Can identical twins look different?

Yes...there is always slight diference in many identical twins...remember Zack and Cody from disney...even they have features differnt from each other...btw Vikram's moustache and his eyes looked more like work of photshop then his own...but there must be quiet some differences in twins...my friend has her idential twin but they look quiet diffrent due to shape of their face...one has round and another has oval face and small things like eye color or shape of ears

Yes there's always slight differences even between identical twins , the most important one the fingerprints 😆 and minor differences such as eyes , ears , skin tone etc...

Twins can be identical or non identical.

Originally posted by: aparnauma

Twins can be identical or non identical.

Identical twins result when a fertilized egg accidentally gets split completely/duplicated and forms to separate embryos which develop into babies.They will be completely identical because they are born when one egg gets fertilised by one sperm.

They are called monozyogtic twins.

Non identical twins are usually a result of more than one egg being fertilized at the same time.

In these cases the twins are not identical they are more like siblings who have differences.

They are called dizygotic twins.

yes,i have seen my neighbours granddaughters who were identical twins looking very different..in height,skin colour,size...are totally different from eachother.

aparnauma,

Generally the differences between identical twins are subtle. Identical twins that are very different as in the example of TM are rare.

Originally posted by: tinoo

aparnauma,

the discussion is on whether IDENTICAL twins can look different (monozygotic twins)... so the reference to dizygotic/fraternal twins you have made is irrelevant.

Monozygotic twins are NOT completely identical. They have different fingerprints, different teeth prints (unique dental records) and the iris of the eyes is also unique in indentical twins which is why passport biometrics can distinguish between eye records.

aparnauma, How can finger prints and iris be modified by environment and lifestyle?