You Look Just Like Me !
“ Hi , Eddy . we’re going to be in math class together again this semester , aren’t we ? ’’
“sorry . I’m not Eddy . ’’
“Nice to see you again , Bobby . ’’
“Sorry . I don’t know you . ’’
“You’er Bobby ,aren’t you ? ”
“No , I am not . I’m Ebby . ”
This is the story of an amazing coincidence . Thee brother – triplets – dmet for the first time at the age of 19 .
Bobby Shafran started a new semester at Sullivan Community college in New York . the previous semester Eddy Galland was a student there . the two teens looked exactly alike . Another student learned that both boys were adopted, and he realized that the boys were probably brothers . That student introduced Bobby to Eddy . The two boys found out that they were in fact twins , born at the same time . An adoption agency had send the boys to two different families . The families didn’t know that their baby boys had brother . But even more amazing was this . After the story was in the newspapers, another boy , named David Kellman , realized that he was their brother, too – also born at the same time . So the twins became triplets !
There are many famous stories of twins who met for the first time as adults . One of the best – known stories is that of Daphne Goodshap and Barbara Herbert . They met for the first time at the age of 39 . When they met ‘ each was wearing a beige dress and a brown jacket . Blue was their favorite color . They both liked their coffee cold and black . Well , perhaps , that isn’t very surprising , is it ? But how about these similarities ? they both met their future husbands at the age of 16 at a dance . They both fell down some stairs at the age 15 , and later they had problems with their ankles . And to scientists who studied them , they had similar personalities : they were talkative , and they laughed a lot . Because of this , they got their nickname , the “studies ’’ twins .
Scientists like to study such cases of twins . They want to answer the classic question , “ What’s more important – heredity or environment ? ” studies with twins like the Giggle twins seem to make a case for heredity , don’t they ? The twins grew up in different environments , but still the twins are very similar in many ways . But are all the similarities just coincidences ? What do you thank ?