Errrrrrm:
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.
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“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.”
Poor judge.
I would be so embarrassed.
Yeah, but on the plus side, your son or daughter would also be your brother or sister.
Since when is printing hersay considered newsworthy? There is no confirmation that this actually happened. For all we know the guy made it up to support his case. Did API even attempt to verify this or is single sourcing (and thin sourcing at that) par for the course these days.
I call shenanigans.
I love that restaurant.
Of course, one minute later, I notice that Sphere picked up this post for the AOL version of the story.
But then you could have had twice the referrals!
Comments 5 & 6 would have made more sense if PW was not holding my first comment, which suggested that having your election story above this one would have snagged you more traffic from CNN.
In one sense, it is creepy and gross.
In another sense, what is wrong with two consenting adults getting married? I’m not even sure I would consider it incest. There are plenty of people who don’t want to know their birth parents, plenty of people who are happy being the son or daughter of the parents who raised them. If they were adopted and raised by seperate pairs of loving parents, they are NOT brother and sister. Perhaps in the eyes of DNA and science, but not in the eyes of God.
I’ll bet he knows when she’s faking it.