Siblings. We can’t live with them, and we can’t live without them. Brothers and sisters are known to fight like wild animals (right, mom?) one minute, and then turn around and be as thick as thieves the next. As you’ve grown older, you’ve probably developed a different kind of relationship with the brother or sister whom you butted heads with constantly as a kid. And they’ve now become more of a confidant and friend.
Some brothers and sisters shout out to the world just how much they mean to one another with these awesome matching sibling tattoos. Even the most traditional of moms would be hard-pressed to find issue with these meaningful tattoos!
9 There’s No Place Like Home
During a recent family visit, this brother and sister duo inked their ankles coordinates of their childhood home. They may no longer live in the house they grew up in, but their matching tattoos bring a new meaning to the phrase home sweet home!
8 A Sign Of Love
This brother and sister pair got their matching “I Love You” tattoos in sign language in honor of their mother, according to artist Hitman Tattoo who inked the pair. The sister’s image comes from five droplets of water composing the American Sign Language hand sign, while her brother’s design is a funky skeleton hand making the symbol.
7 Sister, Sister
Complementary teal and purple hues are incorporated in these matching designs of flopped colors. The S in “sisters” gives way to a heart that beautifully encompasses the rest of the written word. And the whole design is pulled together with an adorable butterfly in the complementary color.
6 I Got Your Back
On their own, these phrases in Olde English script lettering seem like half a sentence. And that is because they are exactly that! But when these two siblings stand next to one another, the words they’ve inked on themselves is complete: We’ll always have each other when everything else is gone. This brother and sister have really gone the extra mile to show the world how much they mean to one another!
5 Lucky Clover
This trio must consider themselves lucky to have one another. They inked their places in each other’s hearts… or, above the elbow?… with their matching lucky four-leaf clover tattoos. The simple design that they all got inked in the same place speaks volumes as to how these siblings feel for one another!
4 Birth Order
Project Runway winner Anthony Ryan Auld is forever bonded to his three younger sisters by being the family’s firstborn. And now, the foursome are forever bonded by their coordinating birth-order tattoos! Each of the Auld siblings got four hearts inked on their ribcage, with their birthplace in the family filling up the appropriate heart. How sweet!
3 Who Came First
This is another variation on the birth-order tattoo. Simple roman numerals — I, II and III — immediately reveal the number of siblings in this family. Look closer, and you can tell by the thickest ink on each individual tattoo who was born first, second or third of the bunch.
2 The Map To My Heart
These siblings live in New York and Texas. Yet while there may be miles geographically separating them, they are closely connected thanks to their matching map ink. A simple black outline of Texas and New York makes up the main image, with a sweet heart designating the exact location of the city they call home.
1 Code Name
These siblings will never forget where they grew up — New Hampshire — with their matching area code tattoos. The sister marked her inner wrist with the numbers 603 in a dainty font, while her brother got a bolder marking on the top of his lower leg. The second brother kicked his tatt up a notch by inking 6-0 and a tree above his elbow. Every family has a jokester!