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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Stanhope stars as Danny Walter on My Life With the Walter Boys, Cole's more mellow fraternal twin, who's dreaming of a future in acting.
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EW.com, 28 Aug. 2025
Danny is also Cole’s fraternal twin brother.
—Dessi Gomez, Deadline, 25 Aug. 2025
Finley joined First Tee – Greater Cincinnati & Northern Kentucky at age 8 with her older brother, Henry, who’s now a First Tee Scholar, and fraternal twin, Tiernan, an attendee at the First Tee’s Game Changers Academy in 2024.
—First Tee, Forbes.com, 25 July 2025
There's no reason why the fans from MLB should not consider softball to be their fraternal twin.
—Sean Gregory, Time, 6 June 2025
The new resort is a fraternal twin with Stella Nova, which opened in January.
—Dewayne Bevil, The Orlando Sentinel, 28 Mar. 2025
Then there’s the bonus house — in the rear yard stands a second 25-foot-wide townhouse that’s also around 3,500 square feet, a kind of hidden fraternal twin reached by a private entry from the sidewalk.
—Adriane Quinlan, Curbed, 19 Feb. 2025
In the case of fraternal twins — who share about half their DNA — if one fraternal twin has autism, the chance that the other will have autism ranges from 53% to 67%, according to an analysis of research studies.
—Liz Szabo, NBC News, 22 Nov. 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
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EW.com, 28 Aug. 2025
Danny is also Cole’s fraternal twin brother.
—Dessi Gomez, Deadline, 25 Aug. 2025
Finley joined First Tee – Greater Cincinnati & Northern Kentucky at age 8 with her older brother, Henry, who’s now a First Tee Scholar, and fraternal twin, Tiernan, an attendee at the First Tee’s Game Changers Academy in 2024.
—First Tee, Forbes.com, 25 July 2025
There's no reason why the fans from MLB should not consider softball to be their fraternal twin.
—Sean Gregory, Time, 6 June 2025
The new resort is a fraternal twin with Stella Nova, which opened in January.
—Dewayne Bevil, The Orlando Sentinel, 28 Mar. 2025
Then there’s the bonus house — in the rear yard stands a second 25-foot-wide townhouse that’s also around 3,500 square feet, a kind of hidden fraternal twin reached by a private entry from the sidewalk.
—Adriane Quinlan, Curbed, 19 Feb. 2025
In the case of fraternal twins — who share about half their DNA — if one fraternal twin has autism, the chance that the other will have autism ranges from 53% to 67%, according to an analysis of research studies.
—Liz Szabo, NBC News, 22 Nov. 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
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“Fraternal twin.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fraternal%20twin. Accessed 11 Sep. 2025.
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