My identical twin and I only started dressing alike as adults. It's the way it should be.

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The author and her twin, in 2020. The sisters once pledged never to be caught together wearing the same outfit.

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I'm the only one of my siblings who had a relationship with our father, so I was his caretaker. I don't regret it.

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Lynnette Lyons, right, with her father, mother, and two siblings when they were all younger sitting on a couch.
Lynnette Lyons has two younger brothers, and when their father's health deteriorated, it fell on her to care for him.

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My brother drowned trying to save someone else on the Fourth of July. I dread the holiday every year.

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Janet Funk has dreaded the Fourth of July ever since her brother Robbie died in 1990.

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I moved all over the US and was scared to put down roots anywhere. Living with my sister showed me that having a home base is good.

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Kathleen Levitt, left, and her sister sitting on a bed in their apartment together.
Kathleen Levitt, left, moved to New York to live with her sister.

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I had a hard time accepting my mother's fiancé. When she asked me and my sisters to walk her down the aisle, it helped me let go.

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Katrina Donham, left, with her sisters, a photo of their brother, and her mom on their mother's wedding day.
Katrina Donham, left, with her sisters, a photo of their brother, and her mom on their mother's wedding day.

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Oldest siblings tend to make more money. Researchers have a new theory that explains why.

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Researchers have a new theory for why older siblings tend to make more money than their younger siblings.

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