When Identical Triplets Were Separated At Birth

[@NASCARFAN93100]

The Fact that they planned to separate them from The Very Beginning is absolutely sickening

[@quanbrooklynkid7776]

Yea

[@smittykins]

Around the time that the triplets discovered each other, New York State ruled that multiples could no longer be separated.

[@erfelgamazig]

What a disgusting and vile thing to do to children, robbing them of their sibling.

[@terriwetz6077]

I watched a documentary about the triplets some time ago and they were so messed up! After the news broke about how they had been separated, the study, etc., the press wouldn't leave them alone.

[@30yearsagonow]

The researchers justification that separation was 'better for development' is crazy. It's wild to think this was once considered acceptable

[@quanbrooklynkid7776]

Damn

[@rsstenger5113]

These so called “scientists” are psychopaths in disguise.

[@JackalX111]

In 2008 whole working at a sporting goods store I commented that my supervisor not only looked exactly like a childhood friend of mine, but sounded like him as well. My supervisor said my friend had the same last name as his papa (grandfather - whom raised him). After some chatting between the two, my friend came up to the store with his father & his (their) dad, who used to be a state patrolman (the kind that slept with women to get them out of tickets), admitted that they were half beothers! Turns out the two never knew of the other & they never met up until that point. The father rarely visited my supervisor as he wanted to keep the extra marital affair a secret (the grandparents were aware but promised to keep silent). It was really cool seeing those two together & last I heard, they are now really close!

[@dakota-sessions]

Most things are genetic. That scares us, but the more we fight it the more we harm each other by assuming everything is their fault for failing at life.

[@cass465]

Did we really need an experiment to tell us that when you separate babies from someone they’ve never been without, it will make them anxious and sad?

[@quanbrooklynkid7776]

Damn

[@jbaker7311]

What's wrong with using cildren as guinea pigs? Everything.

[@ryand730]

Tell that to people who do gender affirming care for children

[@jpaulis292]

​@@ryand730 Absolutely!! They belong in jail

[@danam0228]

How's about guinea pigs as children? 🤔

[@misterhat5823]

@@ryand730 Found the bigot.

[@ryand730]

@@misterhat5823 found the pedophile

[@kevinsconcealment870]

At 49 I found out I had an older half brother. It's not easy finding out everyone you were brought up to trust lied to you your whole life. The family destruction that eventually resulted from that, among other things, was total. The older folks weren't thinking what was best for us, they were thinking of their own potential discomfort. Lies and secrets like this should be a crime, you just do not have a right to do this to kids.

[@Onora619]

Bernard sounds like a right nightmare.

[@MsRene98]

I am adopted and have always known i am adopted. If you don't tell a child they are adopted you are creating issues. I couldn't help but notice i didn't look like anyone and that nobody but me had musical talents. Knowing i was adopted made it all make sense. I had a fabulous family and never felt like less. These poor children never had a chance.

[@trivinia]

Not a twin, but my mother had a child about 4 years after I was born and given up for adoption. Although I received letters from my birth mother periodically, it was the 90s and they never went deeper than "I hope you're well." Now, 30 years later, through the powers of Facebook and other social media, my half sister and I are extremely close. Despite my growing up in a relatively centrist household, we're both very left leaning, witchy, polyamorous, and have many similar interests and hobbies. We're both divorced and remarried. We also share several mental and physical diagnoses. Ironically though, where I have hypothyroidism, she has hypERthyroidism. I'm overweight and struggle with losing weight whereas she is very slim and struggles keeping weight on.

[@ilovephotography1254]

This story give a whole new definition of a Double Blind Study.

[@taylorlibby7642]

There was a really fun Bollywood movie a few years back where triplet brothers were separated at birth, raised in different religions (Hindu, Islam, Christianity), and reuinited later.

[@geraldfriend256]

This calls for a dance off and a three hour playing time!!!

[@jannamckeen4414]

Wow...when you value answering a non essential question over human lives...that's sociopathic behavior...someone should do experimental studies on them.

[@spaceo8568]

The documentary was wild.

[@dinomonzon7493]

This was covered in Reader's Digest in the 1980s under the article Triplets... And They Never Knew It.

[@Magami31]

My Co-venture partner was a separated identical twins. They were separated for cultural reasons. Something about evil likes identical twins or something. The birth family kept the older, while the youngest was taken by another family member who lives far away. Their whole life they kept separated until they accidentally met in a community event at 19. The older is a dark goth, atheist, loves Black and dark themes, death, witchcraft and black Rose. The younger is goth Lolita, deeply religious, loves White, laces and girly theme, death, witchcraft and white Rose. They also very good in art. Those hobby and likes seeped into their everyday life. You will never see them wearing something mundane or Muggles. They are so different but so identical too. A true black and white.

