{"id":1328,"date":"2024-11-28T06:42:37","date_gmt":"2024-11-28T06:42:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/momentsunfolded.com\/?p=1328"},"modified":"2024-11-28T06:43:55","modified_gmt":"2024-11-28T06:43:55","slug":"man-who-was-adopted-60-years-ago-learns-he-has-4-carbon-copies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/momentsunfolded.com\/archives\/1328","title":{"rendered":"Man Who Was Adopted 60 Years Ago Learns He Has 4 Carbon Copies"},"content":{"rendered":"<header class='\"entry-header\"'>\n<p>A 60-year-old man is shocked when a perfect stranger walks up to him in a restaurant and calls him a cheater \u2014 and discovers he has several siblings.\n</p><div class='\"entry-content\"'>\n<div>\n<p class='\"ContentRenderer_paragraph__B2z36\"'>Phillip Granger decided he must have one of those common faces because as far back as he could remember, people had been coming up to him and mistaking him for other men.\n\n</p><div>\n<p class='\"ContentRenderer_paragraph__B2z36\"'>It wasn\u2019t much of a consolation that his wife thought him handsome when everyone seemed to think he was commonplace. Things came to a head when Phillip was 60 years old and out to dinner with his wife.\n\n</p><div>\n<p class='\"ContentRenderer_paragraph__B2z36\"'>Phillip and Mara were out to dinner celebrating a business deal that she\u2019d pulled off at one of their favorite restaurants. He was holding his wife\u2019s hand and leaning over to kiss her when a woman suddenly walked up to them.\n\n</p><div>\n<p class='\"ContentRenderer_paragraph__B2z36\"'>\u201cSo you had to work tonight?\u201d she screamed. \u201cYou had an emergency surgery? You CHEAT! We are over!\u201d She dashed her glass of wine on Phillip\u2019s face and walked off.\n\n</p><div>\n<p class='\"ContentRenderer_paragraph__B2z36\"'>Phillip mopped up the red wine with his napkin and shook his head. \u201cI\u2019m sorry honey,\u201d he said to Mara. \u201cI don\u2019t know what\u2019s going on!\u201d But Mara was on her feet and following the woman out of the restaurant.\n\n</p><div>\n<div>\n<h3 class='\"ContentRenderer_sub-header3__453y4\"'>Incredible things happen to ordinary people every day.\n\n</h3><p class='\"ContentRenderer_paragraph__B2z36\"'>\u201cExcuse me,\u201d Mara said when she caught up with the woman. \u201cPlease, can you tell me what\u2019s going on?\u201d\n\n</p><div>\n<div class='\"adv\"'>\n\n<div>\n<div class='\"Image_wrapper__1NP9g\"'>\n<div class='\"Image_container__oHMMQ\"'>\n<div class='\"Image_ref__XcBnw\"'><picture><source srcset='\"https:\/\/imgproxy.amomama.com\/2lnmNyGEiPib8lG36vuvPuaYN02fa7OleOzoUiXfkd0\/rs:fill:375:0:1\/g:no\/aHR0cHM6Ly9jZG4uYW1vbWFtYS5jb20vYjUyMDEyZTc5MWJjOTRlMTRiNWIwZWMzM2JjMzYwYjIuanBlZz93aWR0aD0yMjUwJmhlaWdodD0xNTAwJndpZHRoPTIyNTAmaGVpZ2h0PTE1MDAmd2lkdGg9MjI1MCZoZWlnaHQ9MTUwMCZ3aWR0aD0yMjUwJmhlaWdodD0xNTAwJndpZHRoPTIyNTAmaGVpZ2h0PTE1MDA.jpg' type='\"image\/jpeg\"' sizes='\"(max-width:'></source><img loading='\"lazy\"' decoding='\"async\"' class='\"Image_image__11E9V' image_post-image__qntn0 src="%5C%22https:%5C/%5C/cdn.amomama.com%5C/b52012e791bc94e14b5b0ec33bc360b2.jpeg%5C%22" alt='\"Phillip' and his wife were having dinner when something extraordinary happened. source: pexels width='\"2250\"' height='\"1500\"'>\n\n<p class='\"Image_title__T6_we\"' data-testid='\"image-source\"'>Phillip and his wife were having dinner when something extraordinary happened.