Would non identical twins get away as the other?

[Anonymous]

Say for example if the twins were non identical but looked very similar about 95% similar. If an acquaintance or someone that didn’t know them very well, maybe met once or twice, saw one of the twins walking in the street that they hadn’t previously met, but they met the other, would they think it was the twin they met?

Yes

No

[antelope51]

I'm autistic/face-blind... therefor, I've had to develop coping mechanisms when meeting people to "remember" them. So, oddly, I don't have any problem telling identical twins apart, because the data points don't add up to someone I've met before. And if I have, they both have a unique "fingerprint" in my brain. I really am not sure how to explain this. It's not just looks, but body language, inflections in speech, and a bunch of other things that give me an overall impression of the individual rather than just looks.

[Asker]

Very interesting! So it’s multiple data points that would trigger the memory and non identical twins don’t have identical data points

[antelope51]

They have unique personalities/tells. Even the ones that are really close and finish each other's sentences, one tends to take the lead more often.

[Asker]

That’s true

[jennifer_bloom]

One of my bible study peers in University had a twin. I would say they lived their own lives. He was in the Mississauga campus at U of T and his brother was in the Toronto campus at U of T. He also studied medicine while his brother studied legal work. Different lives, different wives, different social circles, different networks etc...

[Asker]

That’s nice that they could breathe from one anroger

[Asker]

Another

[RandomUser1000]

It is possible that twins with big similarities can fool someone who doesn't know them well that they are their twin.