[@NewMessage]

Well Evil Twins aren't just gonna 'happen'... you need a scientist or two involved to spice things up!

[@buzzzzzz69]

I have siblings I've never met. As far as I know they don't even know I exist. They live in Australia too but the distance between us is at least 3,600km. So I doubt we'll ever "bump into each other".

[@karenroot450]

To keep these records sealed until 2065? WHY? Who’s in charge of this. Is this still occurring? You never know. The government should have stepped in and Stopped this insane process! I hope All the separated siblings find each other!🙏🤭

[@steakwilliams4448]

They were separated for fear of them all smiling in the same room

[@CHOICEBETWEENFEARANDLOVE]

As much as it is cruel how else do you think we know the amount of knowledge we do today??

[@Noneya5241]

The issues the separated twins and triplets had were probably because they were separated

[@jujujupiter]

You’re a genius! You figured that out all by yourself? You should apply for Mensa.

[@keith_5584]

4:03 and here is where it went from icky to stop this immediately and quickly prevent more damage.

[@mariawesley7583]

The triplets had a nonspeaking scene with Madonna in my favorite film, "Desperately Seeking Susan".

[@djdezyn8838]

They treated these children like lab rats. Awful!

[@CRM394]

This is my fave narrator please don't ever fire him

[@mattb9664]

At the gym I attend- one of the front-desk attendants resembles and has some facial features that my brother has. Only he's about 20 years younger than my brother, and is about 340 miles away in the neighboring state. It's so strange seeing this 20 something guy that looks similar to how my brother used to look back then.

[@ronaldwebster9683]

What’s so chilling is the fact he thought nothing was wrong with it. This was for research purposes only. This reminds me of the Tuskegee experiment or experiments on the Jews during WWII where the experimenter made the subject seem less than human to justify the ends! Absolutely horrifying!!!

[@jaeboogie2786]

Yes yes and more yes. This was so horrible. You don't toy with people's lives.

[@lolliemillard2275]

I’m a twin mum and this is heartbreaking

[@J.A.Smith2397]

Fkd up but we really wouldn't be as far as we are without some "in the name of science" shit going on

[@SteveL-KY]

German has a VERY regular pronunciation. Knowing that Freud is pronounced in a certain way, or that Deutschland is pronounced the same way, Neubauer (meaning new farmer) should be pronounced noy bower and not nigh bower. With less than a few hours of instruction on the matter, you should be able to read German text correctly without knowing the meaning of a single word.

[@pamelas1002]

Thank goodness we know better now. Remember, imbecile and moron were actual diagnoses at one time!

[@Mystipaoniz]

Imagine how many people would have to take a pill against that nowadays ^^ Thankfully, they can roam free and reproduce without any medications or restraint. Right? xD

[@auntvesuvi3872]

Thanks for this! 🧬🧬🧬

[@cassieoz1702]

Psychology has an appalling track record. They designed awful experiments to try to prove their own beliefs (which were nothing other than quasi-religious obsesions) and then failed to publish if the results ere 'disappointing'

[@j.f.5162]

Absolutely disgusting and abhorrent what government does to It's people.

[@nova2512]

*What are you talking about? The government wasn’t involved with anything.*

[@misterhat5823]

@@nova2512 Bold. That makes your comment matter.

[@MariaMartinez-researcher]

@@misterhat5823 It doesn't make it false. No government of any country was involved in that twins study. There's a growing tendency (specially among Americans) of blaming "the government" on anything bad that happens (Covid, hurricanes hitting Florida, international economic crises, foreign wars, etc.) and in things that don't happen (drone invasions, mental control, population reduction, HAARP caused whatever, etc.) And, when people acquire the conspiracy theory mindset virus, it can be so irritating that one can end up using bold or capital letters in an useless effort of shaking up the petrified contents of their heads. I know. I have been dealing with antivaxxers, flatearthers and Trump supporters for a long time.

[@christinestevenson4304]

Every government does the most horrendous things to it's people! In the us the flipper babies were born because the government was putting stuff in water. There is just so much that it's scary and sickening!

[@talktokevin8417]

can you do a video on the killdozer and Marvin John Heemeyer?

[@PizzaGuy2001]

Timeline 2009: this Sunday

[@NextGenEcho]

Escaped doctor deaths turns into doctor death

[@aprildawn82]

Their fates were sealed the moment that they were taken away from their birth mother. That's where it all went wrong and that's why they were both neurotic.

[@thomasross4921]

Several times, the video says the children were given up. That means they weren't "taken away" from their birth mothers.

