Two identical twin brothers discovered they had lived nearly identical lives despite being separated at birth and not knowing each other until the age of 39.
Jim Lewis and Jim Springer, born in 1940, were adopted by two separate families as babies and took the surnames of their adoptive parents. For a first name, both families called their new sons 'James', or Jim for short.
The twins grew up living a mere 40 miles from each other, in Minnesota. Jim Lewis was aware he had been separated from a twin brother, but Jim Springer’s mother had told him his twin had died at birth.
