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Do they have to give back the wedding gifts???
Certainly makes a strong case for the need for open adoptions!</p>
<p>Yea, and my H asks, “Did they have children?” EW…thank goodness they found out before…</p>
<p>Well, wasn’t there that gross old doctor, from Virginia or somewhere, who impregnated hundreds of fertility patients with his own sperm (without their knowledge, obv.), so who knows how many half-brothers/sisters are getting married.
Though it is VA…</p>
<p>Well, we don’t actually know whether or not they had children or how long they had been married for. None of the articles give any information about the couple outside of the fact that they were twins unknowingly separated at birth who got married. They could have been married for ten years or even significantly longer before finding out. I do wonder how they found out. Did they or someone suspect? Was there a genetic illness? Did they find out when having children? It’s a very tragic story, I think.</p>
<p>This was the plot-line (sort of) on an episode of House a couple of seasons ago. Of course, we didn’t find out until the end of the episode when House figured out that they should be tested and - voila- they were both getting ill from the same genetically transmitted disease… it would be creepy to know all that you’d done with your “brother”…</p>
<p>Oh, I forgot about that, Astro! They were half siblings who grew up next door to each other. The father had an affair with the next door neighbor and never told anyone.</p>
<p>astrophysicsmom-
My s said the exact same thing about the House episode! I remember it now-- Interracial couple-- and they thought the father disapproved of their relationship for the superficially obvious reasons-- turns out he (the dad) knew he’d fathered both kids, and for that reason tried diligently to keep them apart.</p>
<p>Actually there have been many works of art dealing with this, some with knowledge, some without. On TV there have been Law and Order Episodes; in the movies John Sayles Lone Star, and an earlier Jean Cocteau play, Les Enfants Terrible, or Terrible Children.</p>
<p>It’s sad because they lose their spouse as well have guilt to deal with. I don’t find such an ew factor though. Just feel terribly bad for those involved.</p>
<p>The cynic in me wonders if this story from Britain is really true. With so few details available – actually, none – I just wonder if someone didn’t make this up just to advance his agenda of open adoptions. Which isn’t something I oppose; I just find it odd that there are no details about this situation. Even anonymous ones.</p>
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<p>That’s pretty darn rude!! 
- actually more like ignorant.</p>
<p>If this story of twins being married is really true - then it is truly a sad situation.</p>
<p>I do apologize, JeepMOM, did not mean it to be rude, but I can see that now. You know how you sometimes try to be funny, and its NOT. When the news broke in 2001, I was horrified for all the poor women involved. It is truly sad, and there are many innocent victims.</p>
<p>Sure sounds like an urban legend to me.</p>
<p>Assuming it is true, that would sure say a lot for them having found someone with whom they connected to so strongly. I’ve always been fascinated by twins studies…</p>
<p>DId you ever see Lone Star? Great John Sayles movie with Chris Cooper, Pilar Cruz- Kris Kristofferson & Matthew McConaughey.
[Lone</a> Star (1996)](<a href=“http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0116905/]Lone”>Lone Star (1996) - IMDb)</p>
<p>Its not really about incest, but that does add a twist to the movie.</p>
<p>I can see why the pair would want to keep their privacy- pretty much every present day culture has taboos against incest - Its one thing for 2nd cousins to date, but twins?</p>
<p><a href=“http://www.nytimes.com/2008/01/12/world/europe/12twins.html?_r=1&ref=world&oref=slogin[/url]”>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/01/12/world/europe/12twins.html?_r=1&ref=world&oref=slogin</a></p>
<p>The story is a fake. If you read it carefully, it is all based on what this guy Lord Davidson said.</p>
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<p>That doesn’t mean it’s necessarily fake, Sleepy (though it of course could be).</p>
<p>I want more data before I accept this as true. Whoever knows the true facts could give out a little more – like, how long they were married; what their current relationship is – while still maintaining their anonymity.</p>
<p>I found this story extremely unconvincing. It’s being told third-hand by a guy who is pushing for right-to-know legislation, with no supporting documentation or evidence. “Oh, yeah? Well, I knew a guy who married his own sister! They were really drawn to each other, see, because they were twins, but they didn’t know it!”</p>
<p>It sounds very much like a story made up specifically to support his point of view.</p>
<p>In ninth grade, I discovered that my girlfriend was my twin. It actually drew us closer together. I’m from a conservative family, so I would have wanted my wife to take my last name. Luckily, it wasn’t a problem.</p>
<p>Can’t be a fake. If Jym posts it you can take it to the bank. ;)</p>
<p>Is this better than discovering that the big lump on your neck is actually your twin?</p>