[@ericcook5745]

I never heard about this story Mr ballin and I think was the one that first brought it to my attention definitely messed up what they did here you can definitely tell it mess with their minds I suppose they could have had issues prior to this because as far as I know this was the first and only time that's ever happened but then again I kind of doubt it this is probably the only time they got caught

[@markadams7046]

It seems research of this type could be vulnerable to confirmation bias. If you look for similarities between any too objects, then you are likely to find some since that is what you are looking for. It would be interesting to see how this research avoids this issue if at all.

[@btetschner]

In the chat section during their premiere music videos, the Harp Twins answer as a single user! To clarify that, Camille and Kennerly do not respond as themselves but both respond as a single user...the Harp Twins!

[@CHOICEBETWEENFEARANDLOVE]

Why would they need to mention the lady was fat?? lol

[@danam0228]

Seems as though definition of mad scientist in this case is that the scientist made people mad

[@lookatsaint]

I mean if you’re gonna do human experiments might aswell be orphans

[@sandrashevel2137]

So very sad.

[@justayoutuber1906]

That was a good movie. I recommend it.

[@tremorsfan]

Maybe you could do a video about Jack Yufe and Oskar Stohr. They were a pair of Jewish identical twins who were separated at birth. One of the twins was adapted by a Nazi family while the other grew up in Trinidad. Apparently the one raised by Nazis was disciplined while the one raised in the Caribbean was more laid back.

[@laurathunder4388]

Incredibly unethical

[@starwars518]

Jason Biggs?

[@gardengal87]

My biological family is not interested in meeting me. That's sad and weird to me.

[@foxqueen6214]

I think it's one of those cases where yes, this was absolutely horrible, and it should have been prevented, but we can still use the data and do the best we can for reparations I hope the separated siblings can all find each other, and come to peace

[@kristinkittel2962]

Cruel shit right there. Science doesn't require being terrible people like these "researchers". Sometimes you can get the data naturally or you shouldn't get it at all

[@madamesalamander16]

All of these children developed emotional issues because their soul KNEW the most important person to them, their twin, had been taken from them. They shared the water of the womb, they needed to be together in order to feel safe and complete. They were meant to share their lives, and purposefully came into this realm together to have that bond. No amount of "science" can wave that away.

[@Jimfrenchde]

I think the study was unethical. I don't like the word Identical Twin, because these twins aren't actually identical. And this language can unconsciously give people a biased impression that these twins are actually more similar than they are.

[@gardengal87]

The genes are literally identical.

[@Nonyabusiness111]

Find your own stories and stop copying other peoples

[@untamedblossoms]

Awful. Truly awful. And then, he didn’t even publish the study?! So it was all for nothing. Heartbreaking

[@anahuddleson1189]

weird history make a video about why the fbi was hunting for Hitler years after the war, and Argentina ,rat lines, boats off coast of Spain that are yatzees sub, which are still being guarded.

[@LaylaDeVille]

Can you make a video about the history of makeup?🤔🤔🤔🤔💄💄💄💄

[@btetschner]

Eating ANOTHER Weird History candy! Eating Ginger Candy*†...while watching this Weird History video! For Christmas, I am getting Ginger Spice items and this one is homemade! * For Ginger Spice...Gingerbread is on the Weird History video "What Medieval People Ate for Christmas Dinner" † What a powerful candy!

[@jaeboogie2786]

This really makes me angry 😡 you dont play with living beings!

[@dakota-sessions]

Worth the risk in the name of science!

[@btetschner]

In the chat section for the first music video premiere of the Harp Twins I saw, I asked them "Do you read each other's thoughts?" They said yes, but they also think very similarly.

[@anthonychihuahua]

Partying like the Olsen twins isn't what you might think.. 🎊🤮🤮🎉

[@justayoutuber1906]

The Olsen twins aren't identical twins

[@Matt.P.]

I support these studies, bring them back.

[@whyohwhy9679]

You can always uproot yourself and go live with strangers if you'd like to restart the study.

[@kirbymarchbarcena]

Well, separating twins or more is done here for the sake of science...someone has to do it and that someone is me. - A researcher.

[@kevinsconcealment870]

The medical profession has gotten a lot of bad press the last few years, this didn't help.... Josef Mengele turns out to be the rule, not the exception.

[@likeafishondryland]

This happened decades ago.

[@kevinsconcealment870]

@@likeafishondryland Josef Mengele is alive and well today, and from stories like this, he never went away.

[@geraldfriend256]

Elliot Rodgers and Pete Davidson had triplets? One of them grew up to be Luigi Mangione? Wow you can’t make this stuff up. I can tho,

[@jessstark3442]

why is that Pete Davidson ?

[@Megadebt]

FIRST！

[@davemelton3659]

What a sad life

[@rkzbest]

classic jew

[@Alexamg66]

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