Parted-at-birth twins married

Wossack · 11-01-2008 02:22PM #1

Parted a birth twins married - link

:eek:

doh...

(sorry it posted already, search gave me nothing!)

aidan_walsh · 11-01-2008 02:25PM

Thats got to **** anyone up...

Terry · 11-01-2008 02:30PM

Full story:

Parted-at-birth twins 'married'
Twins (anonymous)
It is thought the pair did not know their relationship when they married
A pair of twins who were adopted by separate families as babies got married without knowing they were brother and sister, a peer told the House of Lords.

A court annulled the UK couple's union after they discovered their true relationship, Lord Alton said.

The peer - who was told of the case by a High Court judge involved - said the twins felt an "inevitable attraction".

He said the case showed how important it was for children to be able to find out about their biological parents.

'Truth will out'

Details of the of the identities of the twins involved have been kept secret, but Lord Alton said the pair did not realise they were related until after their marriage.

The former Liberal Democrat MP raised the couple's case during a House of Lords debate on the Human Fertility and Embryology Bill in December.

We are naturally drawn to people who are quite similar to ourselves
Pam Hodgkins
Adults Affected by Adoption

"They were never told that they were twins," he told the Lords.

"They met later in life and felt an inevitable attraction, and the judge had to deal with the consequences of the marriage that they entered into and all the issues of their separation."

He told the BBC News website that their story raises the wider issue of the importance of strengthening the rights of children to know the identities of their biological parents .

"If you start trying to conceal someone's identity, sooner or later the truth will out," he said.

"And if you don't know you are biologically related to someone, you may become attracted to them and tragedies like this may occur."

Pam Hodgkins, chief executive officer of the charity Adults Affected by Adoption (NORCAP) said there had been previous cases of separated siblings being attracted to each other.

"We have a resistance, a very strong incest taboo where we are aware that someone is a biological relative," she said.

"But when we are unaware of that relationship, we are naturally drawn to people who are quite similar to ourselves.

"And of course there is unlikely to be anyone more similar to any individual than their sibling."

Fairly messed up alright.

KTRIC · 11-01-2008 02:34PM

I'm sure they were going at it for a couple of years before they got married. Serious case of porking your sister there :eek:

Wacker · 11-01-2008 02:34PM

Aside from being freakin' hilarious, that is also really sad. I'm sure they were deeplt in love and whatnot, and now they'll have no choice but to split.

layke · 11-01-2008 02:39PM

I'm sure someone would have been suspicious after a few albino kids popped out.

GhostInTheRuins · 11-01-2008 02:40PM

Wow, that's crazy. How did they find out they were siblings I wonder.

WindSock · 11-01-2008 02:40PM

Thats terrible. Those poor people. Imagine finding the love of your life and then finding out it was your twin. I wonder if their adoptive parents are still around.

justsomebloke · 11-01-2008 02:40PM

Wacker wrote: »

Aside from being freakin' hilarious, that is also really sad. I'm sure they were deeplt in love and whatnot, and now they'll have no choice but to split.

not only that as they are twins they are bounded to want to keep some sort of relationship up, but will always be thinking they slept with the other one and they can't really tell anyone either.

Terry · 11-01-2008 02:43PM

D.T. Jesus wrote: »

Wow, that's crazy. How did they find out they were siblings I wonder.

I'd imagine it was something like:

Him: I was adopted.
Her: So was I.
One of them: Let's find our parents.

Sam Vimes · 11-01-2008 02:46PM

you'd think that the fact that they were both adopted and had the same birthday might set alarms bells off in their heads

GhostInTheRuins · 11-01-2008 02:47PM

Terry wrote: »

I'd imagine it was something like:

Him: I was adopted.
Her: So was I.
One of them: Let's find our parents.

Yeah, but when did they have the "Oh, bollox" moment.

WindSock · 11-01-2008 02:47PM

Terry wrote: »

I'd imagine it was something like:

Him: I was adopted.
Her: So was I.
One of them: Let's find our parents.

