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When a user of the [Mangekyō
Sharingan](http://naruto.wikia.com/wiki/Mangeky%C5%8D_Sharingan) wants the
Eternal Mangekyō Sharingan, do they _have_ to take the eyes of their sibling,
or could they obtain the EMS by taking the Sharingan eyes of any Uchiha?

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While researching, I found this:

> Their vision can be restored by receiving the transplanted Mangekyō of an
> Uchiha with strong blood ties — ideally a sibling — thus awakening so-called
> Eternal Mangekyō Sharingan.

So my question is: what is considered "strong blood ties"? Father, aunt, 2nd
cousin twice removed?

Is there any other source that explains this in greater detail?


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How closely related do two Uchihas have to be in order for one to obtain the Eternal Mangekyō Sharingan?


The answer to this question is that there is not enough evidence to answer
this question correctly without any speculation.

Throughout the series, Uchiha Madara and Uchiha Sasuke are the only ones to
obtain Eternal Mangekyou Sharingan. Both obtained it by transplanting their
brothers' eyes and both of their brothers have obtained Mangekyou Sharingan
before the transplatation happened. Thus, we can't say for sure whether
transplanting other close relatives eyes would work or not.

Genetically speaking, a child is genetically 50% of his mother and 50% of his
father. Him and his sibling can be more similar in case of a identical twin.
But most of the time, they would be genetically more distant. A child would
most likely have a different sets of chromosome compared to his sibling.
Because of this, the genetic similarity between siblings vary.

If we are to take Madara and Sasuke's case as the base for our hypothesis,
then transplantation between a child and his parents should work.
Transplanting from grandparents should also work since they are 25%
genetically similar. Transplanting from Aunt or Uncle might work, depending on
how similar they are to the recipient genetically. The further away they are
genetically, the less chance for it to work. That is if we take that Eternal
Mangekyou Sharingan requires Mangekyou Sharingan from a close relative.


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