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Siblings don't share a guaranteed 50% of DNA, there's actually a chance (though remote) that they'd share no DNA.

Assuming each chromosome of a pair has an equal chance of being passed on (someone else got info on what, if anything, is known to change these odds?). So there are 2 x 2^23 possible chromosome sets. While the odds are low, it's entirely possible that two siblings with the same parents would have less than 50% of their DNA in common.

In the case of a chimeric individual, if they already were below 50% DNA in common, then the children they produce might appear as only distantly related, nieces and nephews at best.

parent Jtsummers 12 years ago

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