Identical twins reunited after 35 years

Paula Bernstein and Elyse Schein lived very similar lives. They were both born in New York, edited their high school newspapers and studied film at university. And both were adopted in 1968.

It was only at the age of 35 that they discovered each other and just how similar they were: identical twins who had been separated as infants in a bizarre social experiment.



The real purpose of the experiment was hidden from their adoptive parents, who were vaguely told that the children were part of an ongoing study.

"They neglected to tell them the key element of the study, which is that it was about child development among twins raised in different homes", said Paula. "Nature intended for us to be raised together, so I think it was a crime we were separated," added Elyse.

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