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[–] LurkingLuddite@piefed.social 9 points 13 hours ago

Half and half chimera is just the more unique variant, iirc, at least for humans. The more common type would just look splotchy if the different parts even happen to color differently. The patterns usually follow Blaschko's lines but don't have to.

There are also more basic forms where people will just have certain body parts with different DNA, like an extra blood type or other less consequential things.