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

Upsetting

Doug condemns the study, “To do what they decided to do.” “It’s just wrong. What they did was really, really wrong. The more stuff I read, the more wrong it seems and the more upsetting it gets.”

Monitoring The Child

Doug’s adoptive father too had something to say on the issue, “They gave us Douglas and said, ‘We’ll let you have this child, but we’re going to monitor it.” Their parents agreed though they too could grasp why was it so necessary. 

Compulsion

“So it was a question of if I say no, they won’t give me the child. I think there was a certain amount of coercion to our permitting them to conduct the study,” Mr. Rausch said. Now they know why.

A Cautionary Tale

Doug, Howard along with other separated twins appeared in the documentary by Shinseki. The documentary was made to help separate twins reunite and get the answers to their questions. “Humans are not data… People in power have to be very careful to remember that you can really affect someone’s life, in ways that you just didn’t even mean to,” said Shinseki. 

Psychology Tests

Mr. Burack reminisced how the visitors would make them do, “All kinds of psychology tests and drawings. I was always kind of a shy kid and you had people asking you questions and asking you to do stuff. It was a little bit horrifying.”

Not Looking Backward

Howard explained, “It would have been awesome growing up together, but I believe we were both very lucky and are not looking backward.” What happened in the past is water under the bridge now and from now on they want to focus on their current life. They spend as much time together as they can.