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The Louise Wise Agency triplets (born July 21, 1961, Galland died 1995) are a set of three "identical" monozygotic brothers – David Kellman, Edward Galland, and Robert Shafran – who were unexpectedly re-united as adults. They were adopted as infants in 1961 through the Louise Wise Agency of New York, by three different families in the greater New York City region. The three brothers discovered each other by chance at the age of 19, and began a relationship as brothers and business partners operating a restaurant together. Following the death by suicide of Galland in 1995, Kellman, Shafran, and the three adoptive families discovered that the infants' placement by the agency had been part of an undisclosed scientific "nature versus nurture" study of the development of genetically identical siblings raised in differing socioeconomic circumstances.

Early life
The brothers were born on July 21, 1961 at either Long Island Jewish Hospital or Hillside Hospital in Glen Oaks to an unmarried teenage mother, following an unplanned pregnancy. Identical triplets occur in about 20–30 births out of every 1 million. A fourth brother died in childbirth, though this was not widely reported.

David was adopted by working class couple _&_ Kellman and raised in Howard Beach, Queens. Edward was adopted by middle-class _&_ Galland, and raised in New Hyde Park, Long Island. Robert was adopted by upper-middle class _&_ Shafran and raised in Scarsdale, Westchester County. None of the adoptive parents were informed that their child had biological siblings. For several years following the adoptions, the boys were periodically observed and evaluated by researchers led by Dr. Peter Neubauer, a prominent child psychologist who had worked closely with Anna Freud, daughter of Sigmund.

In 1978, Shafran and 19-year-old Morgan Goodman were charged with killing a woman and pawning a diamond ring she wore. Goodman was acquitted on a technicality, but Shafran was sentenced to five years probation and community service.

Reunion
Galland attended Sullivan County Community College in 1979–1980 but did not return the following year. Shafran enrolled there in the Fall of 1980, and was repeatedly mistaken for Galland by fellow students. Out of curiosity, he sought out and met Galland, and the two – each aware that they had been adopted – quickly concluded that they were twins. Their mutual discovery was reported by local news media as a human-interest story; Kellman saw it and contacted the brothers, thereby establishing them as triplets.

The greater novelty of their story led to increased media attention.

Enjoying their new-found relationship, the brothers opened Triplets Roumanian Steakhouse together.

Kellman married Janet and had two daughters (Ali and Reyna), Shafran married Ilene had a daughter (Elyssa) and a son (Brandon), and Galland married Brenda and had a daughter (Jamie).

Suicide of Galland
At the age of 33, Galland committed suicide.