How identical twins, raised 5,000 miles apart, found each other through television and media—and the remarkable similarities they discovered, by nlsegal
When twins meet for the first time, they may feel a mix of emotions.My last post described a reunion between identical female twins, Mirta and Dolores, who grew up apart in different cities in Argentina. I will now turn to the case of identical female twins, Alice and Linh, who grew up in different countries. Alice and Linh were raised in Sweden and Vietnam, respectively. I learned about them when Alice sent me a message asking about research participation.
Alice, now 30 years of age, was adopted as a 10-month-old infant. She learned that she had a twin when she was 16, but she did not meet Linh until they turned 20. The distance between their homes in Sweden and Vietnam is 5370 airline miles, which explains why the twins have met in person only twice. And, of course, the COVID pandemic has curtailed the travel plans of many people. However, the twins are in contact via Facebook, Instagram, and group chats, assisted by bilingual friends.
Alice and Linh were born in Hanoi in July 1991. Alice always knew she had been adopted. She considers herself to be a “confident person,” explaining that while she loves to travel to Vietnam, she has never felt curious about her biological family. However, Alice’s physical resemblance to another young woman led to an unexpected meeting with a twin sister she never knew she had.
Early in life, Alice began working as a television singer and host; in fact, she placed second in the “Swedish Idol”at age 16. Her success was widely reported in the Vietnamese media. One day, a journalist contacted her to say that he had found her mother and a sister. “It was a shock,” Alice recalled. Then their story of separation and reunion became popular in the Swedish media.
Unusual similarities between identical reared-apart twins are hard to explain without thinking about the role of genetic factors. And meeting a twin can raise new explanations for old behaviors. For example, when Alice was a child, her doctor told her parents that she had a hoarse voice because she yelled so often. However, after meeting Linh, Alice now thinks that her voice quality is partly explained by their shared. “We are naturally hoarse,” she said.
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