WHAT IS YOUR TWIN BROTHER LIKE? I was asked this question from time to time over many years before I came up with the answer. For that reason, I took special note of the final lines of THE COMEDY OF ERRORS, especially the couplet spoken by one of the servants to his new-found brother: “Methinks you are my glass, and not my brother:/ I see by you I am a sweet-faced youth.†For several years this has been my standard answer to being asked what my brother is like: “My brother is a very good –looking man.â€
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It occurred to me that the children of identical twin brothers are genetically half brothers or sisters rather than first cousins. Correct?
You’re right. Andrew and Molly picked up on this immediately and Andrew, Molly, Annalisa and Nick refer to each other as half brother or half sister.