Three Identical Strangers

[johnxjsc1985]

Imagine being adopted and then at 19 finding out that you had a twin but shortly after that finding you were one of Triplets.
Three Children In the USA in 1961 were adopted to 3 different couples only later did they find out they were part of an experiment and had been placed basically in three homes of different social standing. They later found that this experiment extended to other twins to see how nature of nurture affected people.
What is remarkable was the Scientist was a Jewish man who had been in concentration Camps but felt it was ok to use live subjects in his experiment.
It is on C4 now

[darreni]

Remarkable story. And then the bombshell about the experiment.
Wow.

[Planet Claire]

We watched this a few months ago. The way that they found out....what are the odds on that?
Interesting documentary/film.

[johnxjsc1985]

There was a suggestion the three Boys suffered separation anxiety from being split up at 6 months. I find it quite sick on any levels

[Halb]

I thought it was beautiful, till the experiment bit

[johnxjsc1985]

Halb said:

I thought it was beautiful, till the experiment bit

they were nothing more than Lab Rats to the people running the experiments and to learn the Doctor had spent time in the Nazi Concentration camps is just sick hadn't he seen enough people die and experimented on.

[Japveesix]

This documentary is brilliant. Heart-warming, moving, really tragically sad and fascinating.

Must have been insane for all 3 guys to process and come to terms with everything in their lives that happened.

[CharlieH89]

Enjoyed this however it was fked up that they were lab rats.

[Matt_N]

johnxjsc1985 said:

they were nothing more than Lab Rats to the people running the experiments and to learn the Doctor had spent time in the Nazi Concentration camps is just sick hadn't he seen enough people die and experimented on.

My exact thoughts too. He came out the other side of the holocaust and then inflicts that on so many people.

The realisation that you’re part of some Truman show life and have been separated from your brothers in the name of science must scramble your head. So sad that Eddie took his life.

[johnxjsc1985]

I really didn't take to the old dear at the end of the show either. I watch a lot of programmes about WW2 and I hear the same replies of " back in those days" or I was just taking notes". all the time. She was far too please with herself for knowing the Obama's

[Randy Winkman]

Wow - that was pretty amazing. The conclusion (in this case anyway) being that whilst there were initially all sorts of superficial similarities, what really mattered were the parenting effects on the 3 individuals.

[Flumpo]

Randy Winkman said:

Wow - that was pretty amazing. The conclusion (in this case anyway) being that whilst there were initially all sorts of superficial similarities, what really mattered were the parenting effects on the 3 individuals.

I phased out towards the end, but was that actually the conclusions?

[Halb]

I think whomever phrased it thusly, that nature and nurture are competing forces for attention had it best.

[henrycrun]

https://www.channel4.com/programmes/three-identica... available until April

[Randy Winkman]

Flumpo said:

Randy Winkman said:

Wow - that was pretty amazing. The conclusion (in this case anyway) being that whilst there were initially all sorts of superficial similarities, what really mattered were the parenting effects on the 3 individuals.

I phased out towards the end, but was that actually the conclusions?

The one with the middle-class parents had (in the programme's words) a "traditional" and "strict" father who the young man didn't seem to have anything like as good a relationship with as the other 2 did with their fathers. He ended up committing suicide. Rather embarrassingly, I'd not even registered he wasn't still around to make the programme.

[Halb]

on tonight, c4.