Twins Adopted To Different Parents Didn’t Know About Each Other Until Now

Madonna Adopts Twin Sisters

It’s interesting to look at adoptions where twins have been adopted together. Madonna has now in 2017 adopted twin siblings named Esther and Stella. The girls are adopted from Malawi; their mother Patricia died during childbirth. Their father Adam says he was misled about the official agreement as he thought his children would be returned to him one day after they were provided an education.

Madonna also adopted David and three years later, Mercy, from Malawi. The family also includes the oldest two children, Rocco and Lourdes. Madonna was granted an adoption order by the Malawi High Court on February 7 and brought the girls to the United States to begin their new lives.

Adopting Twins Together and Apart

Studies in behavioral genetics look at twins raised apart and together. In studies over a number of years in many different countries, researchers conclude that identical twins separated at birth and separately adopted into different families (compared with identical twins raised together by their biological parents) are none the less quite similar on a number of testing measures. These measures include ones of personality, temperament, intelligence, interests and susceptibility to physical and mental disease. Shockingly, identical twins raised apart are even more alike than fraternal twins raised together!

The power of the twin is clear. Families who adopt a child as a twin and make an effort to allow the twin to form a relationship with their sibling are doing their child an incredible service for their mental and emotional health. Of course, they have to know about their child’s twin, first!