Two Sets of Identical Twins, Raised As Fraternal

[Kathianne]

I maybe the only one who finds this fascinating, but it is. Born in the same hospital, one of each pair ended up being thought fraternal:

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/07/12/ma...=fb-share&_r=1

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After a hospital error, two pairs of Colombian identical twins were raised as two pairs of fraternal twins. This is the story of how they found one another — and of what happened next.

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[Olivia]

I saw them interviewed on TV. It is a weirdly fascinating story.