half brothers

One parent shared

Half brothers share one biological parent but not both—typically the same mother with different fathers, or the same father with different mothers.

The relationship is distinguished from full brothers (who share both parents) and stepbrothers (who share no biological parent but are connected through a parent's marriage).

My half brothers and I have the same dad but different moms.

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degree of biological kinship

half brothersbrothers

Male children of same parents

blood brothers · twin brothers · identical twins · fraternal twins · unrelated

presence vs. absence of blood relation

half brothersstepbrothers

Sons from different parents' marriages

brothers-in-law · unrelated · strangers

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