Iqaluit (Mar 01/04) - It is easy to confuse Joanasie for his equally lively brother, Alamie Pillaktuaq Jr.

"There are four more," Joanasie said, thinking of sets of identical twins in Iqaluit that he knows of.

Some of those twins are friends with the Pillaktuaqs.

It's fun for the brothers to hang out with other twins sometimes, trading stories about being confused with their twin or tricks they have played on teachers.

Together in classes since Kindergarten, the only time the Pillaktuaq brothers switched places and confused their teacher was in Grade 6.

They laugh at this memory, but promise they don't make a habit of such antics.

The two Grade 9 students do not even see each other as being very much alike.

Joanasie doesn't like going to the youth centre, but Alamie loves it.

In school, Alamie's favourite subject is math. He excels at long division. His brother's best subject is English.

"When we go to school, we go our separate ways," said Alamie.

Brothers agree the best thing about Iqaluit this time of year is the snow.

Sure, they play the same games: basketball, football and street hockey.

Nowadays they don't fight like they used to as kids, when their mom dressed them the same. Maybe that was because she had so many kids around the house -- six, to be exact.