man calls in an adoption agency to know about his birth mother, learns the biggest truth of his life instead

Reunited At Last

Howard and Doug had their first talk on the phone. At first, they could not understand what to say. Both of them had fallen short of words. But they overcame their hesitation and decided to meet up.

Meeting

The two decided to meet at an airport in Columbus, Ohio. Doug described, “I don’t get nervous really easy or rattled and I still remember sitting on that plane dripping sweat and just being so nervous about, you know, meeting this person that looked like me, that I had no connection with.”    

An Instant Bond

Both of them were very much nervous. What were they going to talk about? They had nothing in common except for their past. “It was just the funniest thing I’d ever seen ‘cause it literally was like looking in my reflection, but then the reflection would move and do something I wasn’t doing. … I don’t know how to describe that and I don’t think most people can relate to it, but it was a very, very weird feeling,” Doug said.    

Same To Same

Howard told, “I mean, it’s just like you’re looking at yourself in the mirror and, I think we hit it off, you know, right away and you know, instant connection. I felt like I knew Doug my whole life.”

Parallel Lives

The twins shared everything with each other from their childhood to their current life. And for the first time in life, Howard felt as if he had everything. Nothing was missing now. Doug too was extremely happy and surprised over the similarity they shared. He expressed, “we lived parallel lives essentially.”

Things In Common

They had a lot in common for example, they both tied the knot in 1992 and despised condiments. Surprisingly kids of the both of them had an interest in hockey and they played coach to their children though they had never played the game before.