"It's just a routine thing and we wouldn't normally check to see if there was a relationship between the two samples, but in this case the lab assistant involved was shocked by the similarity of each profile," the doctor told the Mississippi Herald. "My first reaction was that they must have been less- closely related; perhaps they were first cousins, which happens sometimes. However, looking closer at samples, I noticed there were way too many similarities," said the doctor, who was not named by the daily.The doctor consulted the patient's files and noted that both had the exact same birth dates listed in 1984. "With this in mind, I was convinced that both patients were fraternal twins," he said.However, the doctor did not know if the couple were already aware of this or totally oblivious.When he brought up the issue at their next appointment, the doctor said they initially "burst out laughing" in disbelief. "The husband said that a lot of people remarked on the fact they shared the same birthdays and looked similar to each other, but he said it was just a funny coincidence and that the couple were definitely not related," the doctor said.

Source: Economic Times April 16, 2017 08:03 UTC