A story of adopted twins separated at birth out of the UK adds another reason to my list of why open adoptions are a good thing and why adoptees should have easier access to their adoption records that contain their biological information. Although, this particular instance occurred in the UK, it is still something that could easily occur in the United States.

Two twins were separated and then immediately adopted at birth by different families never knowing that they were in fact a twin. They go on to meet each other as adults, still not knowing that they are biologically brother and sister, fall in love, and get married. They later find out that they are biological siblings – twins – who were separated at birth. Upon finding out that they were biological siblings, they had their marriage annulled.

Can you imagine falling in love with someone, thinking they are “the one,” marrying them, only to later found out that you have married your biological sibling?

First of all, for the record, I should probably say that I don’t like the idea of separating twins. I’m not even sure why the practice occurs as there are many families who would adopt twins or siblings.

Now, on to my point regarding open adoptions. Had this adoption been open, these twins would have already known that they were related and wouldn’t have to go through the devastation that they have had to go through upon finding out they were siblings.

Now, even if open adoption wouldn’t have worked in this situation, easy access to their adoption records or any history from their biological family could have prevented this dilemma as well.

I’d previously heard about this situation on the news a few days ago but this morning the ladies on The View were discussing it as a hot topic and they brought up the fact that the popular open adoptions of nowadays would prevent situations like this.

I’d never given this subject a lot of thought until hearing that, but it’s true. It’s bound to happen every now and then that adopted children don’t know that they have biological siblings out there. But with open adoptions and easier access to adoption records, future instances like this could be prevented.

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