# Any "evil twin" mixups in real life? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [March 22, 2013, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-evil-twin-mixups-in-real-life/653646 "2013-03-22T15:25:06Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 19\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Obeseus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/bbce88/32.png) [@Obeseus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Obeseus)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2013, 4:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-evil-twin-mixups-in-real-life/653646/21 "2013-03-23T04:08:41Z")
Two identical twins at the local middle school were suspended last year. Seems one of them really hated math. The brother happened to have study hall the same time the math hater had math. So they switched classes. This went on for several days before they were caught. The boys told some friends, who told some friends, and it ended up reaching a teacher. ---
**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2013, 7:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-evil-twin-mixups-in-real-life/653646/22 "2013-03-24T07:38:23Z")
> [@Obeseus](#): > > Two identical twins at the local middle school were suspended last year. Seems one of them really hated math. The brother happened to have study hall the same time the math hater had math. So they switched classes. This went on for several days before they were caught. The boys told some friends, who told some friends, and it ended up reaching a teacher. How’d they prove it? ---
**Author:** ![Iggy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/iggy/32/3364_2.png) [@Iggy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Iggy)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2013, 10:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-evil-twin-mixups-in-real-life/653646/23 "2013-03-24T10:43:06Z")
> [@Nava](#): > > If the mutation produced a detectable dimorphism and the genes linked to it were known, would it be possible with current technology to look at those genes specifically?.. Yes, and it would be relatively easy. ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2013, 10:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-evil-twin-mixups-in-real-life/653646/24 "2013-03-24T10:58:02Z")
Any cases of one twin murdering the other, then assuming his identity? ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2013, 12:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-evil-twin-mixups-in-real-life/653646/25 "2013-03-24T12:36:23Z")
> [@](#): > > How’d they prove it? Probably one of them bragged about it to their friends. ---
**Author:** ![Andy\_L](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c67d28/32.png) [@Andy\_L](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Andy_L)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2013, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-evil-twin-mixups-in-real-life/653646/26 "2013-03-24T18:53:58Z")
> [@Obeseus](#): > > Two identical twins at the local middle school were suspended last year. Seems one of them really hated math. The brother happened to have study hall the same time the math hater had math. So they switched classes. This went on for several days before they were caught. The boys told some friends, who told some friends, and it ended up reaching a teacher. That was a plot point in one of Heinlein’s novels. ---
**Author:** ![ttwinnee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eb9ed0/32.png) [@ttwinnee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ttwinnee)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2013, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-evil-twin-mixups-in-real-life/653646/27 "2013-03-24T20:44:23Z")
no arrest or “crime”, but my twin sister and I switched in for each other repeatedly in grade one. Our names started with different letters so our mother had sewed a T on all my clothes and an S on her clothes, but we would go to the washroom at the start of the day we wanted to switch and change clothes and answer to the other person’s name, sit in her desk, write her name on all papers. It took our teacher 7 months to discover we were doing it. ---
**Author:** ![missouri65](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/74df32/32.png) [@missouri65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/missouri65)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2013, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-evil-twin-mixups-in-real-life/653646/28 "2013-03-24T21:58:29Z")
> [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](#): > > Any cases of one twin murdering the other, then assuming his identity? I remember when the story of the alleged attempted murder plot by Jeena Han came out, there was a lot made of her intending to assume her sister Sunny’s identity, but most of the articles I’ve found online don’t mention it. This one does: [http://www.beloitdailynews.com/beloit-daily-news---monday-november/article\_0c189338-66c1-5870-9cbe-181381229f15.html](http://www.beloitdailynews.com/beloit-daily-news---monday-november/article_0c189338-66c1-5870-9cbe-181381229f15.html) It was an interesting story because the girls had been co-valedictorians and seemingly close as kids. There was a lot going on between them when this all went down. The cops had been called out previously because of their fighting. Jeena was a jail escapee at the time and there were too teenaged boys involved as well. I believe Jeena maintains that she never had any intention to kill her sister. Here’s another article with a bit more background info: [Twin Gets 26 Years to Life for Murder Plot](http://articles.latimes.com/1998/may/09/news/mn-47944) ---
**Author:** ![Kamino\_Neko](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kamino_neko/32/34_2.png) [@Kamino\_Neko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kamino_Neko)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2013, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-evil-twin-mixups-in-real-life/653646/29 "2013-03-24T23:58:57Z")
> [@xizor](#): > > And does it count that Gallagher the comedian sold his act to his brother and the brother tried to pass himself off as the original? It’s actually directly the opposite - Gallagher sued his brother to prevent him from using the Sledge-o-matic in his act, or cultivating an appearance too close to his. ---
