Intersting And Amazing Facts About Twins

The town of Twins Berg in Ohio state of the United States was named after two twin brother Mosses and Erone in 1819. The twins donated land for a school and requested the administration to name the city as Twinsberg, their request was accepted. Now the town enjoys the fair of thousand of twins in the month of August from all over the world. The administrator of the fair says that nearly 3000 twins along with their family members participate in the festival every year.
The participants also enjoy the colorful and recreational activities whereas, interesting competitions are held between the twins like marathon race, twins talent show, golf tournament, and live music concerts. Doctors and scientists are present there with their equipments and medical apparatuses to discover the secrets behind the differences and similarities between the twins.
The twins festival was held for the first time in 1976 and from then it is celebrated every year as twins day in Twinsberg. Scientists, investigate and and question the twins, take their finger prints, test their IQ and many more to know about the twins psychology and phenotypes.
When the geneticists wanted to know that what are the effects of parents and environment on the mental capability of the twins, they conducted an actual study by separating the twins in 5 years age that took birth in 1938 in one of the American families. Two different families were given the responsibilities of rearing each child. Thus , Jim brothers, were brought up in different environments and families and they met with each other for the first time when they were of 38 years. Medical research team questioned them to know common habits in their personalities. They came to know that both the brothers separated from wives and both of them remarried. Both were chain smokers and had the similar source of earning. Both had dogs as pets. So many common things stunned the researchers. Astonishingly, the names of their present and ex-wifes were the same. Similarly, Similarly, scientists wondered when collecting information about twin sisters, Danie and Barbara, who were brought up in separate families. They did not meet with each other for 40 years. Talking to them and knowing about similarities between the sisters that were unbelievable to every body. Researchers came to know that both the sister had abortion the same year, and they had been studying the same book to cook the foods. Medical researchers contacted several twins and concluded that twins had extremely similar and common habits and qualities and environment had no impact on their habits these are purely inherited traits.