Last week an exceptionally alarming "adoption gone wrong" story made headlines. In England, a brother-sister pair of twins was split up at birth and wound up being adopted and raised by different families. Years later, they met, fell in love and married all without knowing they were related. The marriage has now been annulled. Lord Alton of Liverpool reported this incident to the House Of Lords in the midst of a discussion involving donor conception issues. Oddly enough, he remarked that the pair felt a certain "inevitable attraction" when they met.
Is it really that inevitable that a pair of twins, separated at birth and raised by different families, would feel a romantic attraction to each other upon meeting? Also worth wondering: how the hell did they finally figure out the horrifying fact that they were brother and sister? The news accounts I read were maddeningly vague on this question.
In any case, the disturbing story prompted me to dig out a few old country 45's that seemed pertinent.
MP3's:
- Robert Owens - I'm In Love With My Sister (Rose) (3:07)
- Red Sovine - Six Broken Hearts (Chart) (2:46)
- Lonzo & Oscar - I'm My Own Grandpa (Starday) (2:49) IMAGE
Unfortunately, the twins story is too good to be true, and has been debunked.
Posted by: Listener Tom S | January 16, 2008 at 03:24 PM
See Guardian article relating to this.
http://lifeandhealth.guardian.co.uk/family/story/0,,2240924,00.html
Sounds pretty bogus
Posted by: LouisXIV | January 16, 2008 at 03:47 PM
i want to talck my sister
Posted by: charlene s, rutao | April 27, 2008 at 12:01 PM