Welcome to Twinsburg: Home of the World’s Largest Twin Festival | Short Film Showcase

There were 37 sets of twins in attendance on the first Twins Days in 1976. Forty years later, it's the largest annual gathering of twins in the world. The festival, held in Twinsburg, Ohio, is open to identical, fraternal, and young and old twins, triplets, quads, and their families. In Alex Markman's film, twins discuss what it’s like to have an identical other half and the joy of being surrounded by thousands of other twins, if only for a few days.
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[@TwistofFateish]

Imagine coming across this if you had no idea it was happening lol

[@StarTrekerYT0]

Jadyn imagine coming across this if u live there lol

[@decafortunate3656]

For a moment you might even think you are dreaming or in another planet 😂🤣

[@mamagirl5859]

Why all y’all look alike??

[@travay6328]

😂​@@decafortunate3656

[@travay6328]

😂

[@Nadeshda44]

I LOVE how this was filmed/edited! Twins are so lucky

[@ratancrasta1351]

Yeah the music, editing and vibe was spot on

[@MySweetieCupcakes]

"My Wife said she married both of us, but only sleeps with one" HAHAHA BEST PART!!

[@BrycenotBrice]

MySweetieCupcakes that's what she thinks

[@fredgobaseball3457]

@@BrycenotBrice stop 😂

[@locorocohui]

imagine losing your sibling at the festival and asking people if they've seen you walk around lonely somewhere here.... haha

[@travay6328]

😂

[@glowfishin1]

"we've known eachother for 11 years & we have a lot in common" XD

[@kalitobrigante8416]

Twins is a miracle we have not talked about much

[@anubisswift]

this restored my faith in humanity...i thought twins hated it, now i know im just missing out

[@mia-beee]

Reminded me of watching moonrise kingdom, this was really well made and I love the color palette that they somehow achieved, it’s really wonderful.

[@Behzey2fly]

I'm so jealous , and happy for them. I'm an only child. a brother or sister would of been life changing. don't even get me started on my father. be happy. stay blessed.

[@6023barath]

I have a twin too. :) He looks and acts just like me but the one problem is he appears only when I look at the mirror.

[@JC-wh6gy]

XD

[@VirajTakale]

😂 😂 😂

[@Reyzzer]

OOHLA-LOOii

[@aaron-eg3rf]

the struggle of being non identical

[@AverageBillyStringsEnjoyer]

The kids in the striped shirts were so wholesome. Fixing the other ones hair. I love this video a lot lol

[@Toyota.Tacoma]

"If you had a twin I'd still choose you"

[@khanhkhanh1060]

2:52 Brittany and Brianna, Jeremy and Josh

[@gumdrop0118]

thats adorable twins everywhere

[@CoolMart1992]

I'm an uncle to twin girls and I love them so much.

[@queenbee7786]

I thought this was a town where only twins lived which is pretty weird until I read the details of the video and found out it's just a festival of twins.

[@gyasogyadi5320]

This video makes me so happy

[@quboux]

I have a twin brother and we are totally different from each other. Habits, physique, hobbies, personalities... totally different from each other.

[@stacyodom7021]

Me to

[@Crown149]

I love seeing the love between twins. It’s pure

[@aveaillium8754]

I never knew this existed.😂😂😂😂I just wanna go to see all the quirky thing twins do!!!😂😂😂

[@StarTrekerYT0]

Avea Illium THERES fire works too.... we don’t actually do fire works for Fourth of July we do the, during twins days.. and there’s a parade. Tho honestly other then that festival it’s just ur normal suburb

[@mapachamapacha3614]

This Events is really Awesome I have a twins brother too we are identical twins We come from Tanzanzania 🇹🇿 we really happy to see something Amaizing About Twins ❤❤❤

[@StarTrekerYT0]

TWINS NATION TZ AWSOME! I don’t have a twin but I live there actually! Actually back in 3rd grade when I was a Boy Scout I i got to be a volunteer kinda

[@xirixseven6032]

I am so jealous! I want a twin so bad, I actually cried watching this 😭 I hope u at least give birth to twins one day 🥰

[@leighannesmith9483]

I can relate to this I was married to identical twin for three years. I have 3 sets of identical twins sets cousins in my family. And I always wanted to have a identical twin and I think that would have been fun and neat. And my best friend Doris she had a identical twin Lois and Lois died. Take care everyone.

