A married couple who found it hard to conceive were
revealed to be biological
twins after a routine DNA test at a fertility clinic raised
suspicion.
The man and woman, who cannot be named for confidentiality reasons,
were hoping to try IVF but the lab assistant noticed an abnormal
similarity between their DNA profiles.
A doctor at the clinic in Jackson, Mississippi - who
also cannot be named -revealed the astonishing
events to the local newspaper and explained how the situation had come about.
"It's just a routine thing and
we wouldn't normally check
to see if there was a
relationship between the two samples, but in this case the lab
assistant involved was shocked by the similarity of each profile," he
told the
Mississippi Herald.
His first reaction was that
they might be first cousins -
until he noted there were far
too many similarities in their
DNA results. After realising the man and woman both had the same
birthday in 1984, the doctor decided they must be biological twins but
didn't know if they were already aware of this or totally oblivious.
When the couple next came
for an appointment at the
clinic, the doctor says he tried to approach the subject
gently.
He asked them if they knew they were twins and says they "burst out
laughing". "The husband said that a lot
of people remarked on the
fact they shared the same
birthdays and looked similar
to each other, but he said it
was just a funny coincidence and that the couple were
definitely not related," he
said.
The doctor says he continued
to insist that the pair were
twins and had DNA evidence
to back it up, after which the
wife "pleaded" with him to
admit he was joking. "I wish that I was, but they had to know the
truth," he told the Mississippi Herald. After talking it through with
the man and woman, who
were trying to process the
news, the doctor was able to
establish how this had all
happened. The couple had met during
college and instantly hit it off, partly down to having such a similar
background - the fact they were both adopted after
their parents had died.
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