Hi

Although I am familiar with the meaning of fraternal, I don't understand it here. Could you please  explain the use of this word in these sentences?

Estha is Rahel's male fraternal twin.

Rahel  is Estha's female fraternal twin.

What if I delete this word? Will the sentence remain intact?

Thanks a lot,

Tom

Mr. Tom

“

Estha is Rahel's male fraternal twin.

Rahel  is Estha's female fraternal twin.

What if I delete this word? Will the sentence remain intact?

”

Since I'm not familiar with either one of those names, if I had to guess the genders of the two people based on name alone, I'd guess that Estha is female and Rahel is male.

Your sentences tell me (1) that my guess would have been incorrect, AND (2) that Estha and Rahel are (fraternal) twins.

Generally speaking, if you simply say "twins" (i.e. without the word "fraternal"), I think most people will usually assume you are referring to "identical twins" (i.e. both the same gender).