dhalgren150]

I have one of each one is lefty one is righty.

 

[Frank Noir]

Gerald Edelman wrote a fascinating book about molecular embryology: TOPOBIOLOGY. In it he writes about how identical twins are different. Much of the sameness is cosmetic.

Makes sense. My mother and her sister were identical twins - and surprisingly different. Different looks, different personalities - very strange...