In the distant 1980, 19-year-old Robert entered thecollege. He was very surprised at how he was met there: the boys slapped friendly on the back, the girls hugged and smacked on the cheek. It was all very nice and nice. Except for one thing: everyone called Robert Eddie. When he tried to explain that his name was wrong, the students only laughed. Later Robert found out: last year Eddie really studied here, like two drops of water like him. It was not just about the color of hair, eyes, growth and physique. They were the same, right down to facial expressions. And then it turned out that the birthdays of the young men fall on the same day - July 12, 1961. Both were adopted children. Robert took up his quest for a double. Also has found.From left to right: David, Eddie and Robert Photo: GettyImages

Unknown brothers

When the guys met, they were justshocked. Literally everything in their appearance coincided, even the location of the moles. They spoke the same way, they had a similar laugh. They have the same IQ - 148. Very high, by the way. Both were fond of wrestling, preferred the same techniques. Robert and Eddie loved the same films, reciting the same moments from them by heart. They even lost their virginity at the same time. ”It was incredible. Some kind of surrealism, "they later told reporters. Hospital records of the birth of Ed and Robert confirmed that they are twins. But this was not the last discovery that awaited them. Soon, a phone call rang at Ed's house: "I think I'm your third brother." It was David - the guy saw Eddie and Robert on TV and was shocked at how much they looked like him. In the end, it turned out that there were even three boys and four. Their fourth twin died in childbirth.

Inhuman experience ...

Immediately after birth, the children wereadoption, which cooperated with Dr. Peter Neubauer, psychoanalyst, head of the Child Development Center in Manhattan. This same doctor conducted a secret study, in the center of which the surviving triplets came. Neubauer wanted to find out what is more important in shaping the personality - the genes or the environment. Therefore, the children were scattered across different families, who were even forbidden to mention that boys have blood relatives. Roberts were more fortunate than others. His foster father was a doctor, his mother a lawyer. They lived in a prestigious area, the family was perfectly provided. The Eddie family belonged to the middle class. And David grew up in Queens in a working family. Every month for 12 years, researchers visited the boys, watched them play, talk, talk with their adoptive parents and sisters, conduct tests. In general, behave with them, as with experimental animals.The brothers even opened the restaurant together, but were burnt out Photo: GettyImages

... and dubious conclusions

What is primary - heredity or environmenta habitat? In this dispute, the study did not put the last point. Robert, although raised in a prosperous family, almost thundered into prison: he participated in a robbery, during which an elderly woman was killed. But we remember that Robert's mother is a lawyer. The young man managed to get rid of correctional work in the orphanage. The young people had much in common and in addition to appearance: they loved the same dishes, they all liked older women. Everyone in childhood had strange seizures when they beat their heads against the bed. David, the youngest in this trio, was the most emotionally stable. And the middle one, Eddie, is the most nervous. He at the age of 33 years committed suicide, leaving his wife a widow, and her daughter an orphan. There was this propensity to depress the hereditary or not, remained a mystery. Brothers, after learning the truth, Dr. Neubauer hated. However, he claimed until his death that he had acted quite correctly: "Otherwise, children would have to compete for the attention of their parents." Robert called the experiment Nazi, and Neubauer himself compared with Dr. Mengele. Before the brothers, no one even apologized for their fate, which could have developed quite differently: "They called us participants in the experiment," David said. - But we were not participants. We were his victims. "

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