FalscherFuchs@feddit.de to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 1 year agoThere are identical twins out there whose parents confused one with the other and now they living their life with the name of the other sibling, never noticing because it doesn't make any difference.message-squaremessage-square11fedilinkarrow-up15arrow-down10
arrow-up15arrow-down1message-squareThere are identical twins out there whose parents confused one with the other and now they living their life with the name of the other sibling, never noticing because it doesn't make any difference.FalscherFuchs@feddit.de to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 1 year agomessage-square11fedilink
minus-squareShustOne@lemmy.onelinkfedilinkarrow-up0·1 year agoI could see this happening when they are babies though. Like 6 weeks in Bob becomes Tom and Tom becomes Bob and you might never know. I don’t think that would be harmful at such a young age though.
minus-squareredcalcium@lemmy.institutelinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agoWhere I live, birth certificate registration require footprints taken by a nurse. I imagine identical twins still have different footprints pattern? Imagine when you’re old and tried to compare your footprints out of curiosity only to find out your identity has been swapped this whole time.
minus-squarecorsicanguppy@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year ago registration require footprints taken by a nurse Can confirm.
I could see this happening when they are babies though. Like 6 weeks in Bob becomes Tom and Tom becomes Bob and you might never know. I don’t think that would be harmful at such a young age though.
Where I live, birth certificate registration require footprints taken by a nurse. I imagine identical twins still have different footprints pattern?
Imagine when you’re old and tried to compare your footprints out of curiosity only to find out your identity has been swapped this whole time.
Can confirm.