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Twins not really carbon copies

ave you ever looked into a mir­ “ People try to compare us with Katie Olson
Hror and wondered what it our good points and bad points,” Shawn Overman
i would be like if there were two of Teri replied.
I you? Some people don’t have to “They treat us as a group not as
I pretend, if they’re twins. individuals,” Cindy added.
John and Sue Zurek, Tammy and “When one of us does something
Jacquie Ryan, and Teri and Cindy wrong people take it for granted that
Christensen expressed their feel­ both of us did it, and we both get Laurie Owens
ings on being a twin. blamed,” Jacquie said. Jett Palensky
“ We’re totally different, but yet “ I’d rather be an only child, some­
we’re the same,” Sue Zurek said. times, rather than a twin,” John rep­
“ It’s alright, but sometimes it’s irri- lied.
I tating. People mix you up, and don’t Being a twin is not all bad.
think of you as one person,” Teri “When someone calls one of us
Christensen said. on the phone sometimes we pretend Peter Panos
“ Being a twin is like a person that like we’re the other twin and most of Daniel Patton
has an extremely close brother or the time the other person on the
sister that’s the same age, except phone doesn’t realize who it is,” Teri
people don’t mix you up,” Tammy said.
commented. Ralston’s twins don’t feel unique
When people think of having a or special because they’re twins.
twin brother or sister, they usually “ I don’t feel I’m different than any­ Thomas Patton
think of the fun they could have, not one else in Ralston,” John Zurek Bruce Pearson
the problems. said.

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