clipped from: www.reuters.com LONDON (Reuters) - A couple discovered after they had married that they were twins who had been split up at birth and adopted by separate families, according to a member of Britain's House of Lords.
"This did not involve in vitro fertilization: It involved the normal birth of twins who were separated at birth and adopted by separate parents," said Alton, an independent member of the Lords. "They were never told that they were twins."
"They met later in life and felt an inevitable attraction, and the judge had to deal with the consequences of the marriage that they entered into and all the issues of their separation," he said.
Alton could not immediately be reached for comment and no further information was available about the twins or where they were from.
"I think it's a very tragic story for the people involved," said Pam Hodgkins, head of a group that helps adults affected by adoption.