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When a single embryo in a mother's womb splits into two separate embryos early on in embryonic development, identical twins are created. Because the two twin embryos originate from the same single embryo, they will have extremely similar, if not identical, physical appearances and emotional actions when they are born.

Identical twins are "identical' because they are created from the same original embryo during development inside the womb, not due to who their parents are.

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