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Reunited Twins: Spouse Relations / Twin Research Reports / Timely Topics

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 February 2012

Nancy L. Segal
Nancy L. Segal*
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, California State University, United States of America. nsegal@fullerton.edu
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*ADDRESS FOR CORRESPONDENCE: Nancy L. Segal, Department of Psychology, California State University, Fullerton, CA 92834, USA.

Abstract

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The present article explores the social attraction that may evolve on the part of reared apart twins' spouses toward their brothers- and sisters-in-law, that is, their spouses' newly found co-twin. This topic was inspired by the fascinating story of monozygotic reared apart (MZA) twins who were reunited in Perth, Australia in 2008, at age 50. It is followed by brief reviews of twin research articles concerning divorce rates among mothers of multiples and X-chromosome inactivation in MZ female twin pairs. The final section presents informative human interest stories involving twins.

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News, Views & Comments
Information
Twin Research and Human Genetics , Volume 14 , Issue 3 , 01 June 2011 , pp. 290 - 294
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2011