How a controversial study split up twins

Part 1: The twins who were split at birth

In the 1960s an adoption agency in New York deliberately split up infant twins and placed them in different families as part of a controversial study. In this film we hear why researchers study twins - and why one team wanted to separate infant twins.

Producer & Reporter: Melissa Hogenboom

Production: Pomona Pictures

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