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Are any two fingerprints the same?

Updated: 8/10/2023
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12y ago

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No.

Fingerprints are determined by growth conditions in the womb, and are - as far as we know today - unique to the individual.

What sometimes happens though is that formal identification of a finger print is based on a set number of features - not the whole print. And sometimes people's prints are similar enough to be counted as identical at this first comparison.

It's a bit like trying to identify someone by the color of their car, their house and their dog and some other belongings.

If you make the list long enough, eventually there's only one that matches.

But if you keep it short, you can find several that'll fit.

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13y ago

No everyone in the world has different fingerprints. There are different types of fingerprints like loop and double loop. People may have the same "types" of fingerprints but there are no identical fingerprints.

To see the different types look at this website link below.

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Our fingerprints are the result of our genes and the environment. Many genes probably influence our fingerprints, and our environment plays a significant role in creating our fingerprint as well. Because no two people have the same genes and are no people are influenced by the exact same environmental factors, no two people can have the same genes. This includes twins, because they have been exposed to different environmental factors.

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No way it is never possible for two fingerprints to be the same

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Yes they can but the chance of that happening is one in like a few million or billion.

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No everyone has their own, unique thumb print

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no they cant

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