In 1979, two Ohio men discovered they were identical twins who had been separated at birth after 39 years apart. Jim Lewis and Jim Springer were both adopted as three-week-old babies by different families living just 40 miles away from each other. Neither family knew the other twin’s location, and both were told that the other baby had died at birth.
The reunion began when Jim Lewis decided to search for his brother after years of encouragement from his adoptive mother. She had always remembered a courthouse official mentioning that “the other little boy” was also named Jim. Lewis contacted the probate court and found contact information for the Springer family. When he called Jim Springer, Lewis asked, “Are you my brother?” Springer simply replied, “Yup.”
