Talk:Twinless twin

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IIRC, the Guinness World Records outfit was founded by a pair of twins, one of whom was killed in a terrorist attack.

I really feel this subject is covered well enough in the twin article. It's not well written and not at all factual in nature.Beach drifter (talk) 19:33, 6 February 2008 (UTC)

Proposed deletion
I proposed the deletion on 2008-02-29 02:13. Reasons: Thayvian (talk) 02:19, 29 February 2008 (UTC) This article is not helpful in any way as it is not supported by fact and may suggest feelings to people who have lost a twin, like guilt that they do not and need not feel. It is not a subject that should be written about lightly. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 2.98.87.133 (talk) 21:14, 6 January 2011 (UTC) Unsigned comment noted. ToddSurfs 06:00, 16 June 2011 (UTC)ToddSurfs — Preceding unsigned comment added by ToddSurfs (talk • contribs)
 * 1) the article describes something that is real (twins do die) but does not distinguish very well it from other similar phenomena, particularly death of other immediate family members. In sentences like "Some twinless twins feel guilt that they have survived when their twin did not. Others may feel the need to live for two and do the things their twin cannot. Children and sometimes even adults who lose a twin can feel displaced within their family." 'twin' could very easily be replaced with 'sibling'. In "This is particularly so within families who have placed a great deal of emphasis on the fact that they were twins." 'twins' could just as easily be replaced with 'siblings' or 'the same gender' or 'nice'.
 * 2) there is no verification of the existence of being a twinless twin as a very different sort of grief or bereavement requiring its own article. Grief does not even link to articles specific to the loss of a sibling, parent or spouse.

I can assure you that as a twinless twin, I have indeed experienced all that has been written about here. I lost my twin (Identical) in infancy, and all my life I never had to be told I had a twin. I knew it. And I have struggled with everything stated and then some. To "lump" a twin's loss with a normal "singleton" sibling loss is insensitive to the surviving twin. This is a most relevant article. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.218.123.141 (talk) 16:38, 8 March 2012 (UTC)

Usefulness of this article?
I honestly can't see why this piece is still up after all these years. It should be merged or sourced properly. Written the way it is, it's just some glurge piece that doesn't belong on an encyclopedia. Idonthav etimefor thiscarp 16:01, 13 May 2011 (UTC)

It's still up after all these years because it is a real and increasingly emergent area of research. I'm sorry you find it to be glurge. It's a far-from-sweet situation. I have requested that administrators from Twinless Twins Support Group International (TTSGI) contact me directly with additional citations from Brandt, Woodward, et. al. However, they're rather busy getting together for the annual conference, whose keynote speaker Mary R. Morgan L.M.S.W., has her Master’s in Clinical Social Work from Columbia University, and six years of training in Spontaneous Interactive Imagery. Her practice has included individual counseling with twinless twins and two years of leading a bereavement group for twins who lost their twins in the World Trade Center disaster in 2001. Members of the more-recently formed Australian and New Zealand chapters will also provide additional insight this year.

I will, assuredly, continue to monitor the page and stuff it full of footnotes and reference material, including items from "Living Life Without Your Twin" (Raymond W. Brandt, Ph.D., Ed.D.), "The Lone Twin' (Joan Woodward), and "Entwined Lives," (Nancy L. Segal, Ph.D.).  Blogger/writer/journalist Judy Haughton-James and other members of The Experience Project's "I am A Twinless Twin" group will be ferreting out additional sourcing.  In the meantime, I have restored all information on Jarosław Kaczyński (survivor of Lech) and will Google up the stats on their dates of birth, death, and early film career (and might as well do much the same for the other half-dozen noted).  I'll try to add an additional separate footnote for each birth, each death, and each person's occupation.  If all goes well, the article can be padded excessively, as that seems to lend a certain a acadenic gravitas.  ToddSurfs 06:02, 16 June 2011 (UTC)ToddSurfs  — Preceding unsigned comment added by ToddSurfs (talk • contribs) I still see no sourcing. This article sounds a lot like those things written by self-diagnosed Aspergers and has no facts in it. If not properly sourced i will propose deletion. If, as you say, there's plenty of sources on the argument, then it would be good to add them. Idonthav etimefor thiscarp 18:56, 11 October 2011 (UTC)

I think it's a good thing there is an article for it, or at least a section in twins. Right now the section at Twins is really terse, with no statistics (how often it happens, how often both are stillborn etc.) or any else useful information. Of course, currently this page is worse than useless. --Sigmundur (talk) 07:54, 13 March 2014 (UTC)

i actually found this article useful. I am a twinless twin and i was looking it up. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.115.88.34 (talk) 20:54, 4 February 2015 (UTC)

I also found this article useful, while it is pretty general and not too indepth,it does validate my feelings. i have always felt half lost without my twin that didnt survive.Even at a mere age of three, my mother said I would talk to my dollies, and ask Jesus to comfort my twin sister and keep her warm.. So its always been there. Its nice to see the words in black and white. It validates to me that I am normal to feel this way. The hardest thing for me is to make others understand.The loss seems to get worse the older I get. For anyone else that feels this way, there are facebook support groups that help..Swhitepro (talk) 20:28, 4 March 2015 (UTC)

Also, I hope this page never gets deleted, because when you feel lost, and sad, and alone this page can offer a surviving twin some solice. Even if it a small consolation, it matters..Swhitepro (talk) 20:31, 4 March 2015 (UTC)

George Weasley
Really? From "Harry Potter?" Come on. --99.180.72.167 (talk) 07:51, 19 November 2011 (UTC)

links
leaving links

http://www.eea-esem.com/files/papers/eea-esem/2011/2542/Twin%20Bereavement.pdf

http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/019188699400174Q — Preceding unsigned comment added by Idonthavetimeforthiscarp (talk • contribs) 17:42, 28 November 2011 (UTC)

Philip K. Dick's twin sister
This article states that Philip K. Dick's twin sister died five weeks after they were born. The article on Philip K. Dick states that she died six weeks after they were born. Both articles use the same reference (although the PKD article also refers to another reference). Could someone who has access to those references figure out which is correct?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philip_K._Dick#Early_life

"Philip Kindred Dick and his twin sister, Jane Charlotte Dick, were born six weeks prematurely on December 16, 1928, in Chicago, Illinois, to Dorothy (née Kindred; 1900–1978) and Joseph Edgar Dick (1899–1985), who worked for the United States Department of Agriculture.[11][12] His paternal grandparents were Irish.[13] The death of Jane six weeks later, on January 26, 1929, profoundly affected Philip's life, leading to the recurrent motif of the "phantom twin" in his books.[11]" 98.14.15.215 (talk) 20:33, 20 August 2017 (UTC)