Parted-at-birth twins 'married'
Jan 14th 2008, 9:29 pm
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Parted-at-birth twins 'married'
What were the odds on this ever happening?
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/7182817.stm
You find the 'women/man' of your dreams, fall in love get married then find out that he/she is your brother/sister! You must be talking about odds of millions to one if they didn't actually know till after they got married.
Does it also mean that your mother is also your auntie and your father your uncle? If they had children are they brother and sisters or cousins? Are the fathers kids the mothers nieces/nephews and vice versa?
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/7182817.stm
You find the 'women/man' of your dreams, fall in love get married then find out that he/she is your brother/sister! You must be talking about odds of millions to one if they didn't actually know till after they got married.
Does it also mean that your mother is also your auntie and your father your uncle? If they had children are they brother and sisters or cousins? Are the fathers kids the mothers nieces/nephews and vice versa?
Jan 14th 2008, 9:36 pm
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Re: Parted-at-birth twins 'married'
I actually found this really sad but indicitive of the way 'conception' is now.
I had always wondered about artificial insemination and when it was paid for (donations), how many 'brothers' and 'sisters' were actually out there.
A scary thought is if you were a donor and donated say 20 times and each time was successful, then how many 'relatives' would you end up with?
More than scary in my humble opinion!
I had always wondered about artificial insemination and when it was paid for (donations), how many 'brothers' and 'sisters' were actually out there.
A scary thought is if you were a donor and donated say 20 times and each time was successful, then how many 'relatives' would you end up with?
More than scary in my humble opinion!
Jan 15th 2008, 3:32 am
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Re: Parted-at-birth twins 'married'
I actually found this really sad but indicitive of the way 'conception' is now.
I had always wondered about artificial insemination and when it was paid for (donations), how many 'brothers' and 'sisters' were actually out there.
A scary thought is if you were a donor and donated say 20 times and each time was successful, then how many 'relatives' would you end up with?
More than scary in my humble opinion!
I had always wondered about artificial insemination and when it was paid for (donations), how many 'brothers' and 'sisters' were actually out there.
A scary thought is if you were a donor and donated say 20 times and each time was successful, then how many 'relatives' would you end up with?
More than scary in my humble opinion!
Jan 15th 2008, 6:34 am
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