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My sister, who is three years younger than I, looks like me.
posted by
FormerStudentIntern
on July 18, 2012 at 9:58 AM
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Many years ago, both I and my younger brother played soccer, but on different teams. One year both of our teams made it to the state championships, which was covered by the local media. My team's uniforms consisted of red shorts and a red & white striped shirt, and I wore the number 3. My brother's team wore green shorts with green & white striped shirts, and he also wore number 3. But in a black & white newspaper photo, both teams looked identical. One spread showed a picture of my brother in action, but somehow, they confused him with me, and my name appeared in the caption. Everyone who saw it chuckled and accepted the confusion because we looked so similar. Guess what? We're four years apart in age! So, confusing siblings as twins isn't really out of the ordinary! 
posted by
JimmyA
on July 18, 2012 at 7:57 AM
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I can understand being hurt if the one person in the World at that age
didn't always recognize you. Mom's are supposed to know.
posted by
Kabu
on July 18, 2012 at 5:37 AM
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Did you feel it deminished your full identity to possibly share it with another?
posted by
Justi
on July 17, 2012 at 10:34 PM
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