Two girls believe they are identical twins

Anna

@LadyDuck (458976)

• Switzerland

4 Mar

@Treborika I have read of several twins separated.

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Anna

@LadyDuck (458976)

• Switzerland

4 Mar

@JudyEv - Many twins were separated. Not only Nazi conducted experiments on twins. In the 60s a notorious adoption agency purposely separated adopted twins and triplets into different families to conduct experiments. One of those agencies was the New York City adoption agency. As you see this is not something that only Russia does... also "civilized" countries.

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@Treborika (17312)

• Mombasa, Kenya

3 Mar

l too heard the same story and was very touching

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much2say

@much2say (53944)

• Los Angeles, California

3 Mar

I can't even imagine discovering being a twin. Right - looking at the photo there is almost no denying they are identical twins. What a sick crime that separates family like that!

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much2say

@much2say (53944)

• Los Angeles, California

5 Mar

@JudyEv Like looking in a mirror . . . I'll bet! That would be quite freaky!

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@JudyEv (326093)

• Rockingham, Australia

5 Mar

@much2say True. Just to suddenly find you have someone who looks just like you.

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@JudyEv (326093)

• Rockingham, Australia

4 Mar

It's shocking, isn't it? One girl said when she met the other, it was like looking in a mirror.

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snowy

@snowy22315 (170407)

• United States

3 Mar

I hope they find out they are twins. That would be neat for them to have an identical sister.

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@JudyEv (326093)

• Rockingham, Australia

4 Mar

They look amazingly alike. I don't see how they can be anything but twins.

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@Treborika (17312)

• Mombasa, Kenya

4 Mar

@JudyEv They are very difficult to distinguish between

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@Treborika (17312)

• Mombasa, Kenya

3 Mar

Yes l had the same feelings

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Shavkat

@Shavkat (137220)

• Philippines

3 Mar

I am glad that they crossed paths. I had seen some documentary videos with similar cases.

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Shiva

@Shiva49 (26220)

• Singapore

3 Mar

Child trafficking is still rampant in parts of the world. A positive side of social media. They deserve to meet and share their experiences and lives.

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vanny

@vandana7 (98942)

• India

5 Mar

@JudyEv Illegal, yes, wrong yes, but horrendous, no.

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@JudyEv (326093)

• Rockingham, Australia

4 Mar

Yes, I'm sure it still goes on. I don't know if it's still going on in Georgia but at least the word is out now.

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@JudyEv (326093)

• Rockingham, Australia

5 Mar

@vandana7 That's true but it's totally illegal and people in the highest places are all involved.

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John nyambegera

@thebos (5779)

• Kisumu, Kenya

3 Mar

These stories are very common nawadays,I don't know why

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@JudyEv (326093)

• Rockingham, Australia

4 Mar

People desperate for a child may not know they are 'buying' a baby who has been stolen from its parents.

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@Treborika (17312)

• Mombasa, Kenya

3 Mar

l had read a similar story in my country sometimes back

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Heather Echola

@GardenGerty (157652)

• United States

3 Mar

There are always children whose parents cannot care for them or do not want them, as well as unscrupulous people who would take advantage of the situation, and families who are desperate to have a child by whatever means. It is bad enough when it impacts one child, but multiple children suffer even worse trauma because it often feels they are missing part of themself.

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@JudyEv (326093)

• Rockingham, Australia

4 Mar

There are thousands of these children who have been taken and sold. But yes, it doesn't impact especially on twins.

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rebelann1949

@rebelann (111249)

• El Paso, Texas

3 Mar

No one should ever steal a womans child. This kind of thing wouldn't have happened a thousand years ago when childbirth was considered a womans world and men waited on the sidelines to hear about them.

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rebelann1949

@rebelann (111249)

• El Paso, Texas

4 Mar

It's really sick what those bozos do to women.

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@JudyEv (326093)

• Rockingham, Australia

4 Mar

It's a huge racket in Georgia and highly organised. Everyone involved gets a kickback from the organisers.

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OceanTiara

@RebeccasFarm (86833)

• United States

3 Mar

Now there is an interesting story thanks Judy.

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@JudyEv (326093)

• Rockingham, Australia

4 Mar

It wasn't much different in Ireland really but wasn't going on to the same extent.

