![]() ![]() They reveal their anger at being treated as two-dimensional figures and being termed as “subjects.”Įven after 40 years, the study still has a profound impact in the lives of Bobby and David. ![]() It is revealed in the documentary that they are still reeling from the effects of that study.īoth Bobby and David admit that they were heartbroken and angry with being subjected to such an inhumane experiment. “ Three Identical Strangers”, a 2018 documentary, by Tim Wardle depicts the harrowing impact the separation caused the triplets. To further their knowledge, they willingly turned a blind eye to the plights of innocent babies. nurture in children, the research team forgot the humans who would be affected by their research. In an effort to study the impact of nature vs. The research team then told the adoptive parents that their children were part of a “routine childhood-development study” and continued their research with no one aware of the true nature of the study. However, the deception doesn’t end there. However, with the help of "20/20," Thomas was recently reunited with his twins for the first time over than 40 years.Media credit: Three Identical Strangers/RAW viaĭavid went to a working-class family, Eddy to a middle-class household and Bobby to parents who were upper-middle-class. Well okay, where are my rights? I was told I had no rights," Thomas said. ![]() Now all of a sudden they got the American law. The foundation, which helped support Asian-American children, confirmed that Thomas' twins were adopted into the United States in 1976 and that it was "impossible to reverse this set of circumstances." Because of privacy laws, Thomas was unable to have any further information. Buck Foundation to obtain additional information. ![]() The State Department informed Thomas that the kids had been adopted to the U.S. In the 1980's, Thomas found out that Connie put the twins up for adoption in 1976. State Department to try to find out what happened to them. After months on the case, with the help of "20/20" and Slaton, Thomas was recently reunited with his son and daughter for the first time.įor years, Thomas wrote to Connie to ask about the twins but when the letters started to be returned without a forwarding address, Thomas said he, with Polly's help, contacted his congressman and the U.S. "20/20" offered to help Thomas find his twins and enlisted the help of investigative genealogist Pamela Slaton and ABC News' South Korea News Bureau. The post was shared more than 1 million times, with prayers, encouragement and leads pouring in from around the world. Unsuccessful in his search for years, Thomas turned to Facebook this April, posting photos and documents and asking for help. "It's all I had all these years, so I just, wherever I went went," Thomas, 68, told ABC News' "20/20." One of the few things he had left were just a handful of photos. Thomas said their birth mother later put them up for adoption without his knowledge, and they were lost to him. Thomas had been looking for his twins, a son and a daughter, ever since he had to leave them behind with their birth mother in South Korea more than 40 years ago. Army veteran Allen Thomas has been searching for his twin children for nearly half a century, and finally, his search is over. ![]()
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