Swapped at birth times two
July 9, 2015 1:44 PM Subscribe
The Mixed-Up Brothers of Bogotá:
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.A fascinating and improbable tale of coincidence, family, class, and genetics. [SLNYT]
Wait don't tell me they were travelling by sea and a tempest came upon their ship. Then their helpful ship was splitted in the midst; so that, in this unjust divorce, Fortune had left to both alike what to delight in, what to sorrow for.
posted by GuyZero at 2:01 PM on July 9, 2015 [24 favorites]
posted by GuyZero at 2:01 PM on July 9, 2015 [24 favorites]
Well, since it's contemporary Columbia rather than 18th Century France: Start the Counter-revolution Without Me.
posted by jamjam at 2:03 PM on July 9, 2015 [2 favorites]
posted by jamjam at 2:03 PM on July 9, 2015 [2 favorites]
This is the stuff telenovelas are made of.
posted by Sangermaine at 2:13 PM on July 9, 2015 [2 favorites]
posted by Sangermaine at 2:13 PM on July 9, 2015 [2 favorites]
I found the whole "no matter how hard you work you can't escape your situation" part to be pretty heartbreaking.
posted by Hazelsmrf at 3:46 PM on July 9, 2015 [6 favorites]
posted by Hazelsmrf at 3:46 PM on July 9, 2015 [6 favorites]
when he and Jorge fought, she would hit them with a fluffy house slipper
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Thank you for leading me to this which confirmed you were talking about exactly what I thought you were talking about
posted by blue suede stockings at 4:23 PM on July 9, 2015 [7 favorites]
LA CHANCLA
Thank you for leading me to this which confirmed you were talking about exactly what I thought you were talking about
posted by blue suede stockings at 4:23 PM on July 9, 2015 [7 favorites]
I found the whole "no matter how hard you work you can't escape your situation" part to be pretty heartbreaking.
That's one of the things that made me believe it was real and not some bizarre prank.
...which is terrible, I realize.
posted by aramaic at 5:52 PM on July 9, 2015 [2 favorites]
That's one of the things that made me believe it was real and not some bizarre prank.
...which is terrible, I realize.
posted by aramaic at 5:52 PM on July 9, 2015 [2 favorites]
If they did the telenovela of Switched At Birth about this, I'd love it.
I feel sorry for Carlos reading this, though--dude was already born the mopiest of the bunch and then this happens.
posted by jenfullmoon at 6:41 PM on July 9, 2015
I feel sorry for Carlos reading this, though--dude was already born the mopiest of the bunch and then this happens.
posted by jenfullmoon at 6:41 PM on July 9, 2015
I feel sorry for Carlos reading this, though--dude was already born the mopiest of the bunch and then this happens.
Seriously.
"Sometimes Carlos told himself, with a strange twisted relief, that he was glad this had all happened after his mother died; the jealousy he would have felt had she embraced William as Jorge had would have been more than he could take."
That part made me raise a fist to my mouth and murmur, "Oh, sweetheart," like he was a sad puppy.
What a great and also heartbreaking story.
posted by Yoko Ono's Advice Column at 7:50 PM on July 9, 2015 [2 favorites]
Seriously.
"Sometimes Carlos told himself, with a strange twisted relief, that he was glad this had all happened after his mother died; the jealousy he would have felt had she embraced William as Jorge had would have been more than he could take."
That part made me raise a fist to my mouth and murmur, "Oh, sweetheart," like he was a sad puppy.
What a great and also heartbreaking story.
posted by Yoko Ono's Advice Column at 7:50 PM on July 9, 2015 [2 favorites]
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