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I cannot imagine the years of therapy I would need after finding out I'd married and slept with my twin brother.
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Twins separated at birth marry each other WITHOUT knowing they are brother and sister
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The siblings had no idea they were related
Twins separated at birth have married each other without realising they were brother and sister, it has been revealed.
The British couple have now been granted an annulment after a special High Court hearing. Judges ruled the marriage had never validly existed.
Full details of how the brother and sister fell in love and married have been kept secret, along with their iden ies.
But it has emerged that they were separated soon after birth.
Each was then adopted by different families but neither was told they had a twin.
The couple had no idea they were blood relatives until after their wedding, a report in today's Evening Standard revealed.
The case was heard recently in the High Court's Family Division.
Experts warn that it highlights the need for the rights of children to know the iden y of their parents to be strengthened.
Professor Lord Alton, who uncovered the case, said new reforms drawn up by ministers threatened to undermine existing rights.
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The discovery mirrors a storyline in teen soap Hollyoaks where a brother and sister slept with each other without knowing they were related
The changes, now being debated in the House of Lords, would also relax rules on who can have fertility treatment.
Critics say they will weaken further the link between children and their biological parents - and even effectively end the need for fathers.
Lord Alton said: "The right for children to know the iden y of their biological parents is a human right.
"There will be more cases like this if children are not given access to the truth. The needs of the child must always be paramount."
The Government has been facing fierce opposition over sweeping changes to fertility laws in the Human Embryology and Tissues Bill.
Under the proposed law, fertility clinics will not be able to bar single women and same sex couples from treatment.
Instead, doctors must ensure that patients can offer "supportive parenting".
Ministers have already been forced to rewrite the bill following objections by peers to the original wording.
It had stated that children born through fertility treatment needed a "social network", not a father and mother.
The Lords will vote on the revised bill on Tuesday.
Those pushing for the role of fathers to be recognised as vital include Baroness Ruth Deech, a former head of the Government's fertility watchdog, the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority (HFEA).
However fertility treatment pioneer Lord Winston said that the call for a such a "father clause" would discriminate against career women.
He said: "This is prejudiced against women who have paid their taxes, been well educated and delayed motherhood because they are working hard.
"If they are left without a partner and still want a baby [with a donor], this would prejudice their treatment and ask doctors to make a value judgment about them."
Lawyer Natalie Gamble, an expert on fertility regulations, said: "Equality rules mean clinics have to give treatment to single women and same sex couples anyway. The Government doesn't need to enshrine this in new laws."
Annulments are usually heard at county court, but can go to the High Court if cases are particularly complex.
Marriages can be annulled if one of the parties was under 16 at the time of the wedding, if it was a bigamous union, or if the couple are closely related.
The latest figures, for 2005, show 251 marriages were annulled that year.
There is no breakdown of how many cases fell into each category.
I cannot imagine the years of therapy I would need after finding out I'd married and slept with my twin brother.
unbelievable.
Hopefully the chick was a prude and wanted to wait until they got married to .
Otherwise we're going to have "The Hills Have Eyes 3".
That is too crazy.
What is the odds to all of this happening?
Disturbing on so many levels.
This guy is wondering what is wrong?
How did they find out?!?
They are keeping that secret, apparently.
Sister: OMG you're a much better lover than dad!
Brother: I know, mom told me.
Guess it goes to show the "bond" between twins in a weird sort of way-- that they were drawn together somehow without knowing why.
Well, if they each knew that the other had been separated from a twin at birth, that's probably part of the reason they fell in love... it's like one of those "meant for each other" things.
Wait nevermind, I read better the second time.
That's what I was thinking. We hear stories of twins separated at birth who find each other later in life and getting to know each other, find out all these similiarities...like they both had their tonsils out at age 12, both had appendix out at same age or dated people of the same name, etc. They probably just thought they had found their soulmate, not their sibling
Neither was told they had a twin.
edit: Oops! I must've quoted as you edited!
OMG...are we twins separated at birth
Don't worry, I'm already married.And she's only my second cousin.
THAT'S a relief!Don't worry, I'm already married.
i fooled around with my second cousin when i was about 17, she was hot, and it was only by marriage, not blood...
is taht gross?
Sucks for them...hopefully they'll be able to laugh this one off.
I hope they don't have a bunch of shame over this as they are completely innocent.
By the way....we're all cousins. I think it's 11th cousins...everyone in the world.
Umm, re-read the article.
I doubt there was someone at the reception saying " , we just got the results of the blood test." Like anyone waits anymore, anyway.
And you KNOW people are going to ask these two "hey, I thought you were married, what gives" and put 2+2 together. Poor bas s.
PAGING MONGO
not everyone will "get" that
I bet they had a lot in common & got along great…Isn’t that the basis for true love and happiness...
I doubt it. "Remember that time we fell in love with each other and got married, only to find out we're twins? Hahaha! So funny....."
If she was hot, I would've kept quiet about the whole thing.
Oh yea, and banging your cousins isn't such a big deal . . . especially if they're hot.
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