Genetically speaking, am I more closely related to my individual parents, or one of my siblings, excluding identical twins?

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Genetically speaking, am I more closely related to my individual parents, or one of my siblings, excluding identical twins?

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You are 50% similar to each of your parents.

You are statistically about 25% similar to each of your non-identical brothers/sisters. It’s a little different if you and a sibling are the same gender, but 25% is an ELI5 generalization.

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