Is it possible to have a twin on earth and not know about it?

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   Edwin Clarkposted 14 years ago

   I'm not talking about a biological twin. I'm talking about someone living in another country who looks like an exact copy of you.
   
   I'm bringing this up because one day I was in Germany and I saw someone who looked exactly like one of my best friends. It was so freaky I nearly called his name out, but I rememebered just in time he's back in New York and to my knowledge has never been to Germany.
   
   So I called him just to check, and yes he was home. Maybe the gene pool on earth has a point where it just tops off and resets

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   knolyourselfposted 14 years ago

   Long time ago I was told I had a twin running around. Last I heard he was in Canada.

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      greathubposted 14 years agoin reply to this

      possible!

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   AEvansposted 14 years ago

   I believe it possible as friend once told me they saw me in London , but when they thought it was me and started yelling for them, the woman was cordial however her name was not Julianna, it was Jill strange I wish they would have take a picture.

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      bkmmoonposted 14 years agoin reply to this

      i think it's possible but u no not like an exact twin just some1 who kinda sorta looks like a twin....if u no what im sayin'.

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         Edwin Clarkposted 14 years agoin reply to this

         Yes, I would've agreed with you about this, until I saw the guy in Germany that looked 100% like one of my best friends back in USA. Same hair, height, weight, dressed differently of course.
         
         Maybe if I stay in the same cafe again I can spot the guy and take a picture. It'll make a funny christmas gift

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   sandra rinckposted 14 years ago

   Not possible! No one looks like muah.

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   TheMoneyGuyposted 14 years ago

   Highly probable, there are a fixed number of alleles in the human genome as the population grows the probability of your exact set coming up continues to increase.  It's like hitting the lottery.  Pure math.

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      sandra rinckposted 14 years agoin reply to this

      nope!  If they don't have the Sandy gene then it cannot happen.

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         TheMoneyGuyposted 14 years agoin reply to this

         Do you consider that a recessive gene or a Dominate gene.
         
         TMG

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            sandra rinckposted 14 years agoin reply to this

            neither, it's the Sandy gene, unique only to me! 

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               TheMoneyGuyposted 14 years agoin reply to this

               That is a Good thing, because I would be really busy smiting people for both you and your twin. :LOL

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                  sandra rinckposted 14 years agoin reply to this

                  Aw shucks!  Even if I did have a twin meandoring out there somewhere in the world, if she was anything like me, she still wouldn't have you smite anyone. 

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                     TheMoneyGuyposted 14 years agoin reply to this

                     You are a very unique person indeed!

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      Edwin Clarkposted 14 years agoin reply to this

      I agree, it's highly possible with the population explosion all over the world that there should be at least one person who looks like any of us.
      
      Sorry Sandy that includes you too

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         sandra rinckposted 14 years agoin reply to this

         nope, my finger prints are like snow flakes.  Sorry, mine is mine. 

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            Edwin Clarkposted 14 years agoin reply to this

            Okay Sandra (rolling eyes) yes you're finger print is unique.
            
            But just to stretch this a bit, with all the billions of people on earth, past, present and future, don't you think it's still possible for someone to have finger prints that are the same as yours.
            
            Now I'm not a math genius, but just think about the probabilites of that happening

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               sandra rinckposted 14 years agoin reply to this

               No, not possible at all! Cloning Sheep doesn't even produce exact replicas. 

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                  Edwin Clarkposted 14 years agoin reply to this

                  But sheeps don't have fingerprints
                  
                  Yes, I'm aware not even biological twins have the sames fingerprints.
                  
                  I just think that there is a strong possibility that with so some many people that inhabit this planet there should at least be a remote chance that somebody shares the same fingerprints as me. I just hope he's not a psycho killer

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                     sandra rinckposted 14 years agoin reply to this

                     What do you think the chances are of someone being born on the same day and hour and minute as you being given the same name, but born a thousand miles apart and never being in contact with anyone from anyone who knows anyone who know anyone you know?  Especially when you have a unique name.

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