**Author:** ![Obeseus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/bbce88/32.png) [@Obeseus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Obeseus)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2013, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-evil-twin-mixups-in-real-life/653646/30 "2013-03-25T16:44:32Z")
> [@ekedolphin](#): > > How’d they prove it? The math imposter was questioned in class. The teacher called him by the name of the kid who wasn’t supposed to be there. After his surprised look, the teacher explained that she knew what had been going on. The kid fessed up. ---
**Author:** ![Mops](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mops/32/16494_2.png) [@Mops](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mops)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2013, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-evil-twin-mixups-in-real-life/653646/31 "2013-03-25T17:16:20Z")
I posted about [a case in Germany](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=12268426&postcount=3) three years ago. It was proven that (at least) one of two identical brothers had committed a very lucrative burglary. [English-language article](http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1887111,00.html). The prosectution file was officially closed. ---
**Author:** ![Leo\_Bloom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leo_bloom/32/10377_2.png) [@Leo\_Bloom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leo_Bloom)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2013, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-evil-twin-mixups-in-real-life/653646/32 "2013-03-25T17:34:18Z")
> [@ttwinnee](#): > > no arrest or “crime”, but my twin sister and I switched in for each other repeatedly in grade one. Our names started with different letters so our mother had sewed a T on all my clothes and an S on her clothes, but we would go to the washroom at the start of the day we wanted to switch and change clothes and answer to the other person’s name, sit in her desk, write her name on all papers. It took our teacher 7 months to discover we were doing it. My cousins used to do this. You’ll never guess how the rest of the family refers to those girls. ---
**Author:** ![LateComer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/b5ac83/32.png) [@LateComer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LateComer)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2013, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-evil-twin-mixups-in-real-life/653646/33 "2013-03-25T17:37:53Z")
> [@Andy\_L](#): > > That was a plot point in one of Heinlein’s novels. That was Castor and Pollux in “The Rolling Stones.” ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2013, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-evil-twin-mixups-in-real-life/653646/34 "2013-03-25T22:25:54Z")
> [@Andy\_L](#): > > That was a plot point in one of Heinlein’s novels. > [@LateComer](#): > > That was Castor and Pollux in “The Rolling Stones.” Or _Time For The Stars_ ---
**Author:** ![Andy\_L](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c67d28/32.png) [@Andy\_L](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Andy_L)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2013, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-evil-twin-mixups-in-real-life/653646/35 "2013-03-26T16:39:02Z")
> [@LateComer](#): > > That was Castor and Pollux in “The Rolling Stones.” Yeah, I just figured I’d avoid the minor spoiler. ---
**Author:** ![Leo\_Bloom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leo_bloom/32/10377_2.png) [@Leo\_Bloom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leo_Bloom)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2013, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-evil-twin-mixups-in-real-life/653646/36 "2013-03-26T16:47:09Z")
> [@ekedolphin](#): > > Wow. If my wife gave birth to identical twins, I’d insist upon giving them dramatically different _names,_ anyway. The “Dorione/Darione” thing must have driven **every** involved party UP A TREE for years. My neighbor has fraternal twins named Marlon and Malcolm. It was idiotic. Everyone, including her mother, just calls her Dee-Dee. ---
**Author:** ![sco3tt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@sco3tt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sco3tt)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2013, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-evil-twin-mixups-in-real-life/653646/37 "2013-03-29T00:13:28Z")
> [@Leo\_Bloom](#): > > My neighbor has fraternal twins named Marlon and Malcolm. It was idiotic. Everyone, including her mother, just calls her Dee-Dee. They’ve got nothing on [these](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malcolm_Floyd) [two](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malcom_Floyd). Not twins, but no less confusing, especially since both became NFL wide receivers. ---
**Author:** ![Leo\_Bloom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leo_bloom/32/10377_2.png) [@Leo\_Bloom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leo_Bloom)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2013, 2:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-evil-twin-mixups-in-real-life/653646/38 "2013-03-29T02:46:46Z")
Jerk of a father. Although has nothing on [George Foreman.](http://thelister.blogspot.com/2007/04/george-foremans-ten-children.html) ---
**Author:** ![BMalion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e274bd/32.png) [@BMalion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BMalion)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2013, 4:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-evil-twin-mixups-in-real-life/653646/39 "2013-03-29T04:25:28Z")
I was married to a lady. She had some serious issues that came out during our 4 year marriage. She divorced me. No kids (thank God!) and no communication. She was still angry and bitter when I tried to talk to her 2 years after our divorce. However, her identical twin sister is still one of my best friends! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-evil-twin-mixups-in-real-life/653646.md?page=1)