[@Isagoll3r1234]

This is amazing

[@ronnakraj]

why am i crying.... its cause my mother has a twin sister... she passed on recently and i know my mum is feeling very lonely now. Rest In Peace Sonia mum

[@cookiesncream789]

Well... this video was delightful!

[@RazaPlaysGames]

I always think that id get twice as much done if i had a twin who knew exactly what i was thinking.

[@lazyboy1060]

Must be harder finding love if you have a twin.

[@applepie55555]

my love is right here.

[@martinuzunov9346]

Yes, but imagine if someone found twin girls to love ;) Picture dat...

[@ezmoney218]

Anna Kaiye haha so true. Lot of drama

[@miraix6493]

I wish I had a twin since I don't have any friends :(

[@henriquept1224]

ok.

[@kramer911]

feelsbadman =(

[@Allanfrancisxavier]

Me to bro

[@BorisArthur]

Well you have kagebunshi no justu , so ... lol

[@miraix6493]

***** I wish I did.

[@priyanshupokhriyal1677]

I am not a twin but love to visit this place someday!

[@xixi7893]

They are so lucky 🍀

[@ChicagoStreetTV]

I'll like to go there, I have no twin

[@saturn724]

imagine going to a world where everyone are identical twins.. and I mean all of them are identical to one another

[@DrMateen36]

aww man....!! now i want a twin.

[@kitkatkafi3565]

The worst thing to happen to twins is that one of them dies, and the other has to atend the funeral 😣

[@melaninqueen7211]

This is so cool 😅❤

[@12lilacbushes]

Do fraternal twins attend?

[@olivedog1880]

hope so! Cuz I have a twin brother!

[@dance4life1208]

yea and triplets and quads etc

[@jkg_1985]

I Love My Twin Brother

[@hanian7908]

This is the sweetest comment ever.

[@olivedog1880]

I love my twin brother too

[@arianadiazzz9293]

6:23 there's a big difference 😂😃

[@Allanfrancisxavier]

Wow It's amazing

[@dismaldice3045]

Twins + twins = a twin couple

[@Chad-zd3ju]

But if one set of twins marry another set of twins wouldn't that be low key incest?

[@dismaldice3045]

True true

[@ashleym6454]

I'm a twin and this is sooo weird..

[@253637zero2]

I'm a train.

[@AsianLovePotato]

+253637zero2 At least you're not a twin train like me...

[@BorisArthur]

+AsianLovePotato I am a potatunicorn. It is cool

[@dance4life1208]

yup

[@kawcherkabir85]

This made me cry........what don't I have twin???....😭😭😭

[@therealjaylee_]

Me too 😢

[@MinecraftGaming888]

+MC8 me three :(

[@FirstWorldProblemz]

You want your own identity don't you ?

[@icecubemiles9486]

This is awesome!

[@Angela92]

I am twin and so wished to go there with my twin someday!!

[@sunvavachi]

So many bad comments made. This was cute and no technology involved. Back to the old times was nice.

[@liminalradiofm7899]

hey dis is where i live

[@wonderlandisalanguage9646]

Are there dizygotic twins too at these events ? Or half-twins ? Or semi-identical twins ? Or twins with one body ( can't remember what they're called either ) ?

[@ericmaxwell2762]

Siamese twins

[@Skysthelimit212]

This was awesome :)

[@Doopdedoopdedoopdoop]

Amazing

[@princeshezy007]

I identify as a twin

[@Linkz64]

If I ended up there I would think I was going crazy.

[@loveforthe90s]

I’m freakin out right now there’s two of everyone help help!!!!

[@Lemons19902010]

I'm a twin, but we're fraternal. This would be a little weird for me.

[@greenranger9428]

Reconnected marriage. ❤️Beautiful thing!

[@woolensock]

Is it only me, that notices that its always the person on the left that talks?

[@cshubs]

That was cool.

[@eagerbeaverbachovskislovsk9582]

It's crazy how all the twins have the same physique to.

