What is it that makes us who we really are? Our life experiences or our DNA? Paula Bernstein and Elyse Schein were both born in New York City. Both women were adopted as infants and raised by loving families. They met for the first time when they were 35 years old and found they were "identical strangers".
Paula and Elyse then discovered the reason they had been separated as infants: a research study of identical twins designed to examine the question of nature versus nurture. This documentary includes the first tape ever broadcast of Dr. Peter Neubauer describing his secret experiment.
This piece originally aire on NPR's All Things Considered on October 25, 2007.
Paula and Elyse have written a book about their experience.
Produced by Joe Richman with help from Deb George, Ben Shapiro, and Anayansi Diaz-Cortes
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