\n\n\n</p><div>\n<p class='\"ContentRenderer_paragraph__B2z36\"'>\u201cWho are you?\u201d the woman asked angrily. \u201cHis girlfriend?\u201d\n\n</p><div>\n<p class='\"ContentRenderer_paragraph__B2z36\"'>\u201cNo,\u201d Mara replied. \u201cI\u2019m his wife.\u201d\n\n</p><div>\n<p class='\"ContentRenderer_paragraph__B2z36\"'>\u201cHe\u2019s MARRIED?\u201d the woman cried. \u201cI swear it\u2019s the last time I date a doctor! Dr. Ralf Gois! I should have known!\u201d\n\n</p><div>\n<p class='\"ContentRenderer_paragraph__B2z36\"'>\u201cMy husband\u2019s name is Phillip Granger,\u201d Mara said. \u201cAnd he\u2019s not a doctor.\u201d\n\n</p><div>\n<div class='\"Image_wrapper__1NP9g\"'>\n<div class='\"Image_container__oHMMQ\"'>\n<div class='\"Image_ref__XcBnw\"'><picture><source srcset='\"https:\/\/imgproxy.amomama.com\/yFBoP7DXvgWhUoNezuJOFc-RNEMTlCiIZQvpGvqiO8o\/rs:fill:375:0:1\/g:no\/aHR0cHM6Ly9jZG4uYW1vbWFtYS5jb20vNThmMzdlYTdkOTQ5M2YwMWFhYzNiOTExNzY2MTUxYjguanBnP3dpZHRoPTE0NzAmaGVpZ2h0PTk4MCZ3aWR0aD0xNDcwJmhlaWdodD05ODA.jpg' type='\"image\/jpeg\"' sizes='\"(max-width:'></source><img loading='\"lazy\"' decoding='\"async\"' class='\"Image_image__11E9V' image_post-image__qntn0 src="%5C%22https:%5C/%5C/cdn.amomama.com%5C/58f37ea7d9493f01aac3b911766151b8.jpg%5C%22" alt='\""You' cheat we are over source: unsplash width='\"1470\"' height='\"980\"'>\n\n<p class='\"Image_title__T6_we\"' data-testid='\"image-source\"'>\u201cYou CHEAT! We are over!\u201d\n\n\n</p><div>\n<p class='\"ContentRenderer_paragraph__B2z36\"'>The woman looked embarrassed. \u201cOh my God!\u201d she gasped. \u201cBut he looks EXACTLY like Ralf! Like a twin!\u201d By the time the woman left, Mara had Dr. Ralf Gois\u2019 phone number.\n\n</p><div>\n<p class='\"ContentRenderer_paragraph__B2z36\"'>\u201cListen, Phil,\u201d she said. \u201cThis is very strange. That woman said this Ralf looks exactly like you, like a twin. You were adopted, so maybe this guy IS your twin.\u201d\n\n</p><div>\n<p class='\"ContentRenderer_paragraph__B2z36\"'>Phillip was excited. He\u2019d grown up in a loving home, but his life had always felt empty as if something was missing \u2014 and now the idea of a twin seemed to somehow ring a chime in his heart. That was what was missing! A sibling!\n\n</p><div>\n<p class='\"ContentRenderer_paragraph__B2z36\"'>\u201cHe may be just a lookalike,\u201d Phillip protested, but he allowed Mara to talk him into phoning Ralf and setting up a meeting. \u201cHello,\u201d he said. \u201cYou don\u2019t know me, my name is Phillip Granger, and I think we look alike\u2026\u201d\n\n</p><div>\n<div class='\"Image_wrapper__1NP9g\"'>\n<div class='\"Image_container__oHMMQ\"'>\n<div class='\"Image_ref__XcBnw\"'><picture><source srcset='\"https:\/\/imgproxy.amomama.com\/l_zAu62yF_AnOXCBP9Ku6Kgy6ydmyTAfLWB0DXjNOBM\/rs:fill:375:0:1\/g:no\/aHR0cHM6Ly9jZG4uYW1vbWFtYS5jb20vNjdiMGFkNWFkMjgyMGVkNDVjYjM2MTUwYmNjZDQ2OGIuanBnP3dpZHRoPTcyNCZoZWlnaHQ9NTU3JndpZHRoPTcyNCZoZWlnaHQ9NTU3JndpZHRoPTcyNCZoZWlnaHQ9NTU3.jpg' type='\"image\/jpeg\"' sizes='\"(max-width:'></source><img loading='\"lazy\"' decoding='\"async\"' class='\"Image_image__11E9V' image_post-image__qntn0 src="%5C%22https:%5C/%5C/cdn.amomama.com%5C/67b0ad5ad2820ed45cb36150bccd468b.jpg%5C%22" alt='\"Phillip' discovered he looked exactly like a man called ralf gois. source: unsplash width='\"724\"' height='\"557\"'>\n\n<p class='\"Image_title__T6_we\"' data-testid='\"image-source\"'>Phillip discovered he looked exactly like a man called Ralf Gois.