If you’ve ever been stopped on the street by a stranger who gushes about friends and family you’ve never heard of, there’s a good chance you’ve got a double out there somewhere. If you’ve ever gotten a call and the caller doesn’t even introduce herself, but jumps into a conversation that leaves you clueless, you probably share a name that intimately links you to another stranger. What happens when your identity or image is multiplied?
“Long lost twins reunited!” the headlines scream luring even the cynics with the sensationalism of its story.
Many people harbor secret romanticism dreaming of a long-lost twin wandering the earth. For most this speculation will remain unfounded. But the impossible became a reality for two women inLong Island.
Tamara Rabi and Adriana Scott were identical twins born inMexico; as infants both were given up separately for adoption. Tamara was adopted by the Rabis a Jewish couple fromManhattan and Adriana was taken in by a Catholic family fromLong Island. Neither knew of the other’s existence until they both entered their freshman year in college — Tamara inHofstraUniversity and Adriana down the block in Adelphi.
The two young women were constantly being greeted and approached by people whom they’d never met. Finally one twin decided to probe the mystery of this mixed-identity image and discover its source.
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