Husband and wife unknowlingly twins. OMG! (1 Viewer)

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StChadwick said:
I dont think they are messed up mainly because they found out they were twins but more because of the fact that they had to leave their spouse?

I wonder if they were identical and were told often that they resembled each other?
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I don't think it's possible that they are "identical twins" since they are different genders, which is not to say they didn't look very similar. No idea.
 
While on the surface it's awkward/disgusting/disturbing, it's also a bit fascinating.

Seriously, between the sheer odds of them even meeting, of them becoming attracted to each other, and of them marrying, it's quite amazing. And then there's the whole idea of their possibly being "genetically predisposed" to being attracted to, and to loving each other, etc. -- all while this "double-blind" scenario was taking place.

Heavy, man.
 
Sandman said:
Awkward.
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Yet strangely erotic...

j/k

Seriously, they are fraternal twins, which means in this case that the mother produced two eggs during her ovulation cycle...

http://www.twinstuff.com/twinfopg.htm

(Essay Last Updated, Dec. 18, 2003) -- While every twin is unique, there really are only two types of twins, identical and fraternal.

Types of Twins
Identical or monozygotic twins are formed from one fertilized egg (one ovum and one sperm) which splits after conception into two identical halves which develop separately. Each identical child (always the same sex) will have the same chromosones and many of the same physical attributes. Identical twins will also share the same blood type, eye and hair color. According to research done by the National Organization of the Mothers of Twins Clubs, slightly more than half of all twins born are male and approximately one in four pairs of identical twins are mirror-image twins. About 1/3 of all twin births are identical.

Fraternal or dizygotic twins are formed from two fertilized eggs (two ovums and two sperms) and can result in two siblings of the same or opposite sexes. Your likelihood of having fraternal twins is dependent upon the woman carrying a fraternal twin gene and can also be affected by heredity, race, marital age and number of children previously borne. One-third of all twin births result in same sex fraternal twins and one-third are different sex fraternal twins.

And despite there being just the two types of twins, there is a growing scientific belief of a possible third type of twinning, Polar-Body Twinning. This type (although not fully accepted as an "official" type of twins by scientists yet) theorizes that twins aren't exactly identical and aren't exactly fraternal, but half identical/half fraternal. It can happen when the oocyte (primary egg cell) divides twice on its way to maturity, yielding egg cells and polar bodies at different stages along the way. Usually these smaller polar bodies don't play a meaningful role in reproduction. But now scientists believe that some twins could be the result of two of these egg cells and larger polar bodies being pregnated by two sperm. The twins would most likely share all of their mother's genes but only half of their father's genes.
 
How did they find out?

1. Same birthday and same birth date.

2. Both adopted.

3. Adopted from the same agency/attorney.

That's a lot of coincidences. Probably got them thinking.
 
Houdat said:
While on the surface it's awkward/disgusting/disturbing, it's also a bit fascinating.

Seriously, between the sheer odds of them even meeting, of them becoming attracted to each other, and of them marrying, it's quite amazing. And then there's the whole idea of their possibly being "genetically predisposed" to being attracted to, and to loving each other, etc. -- all while this "double-blind" scenario was taking place.

Heavy, man.
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The odds have to be astronomical..

Beveaux said:
How did they find out?

1. Same birthday and same birth date.

2. Both adopted.

3. Adopted from the same agency/attorney.

That's a lot of coincidences. Probably got them thinking.
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Yeah, you would think that they would have found that stuff out before they got married, gotten curious and done more research..
 
man, what kinda luck is that, you find the perfect woman to spend you life with, marry her, and she turns out to be your sister....

bummer.
 
Really though, I fail to see a good reason why they couldn't continue to be married. A competent genetic screening could tell them if any children would have worse-than-usual odds of hereditary abnormalities.

Unless of course they themselves were just totally squicked by the whole thing.
 
FWtex said:
i would like to know exactly how the figured it out. What led to the truth?
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Oh, they were probably basking in the afterglow of a great honeymoon, feeling so fortunate to have found each other..... Wondering, what the odds were they would find the perfect match, someone with the same temperament, the same allergies, and birthday, not to mention the same dimpled chin, attached earlobes, colorblindness, widow's peak, curly red hair, left handedness.........and adopted .......

They both pulled out their TI-36X II scientific calculators and came up with 2 in 6.5 billion.
 
Incidentally it doesn't mention the year of the matrimony. It wouldn't surprise me if it happened two centuries ago. David Alton has his own limited agenda - he's a hell and brimstone politician who was conveniently pushed into the House of Lords to save embarrassment to his party and the Commons. Before you believe the message check out the messenger.

Caveat emptor.
 

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