\n\n\n</p><div>\n<p class='\"ContentRenderer_paragraph__B2z36\"'>That very afternoon, Phil and Ralf met and it was like looking into a mirror. They were identical, and after a short conversation, they discovered that they were both adopted, born at the same hospital on the same day!\n\n</p><div>\n<p class='\"ContentRenderer_paragraph__B2z36\"'>The two men couldn\u2019t stop laughing and crying and hugging each other. Ralf had never married, his parents were deceased, and finding a brother was a dream come true.\n\n</p><div>\n<p class='\"ContentRenderer_paragraph__B2z36\"'>Then Ralf said, \u201cHey Phil, we can find our mother! We were born at the hospital where I work, and I know they\u2019ve put all their records into the computers\u2026All I have to do is punch in our birth date!\u201d\n\n</p><div>\n<p class='\"ContentRenderer_paragraph__B2z36\"'>The two men rushed to the hospital where Ralf led his newfound twin to his office and accessed the hospital records. \u201cEasy as pie,\u201d he cried excitedly, then Phil saw his brother\u2019s face turn white as snow.\n\n</p><div>\n<div class='\"Image_wrapper__1NP9g\"'>\n<div class='\"Image_container__oHMMQ\"'>\n<div class='\"Image_ref__XcBnw\"'><picture><source srcset='\"https:\/\/imgproxy.amomama.com\/fkNTBNDI9DHKbrxSpShS20kBCLIjDIxzNBpAIv1mYVg\/rs:fill:375:0:1\/g:no\/aHR0cHM6Ly9jZG4uYW1vbWFtYS5jb20vN2JmMGEzYzFkN2JhNWMxNzQ2ODc3NjlmNGIwNjA0NzYuanBnP3dpZHRoPTExNzImaGVpZ2h0PTc4MCZ3aWR0aD0xMTcyJmhlaWdodD03ODA.jpg' type='\"image\/jpeg\"' sizes='\"(max-width:'></source><img loading='\"lazy\"' decoding='\"async\"' class='\"Image_image__11E9V' image_post-image__qntn0 src="%5C%22https:%5C/%5C/cdn.amomama.com%5C/7bf0a3c1d7ba5c174687769f4b060476.jpg%5C%22" alt='\"At' the hospital ralf accessed birth records. source: unsplash width='\"1172\"' height='\"780\"'>\n\n<p class='\"Image_title__T6_we\"' data-testid='\"image-source\"'>At the hospital, Ralf accessed the birth records.\n\n\n</p><div>\n<p class='\"ContentRenderer_paragraph__B2z36\"'>\u201cRalf?\u201d he asked. \u201cAre you OK? Did you find her?\u201d Ralf looked up at Phil with huge glazed eyes and nodded dumbly. \u201cCome on, what\u2019s her name?\u201d Phil cried impatiently.\n\n</p><div>\n<p class='\"ContentRenderer_paragraph__B2z36\"'>\u201cJanet Corbin,\u201d he whispered. \u201cBut Phil\u2026\u201d\n\n</p><div>\n<p class='\"ContentRenderer_paragraph__B2z36\"'>\u201cThat\u2019s great!\u201d Phil said grinning. \u201cSo what\u2019s the problem?\u201d\n\n</p><div>\n<p class='\"ContentRenderer_paragraph__B2z36\"'>\u201cThere\u2019s five of us\u2026\u201d Ralf gasped. \u201cFIVE!\u201d\n\n</p><div>\n<div class='\"Image_wrapper__1NP9g' image_wrapper-vertical__pwzar>\n<div class='\"Image_container__oHMMQ\"'>\n<div class='\"Image_ref__XcBnw\"'><picture><source srcset='\"https:\/\/imgproxy.amomama.com\/aOmLbaOYu0DoGHsyBbEa5_4B-nurpUFCfUiJ1JC82yc\/rs:fill:375:0:1\/g:no\/aHR0cHM6Ly9jZG4uYW1vbWFtYS5jb20vYTQwMzdlNGVlMTZmZTYwMTQ4NjczNDMxY2M2MDg3NjMuanBnP3dpZHRoPTY4NyZoZWlnaHQ9MTAzMSZ3aWR0aD02ODcmaGVpZ2h0PTEwMzE.jpg' type='\"image\/jpeg\"' sizes='\"(max-width:'></source><img loading='\"lazy\"' decoding='\"async\"' class='\"Image_image__11E9V' image_post-image__qntn0 src="%5C%22https:%5C/%5C/cdn.amomama.com%5C/a4037e4ee16fe60148673431cc608763.jpg%5C%22" alt='\"They' discovered that there were five of them. source: unsplash width='\"687\"' height='\"1031\"'>\n\n<p class='\"Image_title__T6_we\"' data-testid='\"image-source\"'>They discovered that there were five of them.