teenagers by chance. we were really deprived of. being sisters, let alone twins. i think it was just - horrible what they did. we met with dr viola bernard to find out why they split us up and she just kept saying, they were satisfying, you know, two families who could not have children. we thought it would be better when it comes to competition, for twins to have their own identity. and not grow up together. parents would dress them alike and treat them exactly the same and in her terminology, shared an ego. so she did not think that was very healthy. they said it was backed by the child development literature at the time, but i can tell you, honestly, there is no such child development literature in existence. they never named studies. the louise wise services and thejewish board of guardians, both once well—respected entities, have long since shutdown, passing on the adoption and research records to spencer—chapin and