Discuss.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 UK 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.
'Truth will out'
Details of the 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.
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.
We are naturally drawn to people who are quite similar to ourselves
Pam Hodgkins
Adults Affected by Adoption
"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.
"And of course there is unlikely to be anyone more similar to any individual than their sibling."
This is just a tad wrong....
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Yes I just heard about this on the Radio, Very sad I'd be absolutly gutted if it was me. Especially if your properly in love etc.
Yes adopted children should have more rights when they try to hunt down there blood parents. Simple answer would be to have a blood test done before marrage (I.E like they do in the U.S.A), might be too late to stop them having sex but may avoid potential baby with birth defects etc.
Yes adopted children should have more rights when they try to hunt down there blood parents. Simple answer would be to have a blood test done before marrage (I.E like they do in the U.S.A), might be too late to stop them having sex but may avoid potential baby with birth defects etc.
eeeeew. but then how did they find out?!
and again... eeeeeew:yuck:
and again... eeeeeew:yuck:
Incest A game For the whole family.
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IIRC they signed up to something which required a blood test.
it is really sad if they loved each other etc. 
finding someone you want to spend your whole life with is not a dead cert for anyone so to then to find out that person is some one you can't and shouldn't be with must be horrid.
finding someone you want to spend your whole life with is not a dead cert for anyone so to then to find out that person is some one you can't and shouldn't be with must be horrid.
good laws almost always have a foundation in nature. laws about incest follow that pattern. inbreeding creates genetic abnormalities, leading to retarded children. go to india and play spot the cross eyed person, its prolific, and attributed to the amount of inbreeding that occurs (mostly due to marrying first cousins). what you dont see on the streets are the millions of retarded people who are forced to stay at home to save the family's pride. that problem wouldnt exist if incest didnt occur.
while i accept that is an issue, i dont see why you cant marry your sibling if you promise not to pollute the gene pool. it should be illegal to have children with your immediately family, but not to marry them or have sex with them. the law about marriage is outdated and comes from a time when marriage meant having children, these days it doesnt mean that any more, its simply a legal commitment, so why cant you marry your sibling? what danger is there? what negative effect? as long as you dont have children together there is no harm. if you think it is 'sick' that is only because your opinion is biased by your culture.
while i accept that is an issue, i dont see why you cant marry your sibling if you promise not to pollute the gene pool. it should be illegal to have children with your immediately family, but not to marry them or have sex with them. the law about marriage is outdated and comes from a time when marriage meant having children, these days it doesnt mean that any more, its simply a legal commitment, so why cant you marry your sibling? what danger is there? what negative effect? as long as you dont have children together there is no harm. if you think it is 'sick' that is only because your opinion is biased by your culture.
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How gutted would you be!!
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You can see the abnormalities thrown up by inbreeding when you look at certain groups of people ... royalty for example
70% of rednecks :devil:
That guy NEVER has to work a day in his life again. He can just use the old line.....
'I can't come in to work today, I'm sick'
'How sick are you?'
You know the rest
'I can't come in to work today, I'm sick'
'How sick are you?'
You know the rest
aww thats just absolutely..... wrong. poor them.
one of those things that just SHOULDNT happen.
suppose that with the millions of people in the world, it was bound to happen some day....
had anyone put odds at bookies on this?
one of those things that just SHOULDNT happen.
suppose that with the millions of people in the world, it was bound to happen some day....
had anyone put odds at bookies on this?
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Anyone here watch Hollyoaks?
Anyone here watch Hollyoaks?
lol
I bet he's gutted using the line "who's ya daddy?"
