“ 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’re Bobby, aren’t you? ”
“No, I am not. I’m Eddy.”
This is the story of an amazing coincidence
Three brothers—triplets—met 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 boy were adopted, and he realized that the boy were probably brother. 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 brothers. 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 Goodship 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 dance. They
Both fell down some stairs at the age of 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 “Giggle” 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 think ?