Hehe. I'd love to have been a fly on the wall when the penny dropped

They should both just take some amnesia pills and carry on, Oldboy style.

Wossack · 11-01-2008 02:50PM

Terry wrote: »

I'd imagine it was something like:

Him: I was adopted.
Her: So was I.
One of them: Let's find our parents.

Him: ok, we'll find mine first
...
Mom: Oh son! Ive missed you all these years! and you managed to find your sister!

_blank_ · 11-01-2008 02:50PM

No-one has to know.

They should have just kept on living together as husband and wife imo.

Relations between brother and sister are only "taboo" if you have actually grown up together as siblings.

WindSock · 11-01-2008 02:52PM

DesF wrote: »

Relations between brother and sister are only "taboo" if you have actually grown up together as siblings.

But think of the children!

didle ing ding ding ding ding din dinggg (to the tune of duelling banjos)

mike65 · 11-01-2008 02:53PM

Er Des, its a "crime" and has health repercussions for any children.

Mike.

_blank_ · 11-01-2008 02:55PM

Sterilisation.

Adoption could also be an option, I bet they'd tell any adopted kids if they had a twin.

Crime Schrime.

Maximilian · 11-01-2008 02:56PM

Commander Vimes wrote: »

you'd think that the fact that they were both adopted and had the same birthday might set alarms bells off in their heads

I think the "gave birth to a squid-baby" theory holds far more water

red_ice · 11-01-2008 02:56PM

DesF wrote: »

No-one has to know.

They should have just kept on living together as husband and wife imo.

Relations between brother and sister are only "taboo" if you have actually grown up together as siblings.

no, thats wrong, if they choose to raise a family it would come out very bad.

My heart bleeds for them, thats a horrible thing to go through - breaking up for a reason which isnt dislike/feelings and so on

_blank_ · 11-01-2008 02:58PM

red_ice wrote: »

no, thats wrong,

So, no-one else here has looked at their sibling and thought "hmm, I'd probably hit that if I wasn't their bro/sis"?

Yeah, right. :rolleyes:

Saint_Mel · 11-01-2008 02:59PM

D.T. Jesus wrote: »

Wow, that's crazy. How did they find out they were siblings I wonder.

They had the same birthday ... and looked identical to each other

Nevyn · 11-01-2008 02:59PM

There are a couple in germany who are borther and sister and have had 3 perfectly healthy children.

_blank_ · 11-01-2008 03:00PM

Thaedydal wrote: »

There are a couple in germany who are borther and sister and have had 3 perfectly healthy children.

See...

Maximilian · 11-01-2008 03:00PM

Thaedydal wrote: »

There are a couple in germany who are borther and sister and have had 3 perfectly healthy children.

..who share the same lower torso.

prendy · 11-01-2008 03:01PM

surely gotta mess them up knowing their siblings. scary stuff.

you'd think that the fact that they were both adopted and had the same birthday might set alarms bells off in their heads

i doubt the adopted thing wud come up untill they were together for ages....

jameshayes · 11-01-2008 03:01PM

Holy crap! Thats a wierd one!

KTRIC · 11-01-2008 03:01PM

Thaedydal wrote: »

There are a couple in germany who are borther and sister and have had 3 perfectly healthy children.

And the 4th's on the way

11-01-2008 03:03PM

That is so ****ed up. Poor people..... I am so curious to know how they found out...

Thats ****ing something you'd see on a soap.

mike65 · 11-01-2008 03:06PM

Germans are well, German.

(see thier pron for proof)

As for the observation about fancying your sister well that not happened to me but it is well known that people often fall in love with a variation on thier mother/father/sister/brother which is no doubt why this pair ended up together.

Mike.

star-pants · 11-01-2008 03:10PM

I feel so sorry for them - they'll need a lot of counselling.

Well - do you need your parents names on your marriage cert? Because I know my mother had to produce her parents death certs when she was getting married (she was 22 at the time I think).

Parted-at-birth twins married

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