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Supertwins
F
ingerprint experts tell us that every person’s fingerprints are
unique. That means no other person in the world has fingerprints
like yours. Not your mother or father. Not your brothers or sisters or
any other relatives. But is that really true?
Think about identical twins
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Identical twins are more than brothers or
sisters who were born at the same time. Identical twins have exactly the
same DNA. This means they are actually two copies of the same person.
Identical twins have the same color eyes and the same color hair. They
walk the same, talk the same, and have hands that are the same shape.
So what about identical twins’ fingerprints? If they really are two
copies of one person, they might have the same fingerprints. You can
find out for yourself. Meet the Ferreira supertwins.
The Ferreira brothers, Matt, Jeff, and Dan, are triplets. They are
identical triplets. Matt, Jeff, and Dan are three copies of the same
person. Another name for more than two copies of the same person
is supertwins.
Matt, Jeff, and Dan Ferreira
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