Friday, January 11, 2008

think your marriage has problems?

this story comes to us from the associated press (via msn)...

i'm just going to quote here because i don't know what to say other than, 'damn that's f-ed up'.

Twins separated at birth meet, get married

LONDON - Twins who were separated at birth got married without realizing they were brother and sister, a lawmaker said, urging more information be provided on birth certificates for adopted children.
A court annulled the British couple's union after they discovered their true relationship, Lord David Alton said.
"Everyone has a right to knowledge about their lineage, genealogy and identity. And if they don't, then it will lead to cases of incest," Alton said during a telephone interview Friday.
Alton first revealed details of the unusual case last month during a five-hour debate about a bill that would change regulations about human embryology.
"I was recently involved in a conversation with a High Court judge who was telling me of a case he had dealt with," Alton said according to a transcript of the Dec. 10 debate. "It involved the normal birth of twins who were separated at birth and adopted by separate parents.
"They were never told that they were twins," Alton said. "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."
Alton gave no additional details and would not reveal the name of the judge who told him about the case.

how sad must those two people be (and i mean in a mourning kind of way)? they think they've found their soul mates...and in a way they have. they must feel so much guilt about the incest, and yet be so conflicted about how they feel about each other.
do you think they'll ever be able to be close as brother and sister, or will they always look at each other and think about how they slept together? damn, that's f-ed up.

3 comments:

Meeg said...

thats some oedipus rex sh*t right there.

Anonymous said...

i feel kinda sorry for them in a way :S u find someone u like, u fall in love with them then find out there bro/sis youd be mad, sad, heart broken and probably suicidal :S

Meeg said...

The thing I wonder about is if the "close connection" they felt that made them decide to get married was really a RESULT of them being biological siblings.