AFP: Separated-at-birth twins get married

[Bleacher Creature]

This is so nasty that I couldn't resist posting.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080111/wl_uk_afp/britainchildrenadoptionmarriage

LONDON (AFP) - Twins who were separated at birth and adopted by different sets of parents later married each other without realising they were brother and sister, a peer has told the House of Lords.

David Alton, an independent, pro-life member of the Lords, said the brother and sister were granted an annulment after a high court judge ruled that the marriage had never validly existed.

The Catholic politician -- who discovered the case after talking to a judge -- used it to highlight perceived deficiencies in the government's proposed Human Embryology and Tissues Bill, which is currently going through parliament

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[babylonsister]

1. That's not nasty; they had no idea and got an annulment when they

found out. Bizarre, yes! Weird they found each other...

[iconoclastic cat]

2. Actually, there are several documented cases in the US during the slavery era.

Siblings would be separated from families at birth, then find each other later in life. There are some studies on it. I wish I had time to hunt them down for you. Very strange.

[Warpy]

3. Also nothing inherently wrong with it beyond an "ick" factor

as long as there are no nasty genetic diseases running in the birth families. Genetic counseling should have been the first step.