Identical twins look the same, are the same sex, share the same birthday and shares the same genes. www.shuttershock.com September 16, 2019 Curious Kids: why are some twins identical and some not? Alison McEwen, University of Technology Sydney and Chris Jacobs, University of Technology Sydney Interestingly, there are more non-identical twins in Australia now than there have been before. The number of twin pregnancies has grown over the past 30 years.