\n\n\n</p><div>\n<p class='\"ContentRenderer_paragraph__B2z36\"'>Phil and Ralf took a selfie together and put it on their Instagram accounts, told their story, and appealed to anyone who thought they looked like someone they knew to come forward: \u201cHelp us find our brothers!\u201d\n\n</p><div>\n<p class='\"ContentRenderer_paragraph__B2z36\"'>The messages flooded in and soon Ralf and Phil met Tom and Gordon \u2014 and their reunion was incredible. They were all identical! Mara told Phil that seeing him with his brothers made her feel dizzy.\n\n</p><div>\n<div class='\"adv\"'>\n\n<div>\n<p class='\"ContentRenderer_paragraph__B2z36\"'>\u201cMara,\u201d Phil said quietly. \u201cI\u2019ve never felt so happy or complete in my life \u2014 but there\u2019s still one of us missing!\u201d\n\n</p><div>\n<p class='\"ContentRenderer_paragraph__B2z36\"'>The four brothers took another selfie and repeated their appeal, and by then, their story had gone national with TV stations calling them for interviews. Then one evening, the missing brother appeared, but he wasn\u2019t alone.\n\n</p><div>\n<div class='\"Image_wrapper__1NP9g' image_wrapper-vertical__pwzar>\n<div class='\"Image_container__oHMMQ\"'>\n<div class='\"Image_ref__XcBnw\"'><picture><source srcset='\"https:\/\/imgproxy.amomama.com\/kZiFxcHGMsdKQrgN-WR6qNEVQxc2-d-QTEW7nuB5VSE\/rs:fill:375:0:1\/g:no\/aHR0cHM6Ly9jZG4uYW1vbWFtYS5jb20vZTVjN2YwNzY4MmQ1NWY2MGZlNTA0MjJlZmJkMGFkZjUuanBnP3dpZHRoPTY4NyZoZWlnaHQ9MTAzMCZ3aWR0aD02ODcmaGVpZ2h0PTEwMzA.jpg' type='\"image\/jpeg\"' sizes='\"(max-width:'></source><img loading='\"lazy\"' decoding='\"async\"' class='\"Image_image__11E9V' image_post-image__qntn0 src="%5C%22https:%5C/%5C/cdn.amomama.com%5C/e5c7f07682d55f60fe50422efbd0adf5.jpg%5C%22" alt='\"The' four brothers were having dinner when the doorbell rang source: unsplash width='\"687\"' height='\"1030\"'>\n\n<p class='\"Image_title__T6_we\"' data-testid='\"image-source\"'>The four brothers were having dinner when the doorbell rang\n\n\n</p><div>\n<p class='\"ContentRenderer_paragraph__B2z36\"'>Ralf, Phil, Tom, and Gordon were having dinner at Phil\u2019s house when the doorbell rang and Mara got up to answer it. She came back with a huge smile on her face.\n\n</p><div>\n<p class='\"ContentRenderer_paragraph__B2z36\"'>\u201cWho was it?\u201d asked Phil.\n\n</p><div>\n<p class='\"ContentRenderer_paragraph__B2z36\"'>\u201cActually,\u201d said Mara, \u201cit\u2019s you\u2026\u201d and she stepped aside so the four men could see the last quintuple, who was exactly like his brothers. \u201cThis is David\u2026\u201d\n\n</p><div>\n<p class='\"ContentRenderer_paragraph__B2z36\"'>David walked into the middle of his brothers, but he wasn\u2019t alone. By his side was a tiny elderly woman. \u201cThis,\u201d David said, \u201cis mom.