Twins Unwittingly Got Married in Britain

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Twins Unwittingly Got Married in Britain

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 told The Associated Press 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 December 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. 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.

The High Court's Family Division declined to discuss or confirm Alton's account about the twins.

Alton, an independent legislator who works at Liverpool's John Moores University, said the siblings' inadvertent marriage raises the wider issue of the importance of strengthening the rights of children to know the identities of their biological parents, including kids who were born through in vitro fertilization.

Under British law, only a mother has to be named on a birth certificate. Such certificates also are not required to identify births that result from IVF or to identify the sperm donor.

In addition, British law does not require parents to ever tell children that they were the result of donated sperm.

Alton believes this should be changed.

Alton said he favors an amendment to the Human Fertility and Embryology bill - which is still being debated in the House of Lords - that would require birth certificates of children born from donated sperm to say that and to identify the genetic father.

Referring to the twins' case, he said: "If you start trying to conceal someone's identity, sooner or later the truth will come out. And if you don't know you are biologically related to someone, you may become attracted to them and tragedies like this may occur."

Source: WRAL Strange News

Well, that's awkward.

[AYHJA]

I'm gonna go ahead and say it...He probably hit it...And even though it blows that's its his sister, he probably will keep on hitting it...

[cs_cdkey4]

lol...to be married.. he must have hit it

this is quite a sad story....

To think, you find someone you believe to be your soulmate, marry her.. then she is your sis....

Imagine if she is preggars right now...

Do they raise the kid as mum n dad or mum n uncle....

[AYHJA]

You know what..? If it was me..? I'd move somewhere folk didn't know me and say fuck it...There's no real evidence to that incest shit, damage is done now, lol...May as well keep the party going...

[Sir Jig-A-Lot]

You know what..? If it was me..? I'd move somewhere folk didn't know me and say fuck it...There's no real evidence to that incest shit, damage is done now, lol...May as well keep the party going...

:laff: CD 2 tha fuckin' R!

that shit don't sound too different to some of the rich North Shore white kids here in Sydney. there's a nice chunk of 'em molestering each other. esp a lot of that tapping your first cousin or aunty shit. fucking gross!

[Dubbler2002]

That's why your supposed to take here home to meet the folks,
so they can tell you she's your sister... :?:

Really though, that is f*cked up.
After a couple of years of therapy they can probably
begin dating again.

[trashtalkr]

Damn, this blows! I have a twin brother, so I know how similar twins can be. I cant' even imagine marrying my twin sister though. Damn... this could pose many biological problems if they have kids though. I'm no scientist or biologist or anything but I've heard something like people with too similar of genetics can fuck up a baby

[AYHJA]

Shit man, somebody should have told the ancient romans that, fuck around and you could be getting all kinds of in house ass...I mean, technically speaking, they can probably find someone to discredit the adoption folk anyway...