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[quote=Anonymous]My sister had a twin who we were always told was stillborn.  When I was doing family research, I could locate a death certificate for the twin.   The reason was he never died.  
It turns out they were a preemie birth back in the 60s.  I guess there must have been complications at birth that led everyone to believe that the other twin would have had serious problems.  She was placed in some sort of foster care and then eventually adopted. I didn't go further than that with the research because I felt it didn't mater. I wasn't going to seek her out.

My parents died years ago so there was no way to go back and ask.   My siblings nor other relatives have ever talked about the situation leading me to believe that none of them really know what happened. My other sibling would have been a very young toddler at the time and my parents were living away from family so I doubt anyone questioned the story of the other twin being stillborn.  I would guess that my parents were just overwhelmed at the time and the advice of the doctors was likely well meaning and they just felt they couldn't deal with a child who would have issues as well as taking care of two other kids under the age of 2 especially back then when resources were more limited.[/quote]

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