TWINS OF CITY

Does growing up as a twin affect who you grow into?

By Yomi Hemley

Dynamic duo, two peas in a pod, double trouble, twins. Twins make up only 3.21% of all births in the United States, making it a relatively rare occurrence. Because of this, most City High students can’t relate to the experiences of twins. However, City High has a relatively high rate of twins, with at least two pairs of twins in each grade currently.

Twin VS Non-Twin Relationships

According to National Institute of Health, twins behave incredibly similar to regular siblings. However, according to their shared age causes it to be easier to become closer with them than regular siblings.

“We do a lot more things together. Especially since our older brother is six years older and then our second oldest is four years older. So they do a lot of things together, [that was] the way it went. We were the same age so we did a lot of the same things” Grace Schuessler ‘24 says.

There is of course good and bad when it comes to being a twin. This includes having to understand certain harder life lessons from a young age.

“There’s definitely lessons you learn. When I was little, we had to share everything. What’s yours is your twins. But in other ways, it’s really frustrating, because you do have to do some things that you don’t want to do to help out. But it’s not that bad. I’d say it’s pretty nice” Will Karr ‘25 says. Understanding these things early can help make others become more empathetic and understanding towards the people they grew up with.

“I definitely can’t read her mind, but I feel like if Julia is hurt about something, I feel her emotions a lot of the time. I don’t really feel like that with other people, just her.” Maya Shannon ‘26 said.

Although some twins may view non-twin relationships differently, other twins focus more on the similarities of the two.

“It’s hard to have any siblings and it also has its pros and cons. It probably wasn’t harder than any other sibling relationship”