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TIL that cousins whose parents are identical twins share 25 percent of their DNA, instead of the normal 12.5 percent. While siblings share 50 percent of their DNA, half-siblings share 25 percent. That's why, though children of identical twins are legally cousins, they are genetically half-siblings

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