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Judy Story

@jstory07 (134527)

• Roseburg, Oregon

3 Mar

It is wrong when twins and triplets are separated from each other and adopted by different families.

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@Treborika (17312)

• Mombasa, Kenya

4 Mar

I thought that story was only in Africa

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@JudyEv (326093)

• Rockingham, Australia

4 Mar

@Treborika It probably goes on over most of the world.

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@Treborika (17312)

• Mombasa, Kenya

4 Mar

@JudyEv Yes indeed my friend

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Eva James

@wolfgirl569 (95622)

• Marion, Ohio

3 Mar

It would not surprise me if they are

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@JudyEv (326093)

• Rockingham, Australia

4 Mar

I hope they do another article on it when the DNA tests come back.

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Eva James

@wolfgirl569 (95622)

• Marion, Ohio

4 Mar

@JudyEv I hope so too

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RasmaSandra

@RasmaSandra (73675)

• Daytona Beach, Florida

3 Mar

I have read about such stories, I sure hope if they are related they can get together,

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@JudyEv (326093)

• Rockingham, Australia

4 Mar

It's a huge scandal for the country. Dozens of babies were stolen and sold. The journalist is now trying to reunite people with their loved ones.

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The Horse

@TheHorse (206361)

• Walnut Creek, California

3 Mar

I'll check this one out when I get back from our gig. The psychologist in me wonders how they are similar and dissimilar. Twin and adoption studies are a part of experimental psychology methodology.

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The Horse

@TheHorse (206361)

• Walnut Creek, California

4 Mar

@JudyEv I am against the selling of babies on the black market.

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@JudyEv (326093)

• Rockingham, Australia

4 Mar

@TheHorse It's just awful so many were involved in this trading.

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@JudyEv (326093)

• Rockingham, Australia

4 Mar

I think the worst part about it isn't so much the twin issue but the fact that thousands of babies have been taken over the years and sold on to others without authority.

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Jim Bauer

@porwest (78759)

• United States

3 Mar

What an odd story. But not shocking by any measure. I imagine this sort of thing, in certain countries, happens more often than we ever know about.

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@JudyEv (326093)

• Rockingham, Australia

4 Mar

I'm sure you're right. It's probably still going on but hopefully not on such a large scale.

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Jim Bauer

@porwest (78759)

• United States

5 Mar

@JudyEv In third world countries, I would think it is rampant, especially where poverty is concerned.

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Amber

@AmbiePam (85677)

• United States

3 Mar

I remember reading a story about this being a problem in Chile several decades ago. Makes you grateful to live where we live, doesn’t.

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@JudyEv (326093)

• Rockingham, Australia

4 Mar

It's probably still going on in some countries. It was highly organised in Georgia with people in government knowing about it and getting a kickback from the proceeds.

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Anne Marie Guyer

@LeaPea2417 (36500)

• Toccoa, Georgia

3 Mar

I have heard stories like that.

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@JudyEv (326093)

• Rockingham, Australia

4 Mar

They certainly look very much alike.

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Vicki, #1 Creek Girl

@1creekgirl (40612)

• United States

3 Mar

So sad what evil can do to hurt children.

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@JudyEv (326093)

• Rockingham, Australia

4 Mar

The deceitfulness was on a huge scale with thousands of babies being taken and sold on.

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Fleur

@Fleura (29218)

• United Kingdom

3 Mar

What a terrible thing. Out there are 100,000 families with missing children, never knowing what happened. Of course this particular story is a little bit frustrating because until they get the DNA tests back they won't know for sure if they are related... let us know if you see an update! I've not heard of anything like that happening here but of course there have been cases of people mistakenly being given the wrong baby to take home. All the more reason to opt for a home birth!

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Fleur

@Fleura (29218)

• United Kingdom

4 Mar

@JudyEv yes I know, that happened in my lifetime but only came to light recently. And I didn't know the babies were sold. And of course as usual it's the women who paid the price. The fathers who sinned went off scot-free to do it again.

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@JudyEv (326093)

• Rockingham, Australia

4 Mar

The Irish convents who 'cared for' - one should say 'took in', rather than 'cared for' - single mothers gave the children up for adoption - for a fee- and some of those went overseas. The mothers had no say in it. They had sinned and par to fhe penance was the loss of their child. Utterly shameful but it wasn't all that long ago. I'll let you know if I see any more about it.

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