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Old 01-12-2008, 01:03 PM
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A couple discovered after they had married that they were twins who had been split up at birth and adopted by separate families, according to a member of Britain's House of Lords.

British peer David Alton recounted the story to parliament last month to support his argument that artificially conceived children should be told who their biological parents are.
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Alton said he had heard the story of the separated twins from a High Court judge who had dealt with the case.

"This did not involve in vitro fertilization: It involved the normal birth of twins who were separated at birth and adopted by separate parents," said Alton, an independent member of the Lords. "They were never told that they were twins."
It really is a sad tale...

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ABC News: Twins Separated at Birth, Joined in Matrimony
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That's gotta be the crappiest luck...

This makes Greg and Marsha not look so bad...
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That's gotta be the crappiest luck...

This makes Greg and Marsha not look so bad...

I saw a show last year -- 60 Minutes or something similar -- that featured a couple like this, except they had decided to stay together since they did not want children. They said that since they had not been raised as siblings, there seemed no other reason to split.

There was a psychologist on there who said that this might not be as odd as it seems. Siblings who are raised separately often find that they have similar traits such as tastes for food, pets, colors and even, in some cases, career choices.

So a guy and a girl meet and have that "it's like I've known you all my life" feeling. They have so many things in common...

What is the logical outcome?
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