If You Had A Twin, But Didn't Realise It.

[renegadefm]

If you had a secret identical twin, but was seperated at birth due to adoption. But found out many years into adult hood, how could this affect you?

 

I'm adopted for example, and don't know my birth parents, yet I've often wondered if I have other blood brothers and sisters.

But imagine the implications of having identical twins seperated at birth. The other twin could commit a serious crime and be wanted, then the police could arrest the wrong twin.

How would that pan out? How could you defend your innocent, especially if you didn't have a valid alibi?

[THECORBYLOON]

Your fingerprints would not be the same.

[Canary42]

What a silly fanciful hypothesis.

Speaking as an identical twin.

[renegadefm]

Canary42, 

Why is it fanciful?

I could easily imagine as an adopted child myself, that if a woman had to give up identical twins, that there would be no guarantees the twins would both go to the same home. 

Lots of children in the 60's were adopted from Ireland to the UK. 

Potentially there could be hundreds, thousands or twins separated at birth. 

My original question is how would that affect you, in terms of mistaken identity basically, based on a crime commited or whatever, how the hell could you prove your innocent without a reasonable alibi? 

[renegadefm]

THECORBYLOON, 

Finger prints wouldn't be the same, but if you looked identical to the person in question, they probably wouldn't even check that. 

It really would be a case of mistaken identity, its happened in real life before, so its not a silly question in my mind. 

[barry1010]

Of course the police would check fingerprints, it is routine when anyone is arrested.

[rowanwitch]

Sounds like a storyline for a book...

Just to being the safe side never be alone, document everything you do so you always have an alibi.

[davebro3]

there aren't always fingerprints at a crime scene...

[barry1010]

That is true but fingerprints are always taken.

[davebro3]

There is a Hitchcock short where one identical twin murders his uncle and his seen fleeing the scene. The twins baffle the cop trying to solve the case with their alibi stories. Can't remember the exact ending but summat to do with a barmaid & a belt I think.

[barry1010]

Twins and all multiple birth have the time of birth on their birth certificate.

I don't know if that is included in the adoption certificate but you can get your birth certificate when you reach 18

[barry1010]

The Dark Mirror has a similar plot

[DDIL]

Police will usually take some of your biometric data if you're arrested, including your fingerprints and DNA.

[Old_Geezer]

I'd be curious but doubt it would affect me much at all. Might opt to make contact so I could understand the circumstances at the time of separation, and to update the family tree info.

[barry1010]

Renegade, you could get your DNA done through a company like Ancestry, you might be surprised.  Have you seen your original birth certificate?

 

[renegadefm]

barry1010, 

No never seen my birth certificate 

Haven't a clue who my birth Mum or Dad is. My adopted parents never told me

[davebro3]

//Twins and all multiple birth have the time of birth on their birth certificate.//

But presumably an invidual's birth certificate will  will not say if they were part of a multiple birth?

[barry1010]

An idividual's birth certificate will have the time of birth if s/he is one of a multiple birth, davebro - that's the only indication that s/he is a twin, triplet etc.

Renegade, are you not tempted to apply for your original birth certificate?

[davebro3]

time of birth won't tell you if it was a multiple birth unless the other births are mentioned - I doubt a birth cert would show that.

[davebro3]

or indeed if siblings survived