Comments on: Twins, separated at birth, later marry https://wthrockmorton.com/2008/01/11/identical-twins-separated-at-birth-later-marry/ A [retired] college psychology professor's observations about public policy, mental health, sexual identity, and religious issues Wed, 16 Jan 2008 02:47:07 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.3 By: Chairm https://wthrockmorton.com/2008/01/11/identical-twins-separated-at-birth-later-marry/#comment-68887 Wed, 16 Jan 2008 02:47:07 +0000 https://www.wthrockmorton.com//2008/01/11/identical-twins-separated-at-birth-later-marry/#comment-68887 From the link that Dave provided:

–> “So it looks like this piece of news needs to be categorized as an urban-legend-reported-as-news until proven otherwise.”

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Still, the question remains, why did the story resonate the way it did?

The “yuk factor”, a meaning social taboo, or what?

Is there a principled reason to prohibit closely related people from a publicly endorsed relationship such as the conjugal relationship?

]]> By: Dave Rattigan https://wthrockmorton.com/2008/01/11/identical-twins-separated-at-birth-later-marry/#comment-68886 Tue, 15 Jan 2008 22:31:27 +0000 https://www.wthrockmorton.com//2008/01/11/identical-twins-separated-at-birth-later-marry/#comment-68886 I believed this story at first, since I had read it in the Daily Telegraph, but it now seems there’s good reason to suspect it’s an urban legend. The only source seems to be Lord Alton: http://www.museumofhoaxes.com/hoax/weblog/twins_get_married_or_maybe_not/

]]> By: Chairm https://wthrockmorton.com/2008/01/11/identical-twins-separated-at-birth-later-marry/#comment-68885 Tue, 15 Jan 2008 19:25:11 +0000 https://www.wthrockmorton.com//2008/01/11/identical-twins-separated-at-birth-later-marry/#comment-68885 The two clearly loved each other and consented to marry.

The made a mutual commitment. Exclusive, it seems.

The law was blind to their being siblings so their marriage served to make unrelated people related, at law.

What harm did they do to any one else’s marriage?

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I agree with the line that is drawn on closely related men and women, however, what is the principled objection to the case of these twins?

]]> By: Eddy https://wthrockmorton.com/2008/01/11/identical-twins-separated-at-birth-later-marry/#comment-68884 Sun, 13 Jan 2008 15:19:36 +0000 https://www.wthrockmorton.com//2008/01/11/identical-twins-separated-at-birth-later-marry/#comment-68884 Don’t worry, Jay, my comment was mostly tongue-in-cheek. LOL. I once worked with a woman who wouldn’t just watch the sensational programming but she’d insist on talking about it to everyone. She never understood the line between truth and dramatization saying things like: “And you wouldn’t believe what her last words were.” I’d try to pull her back to reality saying things like “wasn’t she alone when she died? who heard her say that?” or “it was just the murderer and the victim, right? are you saying the murderer, who claims to be innocent, reported the victims final words?”

]]> By: Jay https://wthrockmorton.com/2008/01/11/identical-twins-separated-at-birth-later-marry/#comment-68883 Sat, 12 Jan 2008 21:07:11 +0000 https://www.wthrockmorton.com//2008/01/11/identical-twins-separated-at-birth-later-marry/#comment-68883 Eddy, all we’re likely to get is “Law and Order” or “CSI” using the concept for one of their “ripped from the headlines” episodes. It does sound television worthy, but there are lots of implications involved as well.

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