No, this is not a scene in a Hollywood movie. It happened in Mississippi capital of Jackson in the United States of America, the mississippiherald.com reports.
A married couple trying for a child finds out that they are biological twins following DNA tests. The married couple had sought fertility treatment and had visited a clinic to take part in an IVF programme. Neither the couple nor their doctor has been named to protect their identity.
According to the doctor who was treating the couple, “During the in vitro fertilisation process, we take a DNA sample from both the male and the female to get a profile of their genetic backgrounds. It’s just a routine thing and we wouldn’t normally check to see if there was a relationship between the two samples, but in this case, the lab assistant involved was shocked by the similarity of each profile.”
The lab assistant drew the attention of the doctor whose first thought was that perhaps the couple are first cousins, but on inspection of the tests results found way too many similarities. A further check of the clients’ file shows that the couples share the same date of birth in 1984, which convinced the doctor that the couple is fraternal twins.
When presented with the finding, the couple initially thought the doctor was joking, and the husband told the doctor that a lot of people had remarked on the fact that the couple shares the same birthday and similar looks, which the couple had attributed to funny coincidence. However, the DNA proved that they are in fact related.
