Incest is best?

[JeeberD]

I guess these folks didn't think so...

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/7182817.stm

Parted-at-birth twins '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 heard of the case from a judge who was 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 crossbench peer, a 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.

"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.

[SackAttack]

I'm going to guess they were fraternal twins and not identical?

[Lathum]

You would think the fact that they had the same birthday and were born in the same hospital would peak their interest

[JeeberD]

Originally Posted by SackAttack

I'm going to guess they were fraternal twins and not identical?

Originally Posted by Article

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.

Something about that passage makes me say yes...

[Easy Mac]

wedding night pix plz k thx

[SackAttack]

Originally Posted by JeeberD

Something about that passage makes me say yes...

They could've just been really narcissistic, you know.

[Lathum]

Originally Posted by Easy Mac

wedding night pix plz k thx

screw that, I want baby pix

[sabotai]

That's hot.

[Axxon]

Incest is best
put your sister to the test
the family that lays together stays together..


Man, it was a rough crowd at the RHPS that I used to go to but they were always shouting this at Magenta and Riff Raff.

[oliegirl]

Originally Posted by Lathum

You would think the fact that they had the same birthday and were born in the same hospital would peak their interest

If they were adopted to different families, in different areas of the country, it's possible they didn't know they were born in the same hospital. It doesn't sound like the adoptive families were very forthcoming about information regarding the adoptions. Sharing a birthday isn't THAT uncommon, it'd be kind of quirky but it certainly wouldn't make me think that the person I was involved with was my long-lost twin sibling...

[JonInMiddleGA]

Originally Posted by Axxon

Man, it was a rough crowd at the RHPS that I used to go to but they were always shouting this at Magenta and Riff Raff.

I believe those were pretty standard lines since we used them during my era as well.

[Rizon]

You gotta keep it in the family.

[SackAttack]

Originally Posted by JonInMiddleGA

I believe those were pretty standard lines since we used them during my era as well.

And just what WAS the 18th century like, Jon?

[Greyroofoo]

They have a queen, you can't expect such people to be smart or anything.

[CamEdwards]

The fact that JiMG used to attend Rocky Horror Picture Show events might be the most shocking thing I've ever read on this board.

[sterlingice]

Originally Posted by Lathum

You would think the fact that they had the same birthday and were born in the same hospital would peak their interest

I don't think so, but it might have piqued their interest

SI

[GrantDawg]

Originally Posted by CamEdwards

The fact that JiMG used to attend Rocky Horror Picture Show events might be the most shocking thing I've ever read on this board.

It's astounding.

[sabotai]

Originally Posted by CamEdwards

The fact that JiMG used to attend Rocky Horror Picture Show events might be the most shocking thing I've ever read on this board.

Makes me very fearful that I will end up thinking like Jon in 10 years...

[EagleFan]

So by the phasing of the thread and his original post I guess Jeebs is in favor of incest?

Hmmm, there's probably a punchline there somewhere....

[vtbub]

Originally Posted by EagleFan

So by the phasing of the thread and his original post I guess Jeebs is in favor of incest?

Hmmm, there's probably a punchline there somewhere....

Jeeber is from Vermont?

[Axxon]

Originally Posted by sabotai

Makes me very fearful that I will end up thinking like Jon in 10 years...

I don't know; I'm older than Jon and I'm nowhere near where he's at in thinking but I've never found entertainment choices too reliable an indicator of any other similarities of personality or ideologies.

My brother in law was a super fundamentalist type ( not a fundie but the guys who literally follow old testament laws and such ) and the two of us used to have a blast listening to Frank Zappa records. That surprised me more than Jon seeing RHPS actually but like I said, who knows?