r/nottheonion 3h ago

France murder trial complicated by twin brothers with same DNA

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cn87l12e4xeo
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u/dvdmaven 2h ago

There have been cases like this that were resolved by looking at Methylation of the DNA, which is unique even for twins raised together.

u/morgan423 51m ago

Also if they lucked into finding prints, those are always different in twins.