JaffleMan
01-12-2008, 02:52 AM
I'm sure a lot of people have heard about this already, but anyway......
http://www.news.com.au/perthnow/story/0,21598,23041884-948,00.html
TWINS separated at birth and raised by different families met later and married, but were forced to break up when they discovered their true identities, a British legislator has claimed.
"It's a tragedy for the couple who are involved, a terrible tragedy. Everyone's hearts will go out to people caught up quite unwittingly in a case of incest of this kind,'' Lords Upper House member David Alton said.
Mr Alton first raised the case during debate on a proposed new law on in-vitro fertilisation.
He said it highlighted the need for children to know who their parents were.
He feared that under the new law, the biological identity of one parent of a child born as a result of IVF could be removed from the birth certificate, creating the potential for similar tragic mistakes to occur.
Mr Alton told parliament last month he had heard about the twins from a High Court judge who had dealt with the case.
"It involved the normal birth of twins who were separated at birth and adopted by separate parents,'' Mr Alton said.
"They were never told that they were twins. They met later in life and felt an inevitable attraction and married.
"When they did come to know their true identities, it led to their having to separate and also to a lot of heartbreak.''
News reports said their marriage was annulled.
No further information was available about the twins or where they were from.
There's a bit of controversy on this issue so i won't say much but man....
If I were to ever adopt kids I'd make sure they knew everything about their own personal identity.
http://www.news.com.au/perthnow/story/0,21598,23041884-948,00.html
TWINS separated at birth and raised by different families met later and married, but were forced to break up when they discovered their true identities, a British legislator has claimed.
"It's a tragedy for the couple who are involved, a terrible tragedy. Everyone's hearts will go out to people caught up quite unwittingly in a case of incest of this kind,'' Lords Upper House member David Alton said.
Mr Alton first raised the case during debate on a proposed new law on in-vitro fertilisation.
He said it highlighted the need for children to know who their parents were.
He feared that under the new law, the biological identity of one parent of a child born as a result of IVF could be removed from the birth certificate, creating the potential for similar tragic mistakes to occur.
Mr Alton told parliament last month he had heard about the twins from a High Court judge who had dealt with the case.
"It involved the normal birth of twins who were separated at birth and adopted by separate parents,'' Mr Alton said.
"They were never told that they were twins. They met later in life and felt an inevitable attraction and married.
"When they did come to know their true identities, it led to their having to separate and also to a lot of heartbreak.''
News reports said their marriage was annulled.
No further information was available about the twins or where they were from.
There's a bit of controversy on this issue so i won't say much but man....
If I were to ever adopt kids I'd make sure they knew everything about their own personal identity.