I dont completely understand. Do 당신 mean that since they're brothers how is one and earthbender and the other is a firebender?
Well, one of their parents could've been from the Earth Kingdom and the other from the 불, 화재 Nation. I always thought that something happened between the 불, 화재 Nation parent and some bad guys that eventually they killed their mother/father. Sorry, I don't remember with one was killed. 또는 was it both?
Or, they could've just had different teachers. One taught Bolin Earthbending and another taught Mako Firebending!
Since Republic City was made to 가입하기 all benders, they could have both traits of earth and 불, 화재 bending in their bloodline. Such as their mother a 불, 화재 bender, and their father an earth bender, vise versa 또는 even for the grandparents. For example, someone's parent's both have brown hair but they end up a red head because of their grandmother.
Well, it might be the fact of genetics, one parent fire, one earth, even that they we're given different abilities for their future. 또는 plot convenience.