This story left me with a really weird feeling.
I know there are examples of brothers and sisters throughout history having those kind of relationships but it really makes me shudder to think it might happen in this day and age (and yes, I am aware I sound like my mother!)
Apart from the whole “marrying your sister/brother” weirdness I wonder whether the two of them always somehow knew something was wrong.
The story brings up a number of questions for me:
1. why wouldn’t the adoptive parents a) tell their child that they were adopted or, if they did b) that they had a brother/sister?
2. How did the pair of them find out that they were related?
3. Can they ever be brother and sister again, having done what (I assume) has been done?
At the end of the day, I do feel sorry for them, whoever they are. Having gone through 30-40 years of not knowing and then only to find out in the worst possible way.
Has anything caught your eye today?
Well you don’t look it in the picture Nutty.
I don’t look what in the picture?!
My heart goes out to them. Not a twin myself, but father of twins. I see a bond between my kids and I understand enough about it to see that it’s special – more so than a “normal” brother / sister relationship. Not only have these two people been deprived of that wonderfully special friendship throughout their childhood, everything they became accustomed to in adulthood has now been thrown into confusion and chaos. I can’t even begin to comprehend what they must be going through.