British twins separated at birth married without knowing of kinship

earthtimes.org ^ | 1-11-08

[TKDietz]

How do you know they knew they were adopted? Even if they knew they were adopted, the article says they did not know they were twins. I could see how people wouldn’t really think anything of the fact that the person they fall for has the same birthday, especially if no one ever told them they had a twin.

[RedWhiteBlue]

When you find out things about yourself that you hadn't ought to know
When your grandma calls and books you on the Jerry Springer show
And you find out you and your wife of 10 years just might be related
Brother, life ain't over, it's just simply complicated.

-- Jimmy Buffett

[sheik yerbouty]

A “Festering Eurabia would consider such a practice, custom. Allahu fubar!

[swordfish]

Seeing as there is a 1 in 365 chance you will meet someone with the same birthday as you, (not all that high considering how many people we meet in the ordinary course of life,)I agree that would not occur to me as something other than a coincidence. My mother in law, rest her soul, and I shared the same birthday, different years.

[Brilliant]

I take it they aren’t identical twins.

[jwparkerjr]

Ben Colder did a song about this sort of thing, way back in the early 60’s, “Son, Don’t Go Near the Indians”. Haven’t heard of it in years, and couldn’t find it on Napster.

[-=SoylentSquirrel=-]

"...My mother in law, rest her soul, and I shared the same birthday, different years...

My fiance's mother is an easy birther. Not only did she give birth to two offspring on the same date (different years), they were born IN THE SAME CAR (VW Fastback) on the way to the hospital.

I just get a kick outa that.

[aberaussie]

I take it they aren’t identical twins.

Not if they are of the opposite sex.

[WoofDog123]

this is such a rare occurrence that any major legislation based on it is simply taking advantage of the bizarre exception to the rule.

[WoofDog123]

“It would be too much to take in all at one time. And with your whole family there while you found out?”

That is the big issue - finding out privately would allow some leeway in how to address it. Family present would just be a nightmare.

[Brilliant]

These days, the story could be about two women who married or two men who married, but I suspect that if they’d been identical twins they would have not made the mistake.

Of course, the way things are going, it may not be long before we make it legal for siblings to marry each other.

[Churchillspirit]

Number one newborn boy name in America: Aidan.

The Paddies are taking over.....

[Unassuaged]

“How could they meet and marry and not know that they shared the same birthday and were born in the same town? They both knew they were adopted.”

Adopted kids do not necessaraly know their birth town.
They did not know they were twins.

Might be BS, but I cannot tell from this.

[Cheburashka]

Sorry folks, this smells like pure BS to me.

How could they meet and marry and not know that they shared the same birthday and were born in the same town? They both knew they were adopted.

Pure bs.

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If you didn’t know you had a twin you were separated from at birth why would you worry about having the same birthdate as your spouse? And the story mentions that minor detail.

[frogjerk]

Number one newborn boy name in America: Aidan.

The Paddies are taking over.....

The Paddies (Christians) have been here for some time. To my knowledge they haven't flown any planes into any buildings in the name of Allah, nor have they declared any jihad on the US either.

[Cheburashka]

Just the lyrics.

http://lirama.net/song/17855

[Cheburashka]

The Paddies (Christians) have been here for some time. To my knowledge they haven't flown any planes into any buildings in the name of Allah, nor have they declared any jihad on the US either.

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The Kennedy family flies planes into the ocean, drives cars off bridges, rides skis into trees, leads the country to the brink of nuclear war...

But they have such good intentions.

[BubbaBasher]

[bill1952]

They did not look like each other?

I mean, it does not mention “identical,” but it doesn’t deny it either.

Even if not identical they would look an awful lot each other ...

[dangerdoc]

so was my response.