The order of birth for my sister and I is wrong, how do I correct it please

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WikiTree profile: Cathi Andrell
in Genealogy Help by Cathi Andrell G2G6 (7.0k points)

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Not sure what you mean exactly, but the list of siblings is ordered by the exact date of birth. So you should check both yours and hers.

If it is on the profile as text, you can simply change it.

We cannot see your sister as she is living, hence hidden.
by Michel Vorenhout G2G6 Pilot (313k points)
Maybe the two dates of birth are the same?
My sister Margaret Milne Andrell is my twin sister we were born on same day and she is the eldest out of us both, for some reason it shows me first?.
I don't think you can change that, as it will list you alphabetically when it's the same date.  (It does the same with my great-grandmother and her sister.)
Just explain it in the biography section for both of you -- even if we can't see it because you're living.
Ty for your reply now to soothe a ruffled elder twin sister's feathers lol

Well, hey, her feathers shouldn't be ruffled -- she should see it as a compliment!  How often do we "fight" to be seen as younger than we are?  cheeky  
You only need to read a few census records to see that.  And the men weren't above lowering their age at times, too, to seem younger - or older.
(I'm one of the forever 21 brigade -- except in my head I still look as I did at 18, no matter what my mirror shows, or my factual side says.)

My gr-grandma was relegated to being the younger, as well -- she was Margaret and her sister was Elizabeth.

edited for typo

Parents should anticipate that when naming twins ;-)
You would think, right!
I guess I have seen families where all the kids were named in alphabetic order. Cannot remember where, though.
Lol man the amount of Margaret's that crop up on both sides of my family trees is unbelievable, I could write a real pity book on the other  christian names in the families. We who not named generation after generation Margaret I salute you all lol.

Thank you all who replied to my problem
I went to school with 5 sisters that all had Anne in their Christian name eg Dianne Suzanne, Annette, Marianne, Annemaire.

Guess what their mother's christian name was lol

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