

Is it possible that Kakashi and Obito are brothers? Neither of their mothers
are mentioned, and it would explain how Kakashi awakened the Kamui after his
eyes were taken.


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Is it possible that Kakashi and Obito are brothers?


Since Kakashi is from Hatake clan and Obito is from Uchiha clan so I don't
think they can be brothers.

Also in [wiki](http://naruto.wikia.com/wiki/Kakashi_Hatake) it states that :

> Kakashi teaches the importance of teamwork, a lesson he, like the Sharingan,
> received from his **childhood friend, Obito Uchiha**.

So its pretty much clear that Obito was Kakashi childhood friend not more than
that.


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No, they are not brothers. Obito's sharingan has the ability to use Kamui.
Since both Obito and Kakashi share that sharingan, both were able to unlock
Kamui.

Obito gives Kakashi his left eye, which has the ability to use long range
Kamui. Obito gets to use his right eye, which can only use short range Kamui.
That's why Kakashi was able to unlock Kamui. (Specifically the long range
variant).

Also, Kakashi is from the Hatake clan, while Obito is from the Uchiha clan.


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**No, they are not brothers.** Obito is from the Uchiha clan, while Kakashi is
from the Hatake clan.

**Furthermore, them being brothers would not explain why Kakashi was able to
activate his Sharingan or Mangekyou.**

[Sharingans work even after having been
transplanted](https://anime.stackexchange.com/q/85/49), and that is why
Kakashi was able to use his — however, it is worth noting that it puts much
more strain on him than it would on a "native" Sharingan user. As with any
other Mangekyou users, [Kakashi's and Obito's Mangekyou were awakened once
they experienced great loss of someone close to
them](https://anime.stackexchange.com/a/4486/49) (Rin, in their case) — it has
nothing to do with them being related by blood.


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