[@apple_cider1207]

where are the hodge twins?

[@raviolifox]

i never knew there was a twin festival i have a twin she is 3 minuets older than me plus she's taller than me

[@reiiz9942]

incest is wincest

[@geraldsoria1764]

back you weeb, back i say, back into the depths of anime hell

[@raviolifox]

Xyn Ke but i don't watch anime i'm not a weeb

[@alotofmore]

I am assuming this is where Gucci found the cast for their “Twinsburg” collection

[@shellybee9322]

I want to have healthy babies that are twins

[@CanadaLimited187]

6.23, I think the one on the left hit puberty a little earlier lol.

[@jatsukhi]

Nice one my daughter is talking

[@ikhares]

Damn i wish I had a twin

[@aliciapardo6452]

I wanna have a twin sister 😢😢

[@khieriva]

me too😩😢

[@AdrianaRocale]

aye those two old guys were from East Boston, EASTIE REPRESENT!!

[@SammyxSweetheart.02]

4:43

[@justtester_9962]

I thought this was supposed to be Twin-sburg not Three-sburg. What were the triplets doing there? lol

[@benyamin6085]

I have 2 of my brother twin and 2 sisters twin, that's makes me a headache all time bt funny too

[@OwlPhoenix]

For some reason, this felt so weird.

[@walkwithme]

kind of cool... kind of creepy.... thumbs up.

[@Northisbest]

I wish had twin myself :(

[@quark8571]

Imagine how many 4somes happened?

[@kevhollywoodgamer7634]

Wish i had a twin. U never know he might b out their.

[@DrWazzleBut]

creepy... yet cool

[@orisadeh23]

I have a twin but we're unidentified so are we not invited?

[@holacheyenne]

this is something out of american horror story

[@holacheyenne]

really sweet though .. twins run in my family

[@sofiaarroyo7107]

fred & george

[@rosepetal2784]

I'm a twin too

[@cathykirkpatrick9341]

I don't have a twin but I have a younger sister (a year apart) and we mistaken as twins a lot.

[@antonomad]

Why are all the twins dressed exactly the same? Wtf? I get it, you look alike, but don't you have different tastes, different outfits?

[@merdelune9]

I'm sure they do. I think they dressed the same for the festival.

[@urstruly87]

NO WAY, I'm not convinced on why having twin is good!!! (Identical) Twins can never be unique, and so they can never be their own person. They'll always be referred to as "them 2 or those 2 or the twins" ... never as an individual.

[@Mundaez]

Not true. I knew twins and one was the biggest bitch and the other was cool af. So personally I looked at them separately, plus I was one of the few that could tell the diff between the two. But yeah, it annoyed them when people associated them as one.

[@holly9925]

I'm an identical twin😏

[@senorvillarruel8129]

i ..love ...twins! 😛 ( scarymovie3)

[@yaelihyams]

I'm a twin but we don't look anything alike😅 (he's a boy and I'm a girl)

[@jameseldridge3445]

Do y’all fight a lot? Lol

[@melissaabrahams6244]

Never knew my twin😞

[@estopasoayer]

Try to guess which one is the evil twin, makes the video better.

[@hourexodus5204]

🤣

[@toddodabashian7741]

I never had a twin i only have a brother lucky its kinda a pain D:

[@Neoptolemus]

So I supposed to travel all the way from Greece for what?

[@stafford777]

What? What?

[@SeahawksClassic1990]

look city twins people in Twinsburg, OH where from state move country map!

[@olivedog1880]

I have a twin brother. he's 10 min older

[@korn4193]

Actually I have twin

[@GloriaGarcia-kf4by]

I have a twin she looks exactly lije me

[@GloriaGarcia-kf4by]

I mean like when i put lijie

[@MikhaelAhava]

Okay

[@Unertl16122]

Yeah I'm getting split up from my twin in a Month :/ it suckd

[@hanian7908]

Why?

[@DeFaulty101]

Who 'Calls people up' in 2015?

[@funkyfiss]

what do you do? beam people up?

[@DeFaulty101]

funkyfiss As a matter of fact

[@jazzalterio692]

💞