Today, Shafran is a lawyer living in Gravesend, Brooklyn; Kellman, who is still in New Jersey and in the process of a divorce, is an independent general agent working in life insurance, medicare and annuities. But where are Bobby and David … However, everyone at college was greeting a new student as Gallan, as if he had come back.Domnitz went to the lookalike’s dorm room to investigate and was dumbfounded by what he discovered. Due to the sheer scale of this comment community, we are not able to give each post the same level of attention, but we have preserved this area in the interests of open debate. Shafran, 19, found not only what he was looking for but that he and Galland, both adopted, were twins. You can also choose to be emailed when someone replies to your comment.The existing Open Comments threads will continue to exist for those who do not subscribe to Independent Premium. Shafran and Gallan’s story received a lot of attention in the press when they met, which is how they eventually found their third brother.
Please continue to respect all commenters and create constructive debates.Are you sure you want to mark this comment as inappropriate?Please be respectful when making a comment and adhere to our There are no Independent Premium comments yet - be the first to add your thoughtsPlease be respectful when making a comment and adhere to our There are no comments yet - be the first to add your thoughtsThe heartbreaking experiment of triplets separated at birth "The triplets were adopted by different families as part of a disturbing experimentIndependent Premium Comments can be posted by members of our membership scheme, Independent Premium. “We hope that the film encourages others to come forward and request access to their records.”“The Jewish Board had no role in the separation of twins adopted through Louise Wise. He has remained in touch with Galland’s wife and daughter. Months later, the publicity of this human-interest story reached David Kellman, whose resemblance and matching adoption circumstances indicated that the three were triplets. After spotting a photo of Shafran and Gallan together in the news, Kellman contacted the pair to inform them that he believed he was their third brother, making them not twins, but triplets.Shafran, Gallan and Kellman were in for a wild ride as they explored their newfound fame, even appearing in cameo roles in Madonna’s 1985 film However, their story took a darker turn when they attempted to figure out why they were separated in the first place.The triplets were placed in homes with varying states of wealth and were assessed by researchers throughout their childhoods, with none of the families aware that their adoptive sons had identical siblings.Shafran, Gallan and Kellman weren’t the only adoptive babies included in the study, with many others likely completely ignorant of the fact that they have identical siblings.Sadly, Gallan took his own life at the age of 33. After spotting a photo of Shafran and Gallan together in the news, Kellman contacted the pair to inform them that he believed he was their third brother, making them not twins, but triplets.Shafran, Gallan and Kellman were in for a wild ride as they explored their newfound fame, even appearing in cameo roles in Madonna’s 1985 film However, their story took a darker turn when they attempted to figure out why they were separated in the first place.The triplets were placed in homes with varying states of wealth and were assessed by researchers throughout their childhoods, with none of the families aware that their adoptive sons had identical siblings.Shafran, Gallan and Kellman weren’t the only adoptive babies included in the study, with many others likely completely ignorant of the fact that they have identical siblings.Sadly, Gallan took his own life at the age of 33. The following article contains spoilers. “My daughter and Jamie are extremely close,” Kellman said. Three Identical Strangers is a 2018 documentary film directed by Tim Wardle, about the lives of Edward Galland, David Kellman, and Robert Shafran, a set of identical triplets adopted as infants by separate families.