The article has to do with some new laws that are being bantered about in England. They are regarding a child's right to know who their biological parents were.
Anyway, a set of twins were separated at birth. Later they met, fell in love and married. Once it was discovered that they were siblings, it was annulled. It must have been a very emotional event for those two.
Years and years ago my dad, who's a lawyer, worked on an annulment case. It was the same sort of deal. A brother and sister who weren't twins met and got married. When they decided to try to have kids, they contacted the addoption agency to get medical records and so on. Through the medical records they discovered they were sibblings. As far as I know, they spent a long long time in thearpy trying to come to terms with their situtation.
It does make a case for laws so that adoptees have some basic information about their birth parents. I feel so badly for that couple, I can't imagine what that must be like to go through.
Well............ I am an adoptee and have 4 adopted children. I am definitely FOR open adoption records. It's just that at 52 years old it's so important to know your medical history. I've had a breast cancer scare and I have NO idea if it runs in the family or not. Not to mention an adopted person is just CURIOUS to know their roots, you know? My adoptive family has been awesome and I couldn't have asked for better parents. But still, a person wants to see someone who they look like, take after, etc. I could only have one biological child and he looks like me. He is the ONLY person in this world that I can look at and KNOW he is my blood - it's really special.
Our boys are from Calif. and we have an open adoption with their birth family. It's just better that way. They deserve to know their roots. Our girls are from India and it's just a little more difficult.
Lori, that was very touching. My BIL is adopted. He has no desire to meet his biological parents. He considers his "real" parents to be the people who raised him. He even has their names. On the other hand, I had a friend who became president of some group of adoptees who were searching for their birth parents. He has a nice relationship with both sides now.
Good luck with your munchkins and thank you for opening up your heart and home to spread your love.
Its interesting in part because twins psychology (right now) is very big on pre-natal bonding. There is a lot of stuff about how if one twin dies, even at birth, the other twin feels that loss for life, etc.
So by that theory when they met, it would be like filling this huge void in their life...no wonder they felt like soul mates. ...they actually ARE.
How awful to then have the bonding complicated by the whole marriage because they couldnt know.
Thanks for the nice note! That was really sweet! We just go along on a wing and a prayer! It's difficult merging all the cultures, different personalities, etc. but the rewards are awesome!
Twins unknowingly married each other
