"::darkshadows::" <over@bite.net> wrote in
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> Fri Jan 11, 2:33 PM ET
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> LONDON (Reuters) - A couple discovered after they had married that
> they were twins who had been split up at birth and adopted by separate
> families, according to a member of Britain's House of Lords.
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> British peer David Alton recounted the story to parliament last month
> to support his argument that artificially conceived children should be
> told who their biological parents are.
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> Alton said he had heard the story of the separated twins from a High
> Court judge who had dealt with the case.
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> "This did not involve in vitro fertilization: It involved the normal
> birth of twins who were separated at birth and adopted by separate
> parents," said Alton, an independent member of the Lords. "They were
> never told that they were twins."
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> "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," he said.
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> "I suspect that it will be a matter of litigation in the future if we
> do not make information of this kind available to children who have
> been donor-conceived," he said.
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> Alton could not immediately be reached for comment and no further
> information was available about the twins or where they were from.
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> "I think it's a very tragic story for the people involved," said Pam
> Hodgkins, head of a group that helps adults affected by adoption.
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> "It is a lesson that we need to learn and apply to the situation of
> donor-conceived children," she told Sky News.
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> "Whilst ... nowadays it would be most unusual for siblings to be
> separated ... the risk of secrecy affecting the lives of people born
> as a result of egg and sperm donation is exactly the same as the risks
> that have affected adopted people in the past," she said.
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> (Reporting by Adrian Croft; Editing by Stephen Addison)
> Twins separated at birth met and married
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A British Peer??????? Most of these illigitimates dont even know their
own parents. LOL. (Note I was polite LOL)
Mercury.
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