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your first rival, your built-in witness, the only person who remembers the crime with you
means a brother or sister — a person who shares one or both parents with you.
from From Old English 'sibling,' built from 'sibb' (kinship, relationship, peace among kin) plus the diminutive '-ling' — so literally 'a little relative.' That root 'sibb' is the same one buried in 'gossip,' which began as 'god-sibb,' a godparent, a person made kin to you by ritual. Curiously, 'sibling' nearly died out and survived only in dialects; it was revived by anthropologists in the early 20th century who wanted one tidy word for 'brother or sister' regardless of sex.
- shared dna
- Full siblings share about 50% of their genes
- birth order
- Firstborns score marginally higher on IQ tests
- oldest bond
- Sibling relationships often outlast both parents and spouses
- deep history
- Vertebrates have had siblings for over 500 million years
- twin trick
- Identical twins share fingerprintsbut still differ slightly
venus and serena williams — tennis champions who won 30 grand slam doubles titles together
liam and noel gallagher — oasis brothers whose feuds shaped 1990s britpop
kate and pippa middleton — sisters whose relationship was scrutinized during kate's royal marriage in 2011