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Three Identical Strangers is a 2018 documentary film, directed by Tim Wardle, about the lives of Edward Galland, David Kellman, and Robert Shafran, a set of identical-triplet brothers adopted as infants by separate families.
- Where Robert Shafran Is Now
- Where David Kellman Is Now
- What Happened to Edward Galland
- What's Known About The Study
Robert Was Raised In An Upper-Middle-Class Family
Three Identical Strangers reveals that Robert Shafran was sent to live with an upper-middle-class family when he was just an infant. This was one of the major parameters of the study performed by psychiatrists Peter B. Neubauer and Viola W. Bernard, who themselves were overseen by the Jewish Board of Guardians. Neubauuer and Bernard specifically assigned the triplets to familiesof different economic levels. Robert received what can be considered the “best” situation out of all his siblings, a...
David Grew Up In A Working-Class Family
While Robert and Edward were the first of the triplets to meet each other, it was David who figured out that he was the missing sibling to make the group a trio. Once all three brothers were introduced, it became clear just how similar they all were. Even though David came from a blue-collar family, the lowest socioeconomic class of all three triplets, he shared many of the same mannerisms, tastes, and interests as the others. In fact, the trio eventually decided to open a restaurant together...
Edward's Story Reveals The Trauma Behind The Unexpected Story
The first half of Three Identical Strangers makes it seem that everything that happened between the three brothers was the work of fortune and is simply an incredible story of coincidence and serendipity. However, that part of the movie is only a blanket to cover the dark and cruel reason for their separation, which is explored in the second half. The biggest victim of this sinister social experiment wound up being Edward. After finding each other, the triplets discovered they had all actuall...
Little Is Known About The Study Details
In addition to the documentary featuring the triplets, a 2007 book, Identical Strangers: A Memoir of Twins Separated and Reunited by Elyse Schein and Paula Bernstein, also recounted some findings from the study. Specific details, and any conclusions, however, have not been shared with anyone. The study was officially led by Peter Bela Neubauer. Neubauer was a child psychiatrist and psychoanalyst. He worked for Bellevue Hospital after immigrating to America from Austria to escape the Nazi regi...
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Jul 12, 2018 · A new film - Three Identical Strangers - highlights the extraordinary story of triplets born in New York almost 60 years ago who were separated at birth and put up for adoption.
Jul 27, 2020 · In 1980, when triplets Robert Shafran, Edward Galland and David Kellman were 19-years-old, a chance encounter and a case of mis-identity, caused the brothers to discover one another. Up until then, neither they nor the families knew that either one had existed.
Oct 7, 2020 · Three Identical Strangers is a story that’s almost stranger than fiction – a tale of triplets who managed to find each other after being separated at birth. Edward ‘Eddy’ Galland, David Kellman,...
Aug 6, 2018 · The film, directed by Tim Wardle and released across the United States in the past few weeks, tells a story some might remember from headlines in the 1980s: Three college-aged identical triplets—Eddy Galland, David Kellman, and Robert Shafran—each put up for adoption, learn they were separated at birth and are reunited.
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Feb 22, 2019 · Three Identical Strangers, Channel 4 — a sensational true story of triplets separated at birth The tale of three brothers adopted by different families as part of a social experiment is both ...
