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If you come from a big family, you probably have lots of other relatives besides

your parents.

You

might have siblings, cousins, aunts and

uncles,

and grand-

parents, too. But how do the trees in the forest know who is related to whom?

WHEN

IT

COMES

TO

TREES,

THAT'S much harder to figure

out

than

it

is

for

humans.

After

all,

we

can ask

questions

and get

answers.

And sometimes family members look

so much alike that we know even without asking that

people are related.

Trees recognize each other differently. They

communicate with each other through their roots

below the ground. Trees can feel more through the

tips of their roots than we can with our

fingers.

They

can even make decisions with them! A root tip Is

almost like

a

small brain.

If

a

tree's roots meet those of

a

neighboring tree,

they can check whether they belong to the same

species, If so, then those trees are probably part of

the same family. Now their roots will grow together.

The

trees

can