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You Tuber Samantha Futerman Discovers Possible Twin

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April 15, 2013

Anyone who has signed on Facebook in the past few weeks has likely noticed their friends and family sharing a certain type of post. Thanks to some notable cases where people were able to find their biological parents or long-lost siblings, everyone is using the web and social media in particular to try to locate people.

PossibleTwins3 You Tuber Samantha Futerman Discovers Possible Twin

One of the most recent stories to make the rounds on social networks is that of Samantha Futerman, a blogger and actress. Samantha had lived in blissful ignorance for the past 25 years, but a message earlier this year turned the American’s world upside down. A young French woman of the same age and with similar features messaged her via Facebook, because she had discovered they shared the same birthday and were both adopted.

Ms. Futerman has never been shy about adoption. Although she loved her adopted parents, she had participated in videos such as the aptly-titled “How It Feels to Be Adopted,” which is available on her YouTube channel. In the video, Samantha discusses being of South Korean descent and living in New Jersey.

Anaïs Bordier was also adopted, shortly after watching Samantha Futerman’s video is when she noticed their stunning similarities. She then did some investigating only to suspect that Samantha might be her twin. Anais sent a friendly Facebook message to the then-stranger explaining her situation. While she didn’t want to come off as paranoid or too forward, Bordier found it too intriguing to pass up.

The pair have yet to meet, but they’re definitely planning on it. They’ve started a crowd-funded project to help them meet and film their experiences together as they discover whether or not they actually are twin sisters. Perhaps their documentary could include footage of them entering DNA testing labs for a Twin Zygosity DNA test.

The project asked for $30,000, which the two have already surpassed. Samantha plans to travel to London and visit her potential sister. She also plans on taking film equipment with her to document her trip. The duo hopes to hire a talented editor to put together existing photos and videos with the shots they’ll take in a meaningful way.

Whether or not the pair actually are twins, there’s no doubt that each has a fantastic new friend and a story that will entertain their future children for years to come. The Internet is in a buzz over this story. Many users have replied with sentiments about how touching they found the stories. People who have had success finding their siblings through the years have given the two young women some helpful advice.

There’s no doubt that the proclivity of Internet users to share content has helped people like Samantha and Anais make discoveries even when they weren’t looking for anything, and it’s unlikely that theirs will be the last story you read.

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Nature versus Nurture: Powerful Stories of Reunited Twins

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November 17, 2011

The concept of nature versus nurture has been debated in the psychology world for many years now. The idea of which has more impact on what makes an individual. Are our traits innate or do they manifest based on our environment?

Twin studies have offered influential research on the ongoing debate of nature versus nurture. Especially twins who have been separated at birth and reunited only to find that despite their circumstances and experiences, the similarities between the separated siblings are uncanny.

One of the most convincing studies comes from Dr. Thomas Bouchard, the man behind the Minnesota Study of Twins Reared Apart. The study was conducted in 1987 and found that twins raised in two different household had both intellectual and behavioral similarities.

Jim Spring and Jim Lewis

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These two men found each other in 1979 after almost 40 years of separation. Many twins find incredible similarities in their twins but Jim and Jim had similarities that were borderline spooky!

  • Both men were named James by their adoptive parents and eventually would both go by “Jim.”
  • They both marriedTwins Reunited Jim Nature versus Nurture: Powerful Stories of Reunited Twins women named Linda.
  • Springs named his son “James Alan,” while Lewis named his son “James Allan.”
  • Both men eventually divorced their first wives to remarry women named “Linda.”
  • Their likes and dislikes were also similar. Both men drank Miller Lite, drove the same vehicle make and hated baseball.
  • Physical traits were also similar, with the same medical history and complications.

There are other twins who were reunited later in life and similarities were also found that can only be attributed to genetics and DNA.

Meredith Grace and Meredith Ellen

chinese twins reunited 300x184 Nature versus Nurture: Powerful Stories of Reunited TwinsIn 2007 to adopted twins from China, with a twist of fate, somehow found each other at the age of four. Reunions such as these are less common because it is rare for both adoptive parents to be willing to participate in a reunion. Many adopted children don’t learn that they were adopted until later in life as well.

Meredith Grace Rittenhouse and Meredith Ellen Harrington were adopted from an orphanage in Jiangmen City. Because their physical similarities were more subtle as babies, it is believed that the orphanage was unaware the babies were even twins. It was a DNA test that confirmed their were in fact twins.

chinese twins Merideth two 300x184 Nature versus Nurture: Powerful Stories of Reunited TwinsBoth girls were adopted by American parents and lived in adjacent states. And while they were separated, their parents explained that both constantly yearned for their sister.

Psychiatrists and scientists attribute the “magnetic” connection between twins to their DNA similarities. From a very young age, people are inclined based on their genetic makeup, towards particular things.

Which do you think has a larger impact on our individuality and traits, nurture or nature?

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Josef Mengele: Is He The Reason For Twin Town In Brazil?

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March 7, 2011
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Twin Town in Candido Godoi, Brazil

If you ever had the chance to travel to Brazil, one of the many places you may want to visit while on your trip would be Candido Godoi, the town known as Twin Town. Twin Town is known for having an astonishing number of twins all which have been born and raised in the same village. Can this have just been fate that led to 1 in 5 births resulting in twins when the average in the United States is 1 in 80 births or is there a person or method behind this twin madness?

It had been said that the Nazi Doctor Josef Mengele is responsible for the surprising number of twins being born in this village. During the Holocaust Josef Mengele, known as the Angel of Death, was commissioned by Adolf Hitler to artificially increase the Aryan birthrate in order to create a master race. After the Holocaust ended it was said that Mengele went to Argentina and continued his research on Twins in Candido Godoi.

Argentine historian Jorge Camarasa was the man who took much interest in Mengele’s research. Camarasa believe that the number of twins being born in this small town was too alarming to be coincidental. After questioning the townspeople of Candido Godoi, he is convinced that Mengele continued his genetic experiments with twins with shocking results. What is even more startling is that the majority of the twins were born with blue eyes and blonde hair! There are other reports that Twin Town has been the home of an odd number of twins since 1927-way before Mengele ever set foot inside the Brazilian town! Was this the work of Mengele after all? Or is it just one of those DNA phenomenon’s? Were all the twins identical or fraternal? This sounds like a job for GTL!

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