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BAND OF BROTHERS

TALES of twins separated at birth and finding each other later are a staple in soap operas and movies – but two sets of twins parted as newborns and discovering their lives had been a lie sounds too far-fetched even for the most out-there show.

Yet truth can be stranger than fiction and there’s nothing made up about the remarkable story of Jorge and Carlos Castro and William and Wilber Velasco.

A hospital mix-up resulted in one boy from each pair of identical twins ending up with the wrong family and both families believing their boys were fraternal, which was why they looked nothing

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