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the only people who knew you before you became this and still answer the phone
means The people who share at least one of your parents — your brothers and sisters, collectively.
from From Old English 'sibling,' meaning a relative or kinsman, built on 'sibb' — kinship, peace, the bonds of family — plus the diminutive '-ling.' The word nearly vanished from English for centuries, then was revived in the early 20th century by anthropologists and geneticists who needed a tidy, gender-neutral term for 'brothers and sisters.' So the cozy old root for kinship came back wearing a lab coat. That ancient 'sibb' also survives in the name Sibyl-adjacent forms and, more clearly, in 'gossip' — once 'godsibb,' a godparent, a relation by spirit rather than blood.
- shared dna
- Full siblings share about 50% of their genes
- first rivals
- Sibling conflict peaks at eight times per hour in childhood
- longest bond
- Usually outlasts every other relationship in your life
- birth order
- Effects on personality are far weaker than once believed
- twin secret
- Identical twins have different fingerprints
venus and serena williams — tennis champions who won 30 grand slams combined and faced each other 9 times in major finals
liam and noel gallagher — oasis brothers whose feuds and reunions defined britpop in the 1990s
tom and jerry — cartoon cat and mouse created by william hanna and joseph barbera in 1940