I was known for being an identical twin, and that shaped my identity. We lived in a small town in Iowa, and no one could tell us apart. My husband's best friend is a triplet, so he understood that my ...

When we think of identical twins, we often imagine mirror images — same face, same smile and perhaps even the same talents. But what surprises many is that these genetic carbon copies can have ...

Kristen Baker was the maid of honor at her identical twin sister’s wedding. Seconds after the ceremony ended, she stepped out of her bridesmaid dress and into her own wedding gown. “It was crazy,” ...

From Romulus and Remus—the myth of the twin brothers who founded the city of Rome—to the synchronized speech of Australia's "Twinnies" Paula and Brigette Powers, identical siblings have long inspired ...

At the core of many people’s fascination with twins is the belief that, at least in the case of identicals, their minds are as similar as are their bodies. There is both truth and conjecture in this ...

Conjoined twins occur when identical twins have fused bodies before they are born. This condition has also been known as "Siamese twins," now considered an inappropriate, outdated term. The exact ...