Are you related to the love of your life? - The Punters Lounge

GotaFancy?(BPP) · 11-01-2008, 18:59

What a nightmare to find out you're married to your twin (whom you were separated from at birth)

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/7182817.stm

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Parted-at-birth twins 'married'

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 British 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.
Details 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.
'Truth will out'
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.
"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.

We are naturally drawn to people who are quite similar to ourselves

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Adults Affected by Adoption

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"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.
'Incredibly rare'
"And of course there is unlikely to be anyone more similar to any individual than their sibling."
Mo O'Reilly, director of child placement for the British Association for Adoption and Fostering, said the situation was traumatic for the people involved, but incredibly rare.
"Thirty or 40 years ago it would have been more likely that twins be separated and, brought up without knowledge of each other," she said.
Today, however, adopted children grow up with a greater knowledge of their birth families - and organisations try to place brothers and sisters together. If that were not possible, the siblings would still have some form of contact with each other. "This sad case illustrates why, over the last 20-30 years, the shift to openness in adoption was so important," Ms O'Reilly added.

aliando · 11-01-2008, 19:10

saw this earlier - the kids will be interesting!

happygooner · 11-01-2008, 19:19

Talk about gutting! What do you do after you find out something like that haha??!

aliando · 11-01-2008, 19:21

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Originally Posted by happygooner

Talk about gutting! What do you do after you find out something like that haha??!

would depend how good looking my sister was...

happygooner · 11-01-2008, 19:25

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Originally Posted by aliando

would depend how good looking my sister was...

Sick f*ck

alexmac · 11-01-2008, 19:53

Would have to be gutted about that really! You would think it is a joke eh?!

happygooner · 11-01-2008, 19:56

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Originally Posted by alexmac

Would have to be gutted about that really! You would think it is a joke eh?!

Well talk about your forbidden love story......ouch.....see ya love

slapdash · 11-01-2008, 20:06

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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.

You'd think that, of all places, the House of Lords would find this the least troubling.

aliando · 11-01-2008, 20:23

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Originally Posted by slapdash

You'd think that, of all places, the House of Lords would find this the least troubling.

Carl · 11-01-2008, 20:58

yeah I heard this on the radio, apparently they have had it annulled? but I feel sorry for them, 2 people who have met and fell in love but cant get married.

They must be heart broken, how would they both cope finding another partner?

terrible shame.

Cassius Marcellus · 12-01-2008, 23:38

With the number of families in the world that want to adopt kids, surely it wouldn't have been too hard to find one family to take them both at the same time.

Cassius Marcellus · 13-01-2008, 00:30

This is the love of my life.

That's my Mrs sitting in it.

SpurMan · 13-01-2008, 14:34

Here's a question. What would have happened if she had got pregnant?

It would have been like the rednecks. 'Here's your Pa and your Uncle', and there'd have been the one bloke standing there.

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Carl Lashed Punter Join Date: 06 Feb 2004 Location: Ewood Age: 36 Posts: 28,923	Re: Are you related to the love of your life? yeah I heard this on the radio, apparently they have had it annulled? but I feel sorry for them, 2 people who have met and fell in love but cant get married. They must be heart broken, how would they both cope finding another partner? terrible shame. __________________ www.farbets.co.uk Spastic approved, in Spastic review monthly I got 4 urrr's.

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Cassius Marcellus Booked for Cheltenham Join Date: 12 Jun 2007 Location: Norfolk (ex-Londoner) Age: 57 Posts: 6,958 Awards Showcase Total Awards: 1	Re: Are you related to the love of your life? With the number of families in the world that want to adopt kids, surely it wouldn't have been too hard to find one family to take them both at the same time. __________________ I'd give my right arm to be ambidextrous.

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Cassius Marcellus Booked for Cheltenham Join Date: 12 Jun 2007 Location: Norfolk (ex-Londoner) Age: 57 Posts: 6,958 Awards Showcase Total Awards: 1	Re: Are you related to the love of your life? This is the love of my life. That's my Mrs sitting in it. __________________ I'd give my right arm to be ambidextrous.

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SpurMan Pleased Punter Join Date: 09 Jan 2006 Location: Dartford, Kent Age: 33 Posts: 2,523 Awards Showcase Total Awards: 1	Re: Are you related to the love of your life? Here's a question. What would have happened if she had got pregnant? It would have been like the rednecks. 'Here's your Pa and your Uncle', and there'd have been the one bloke standing there.

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