Android 16 then reveals that he was never a human, making him fundamentally different from Android 17 and Android 18. Android 17 is surprised that Gero had the capability to make a true android, and wonders why he returned to cybernetics afterwards.

Was Android 17 wished human?

Lapis as a child in SD Android 17 was originally a human named Lapis, and the younger of he and his twin sister Lazuli. ... Dragon Ball Super reaffirms this, with Gohan stating that the androids have been modified on cellular level to be superhuman.

Was Android 18 once a human?

Well, we learned sometime in the Cell saga that 18 started out as a human and was modified to be a cyborg android. This also means that Marron might be the first human-cyborg hybrid offspring in existence, though not the only one. Android 17 was revealed to also have had a child in Dragon Ball Super.