\u201d\n\n</p><div>\n<div>\n\n<div>\n<div class='\"Image_wrapper__1NP9g\"'>\n<div class='\"Image_container__oHMMQ\"'>\n<div class='\"Image_ref__XcBnw\"'><picture><source srcset='\"https:\/\/imgproxy.amomama.com\/3xqBrMgLvrp7nluCaigDZlhNBcgEVbDQhXrMAG8-FfY\/rs:fill:375:0:1\/g:no\/aHR0cHM6Ly9jZG4uYW1vbWFtYS5jb20vMTk1NmIzNjhmNjYzNzZmYzAwMmNkYjU5ZjQxNzdmMDQuanBnP3dpZHRoPTE0NzAmaGVpZ2h0PTk4MCZ3aWR0aD0xNDcwJmhlaWdodD05ODA.jpg' type='\"image\/jpeg\"' sizes='\"(max-width:'></source><img loading='\"lazy\"' decoding='\"async\"' class='\"Image_image__11E9V' image_post-image__qntn0 src="%5C%22https:%5C/%5C/cdn.amomama.com%5C/1956b368f66376fc002cdb59f4177f04.jpg%5C%22" alt='\"The' quintuplets were reunited with their mother. source: unsplash width='\"1470\"' height='\"980\"'>\n\n<p class='\"Image_title__T6_we\"' data-testid='\"image-source\"'>The quintuplets were reunited with their mother.\n\n\n</p><div>\n<p class='\"ContentRenderer_paragraph__B2z36\"'>The woman had tears in her eyes. \u201cI\u2019m Janet Corbin,\u201d she said. \u201cAnd I\u2019m so sorry, so sorry\u2026\u201d\n\n</p><div>\n<p class='\"ContentRenderer_paragraph__B2z36\"'>Janet explained that she\u2019d been just 16 when she\u2019d fallen pregnant, and when she gave birth to quintuplets, she was terrified.\n\n</p><div>\n<p class='\"ContentRenderer_paragraph__B2z36\"'>Janet\u2019s mother had pressured her into giving away four of the babies and keeping one to raise, and so she did \u2014 but she had never forgotten her sons. Now, after nearly sixty years, her family was reunited, and her sons were healed.\n\n</p><div>\n<p class='\"ContentRenderer_paragraph__B2z36\"'><strong class='\"ContentRenderer_bold__Fo6Iz\"'>What can we learn from this story?\n\n<div>\n<div class='\"adv\"'>\n\n<div>\n<ul class='\"ContentRenderer_ul__6sHN_\"'>\n<li class='\"ContentRenderer_list-item__JykAQ\"'><strong class='\"ContentRenderer_bold__Fo6Iz\"'>Family is the most important thing in the world.\u00a0Phillip had always felt that something was missing from his life until he found his brothers.\n<li class='\"ContentRenderer_list-item__JykAQ\"'><strong class='\"ContentRenderer_bold__Fo6Iz\"'>Incredible things happen to ordinary people every day.\u00a0Phil had never imagined something so extraordinary could happen to him \u2014 until it did!\n\n\n<div>\n<p class='\"ContentRenderer_paragraph__B2z36\"'><strong class='\"ContentRenderer_bold__Fo6Iz\"'>Share this story with your friends. It might brighten their day and inspire them.\n\n<div>\n<p class='\"ContentRenderer_paragraph__B2z36\"'>If you enjoyed this story, you might like\u00a0this one\u00a0about a childless woman who finds a young girl on her doorstep on Christmas Eve claiming to be her granddaughter.\n\n</p><div>\n<p class='\"ContentRenderer_paragraph__B2z36\"'><i class='\"ContentRenderer_italic__eQgX6\"'>This account is inspired by our reader\u2019s story and written by a professional writer. Any resemblance to actual names or locations is purely coincidental. All images are for illustration purposes only. Share your story with us; maybe it will change someone\u2019s life. If you would like to share your story\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"</i></p><p>A 60-year-old man is shocked when a perfect stranger walks up to him in a restaurant and calls him a cheater \u2014 and discovers he has several siblings. 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