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Double parietal hair whorls (Fig 4) are a normal variant in 5% of individuals. Ten percent of African American infants with short, curly hair have a parietal hair whorl. [ 2 , 13 ] Observe the ...

In twins 70 percent had hair whorls going the same direction—and 86 percent of all twins had clockwise whorls. In the nontwin French kids, only about 4 percent of kids had a counterclockwise whorl.