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DNAaaahahaha: Twins' 23andMe, Ancestry, etc genetic tests vary wildly, surprising no one

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Slightly off topic

I knew a couple of local kids when I was young, called (by everyone) "the twins".

They looked very alike, and everything seemed unremarkable until their teacher, when they were 13(ish) asked "How can you be twins when your birthdates are a few weeks apart?"

They were a bit put out and explained that their dad told them that mum had become pregnant with one before the other was born.

At that point the teacher stopped asking questions and "the twins" then told us the story about the silly teacher and the explanation.

It raised a few eyebrows among the, mostly slightly older (15/16), group of friends, but we just let it lie.

It later transpired that dad had got two women pregnant in close succession and had worked with the mothers to create a foolproof plan to stop the kids from ever finding out.

Its a shame it was about 35 years ago. These days they could have had a night in a nice hotel and free trip to Jeremy Kyles studio.

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