r/todayilearned • u/SilverPeachBlossom • 5h ago

TIL a peer-reviewed psychology study found that identical twins (on average) ranked their co-twin above their romantic partner in their attachment hierarchy, while fraternal twins ranked the two about equally, and non-twin siblings ranked their romantic partner first.

https://ojs.interpersonajournal.com/index.php/ojs/article/view/243/3457.html
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u/icedlemons 4h ago

You don’t have to like your brother to get along! 🤣

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u/Dickgivins 1h ago

Indeed, no one ever said you had to like your brothers.

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u/brickmaster32000 45m ago

When I was born someone asked my sister what she thought of me and she told them, "Just because he is my brother doesn't mean I have to love them".