Twins reunited after 70 years apart - BBC News
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- Published on Sep 13, 2015
- They were separated at birth and it took 70 years to bring them back together. George Skrzynecky and Lucian Poznanski, 69, were born in Germany after their Polish mother was sent to a forced labour camp.
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These are real men who are not afraid to show their emotions.
Only twins will understand
@patricia garrish you Patricia
@great futuresss
You Patricia
Beautiful story! My mom is a twin and has to be with her sister. So happy these wonderful men are now together! Wish I could have a job reuniting people like this!
I’m sad for their poor mother, they were taken from her without her being notified, and she wasn’t allowed to have them back. That must have been so sad. I’m happy these guys found each other again
THIS IS MRS. ACE X. YOU ARE CORRECT, BUT FEAR NOT.THESE MEN WILL BECOME REUNITED WITH THEIR DARLING, BEAUTIFUL, HEARTBROKEN, LONG SUFFERING MOTHER, WHEN THEY GRADUATE FROM THIS SPIRITUAL SCHOOL OF LIFE, UNTO ALMIGHYY GODS' GREAT BEYOND.
The only person who get a happy ending was their mother
That what is happening in Sweden with families nowadays.
I'm a single dad of twins I cannot imagine the heartache of waking up and finding out your babies were gone. At least adopted is better than disappeared I suppose, but I'm crying for that woman rn. I could not live with that always searching always wondering never knowing. Who is protecting them? Are they safe? I could not. I feel so sorry for her.
@kc khang so sweet 😍
@Di Turner 😢
@Beirut27 The corrupted prostates of church and prejudice did this too many. I sense they hid my baby son or malpractices but not sure if baby is rip or alive even though grave. One I raise. Brilliant twin in his character and me I trust no one but God ..it just I do not sense my other little son died. I was young 16 near 17 and supposedly 4 weeks early. Premature 5 lb and 4.13lb I think...identitical higher stalked for research
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The video says she was not healthy, and indeed, she died when the boys were six. It might have been obvious at the time that the children would have a better chance of thriving as adoptees.
Was she destitute? PTSD? We don't like to think about it, but many civilian Germans were in desperation at the end of the war and the following years.
As a father of twin boys I can relate.
I know exactly how they feel! I found my dad at age 40 and I didn’t loose hope myself. Now I have a dad, 3 sisters, a brother, 3 nieces and 2 nephews and a bunch of aunts, uncles and cousins.
Wow God bless u and you're family
I'm so happy for you!
I am sobbing. I can see their love for each other, it’s so strong. I wish them many years left of happiness together. ❤️
😂😂😂❤❤
The Polish people suffered so much. Too much. They deserve all the happiness in the world.
@Tsandza Dlamini Guess what! We Estonians have been under Germans, Polish, Swedish, Russians, Danish rulers. That was was from 1200 to 1918 and started 1939 again when WWII started and we got our independence again in 1991. Blacks have better life in USA than they have in Africa.
@Tsandza Dlamini I'm afraid your heart that full of anger and hate have clouded your senses and judgement, and you have completely missed the point.
This is never a competition to see who suffers more, which you have made to sound like.
@Cecil Bisshopp oh I know that, I never said only we suffer…
@Cecil Bisshopp Hungary isn’t Germanic… but thanks anyway
I am sure their mommy, in heaven, played a big part in bringing them back together again. No doubt and how happy she is now!!! May God bless the 2 twins and their families and all siblings who have found each other or who are still going through it. Keep your Faith!!! ❤️❤️
I'm sooo happy for them. I feel for the mother, how horrible it was to have lost her children. I hope God allows her to know they are now together. It's unfortunate they didn't grow up together but at least God granted them the gift of spending their lives together in old age. Love this
Oh but from the moment she died she has been protecting them so she knows everything that happens in their lives and she was there, at the airport, looking down on her sons!
I was born in Warslaw Poland this story is heartbreaking so surreal to watch these two twin brothers reunite I’m in literal tears
Finding my sisters was so beautiful, it really completes a heart.
I am happy for you & your loved ones that you found each other! From on Jessica to another
Hello.... how're you doing hope you're safe due to the covid 19 pandemic
Their Mother must be smiling down on them, and can now rest, her babies are once again together...
@NoStressEmpress so why did Jesus reply to Saint Dismas (who was crucified along with Christ) “Amen, I say to you, today you will be with Me in Paradise.
Their mother is not in heaven nor hell. She's in the grave, awaiting the resurrection. That's what the Bible says.
@I ubk for you no for all of us it is real. Can’t wait to see you there and tell you I told you so.
@Gerson Galan maybe...
What a sweet thought. 🙏
I have watched this about 12 times and it has me crying every single time. These two are just golden, so much love ❤️
Wszystkiego Dobrego! Również mam brata bliźniaka, ta historia przypomniała mi żeby zadbać o naszą relacje, bo ostatnimi czasy się oddaliliśmy. Pozdrawiam serdecznie
I have a twin and I can’t imagine being apart or being separated from her. I love her so much and it would break my heart if I didn’t know where she was or didn’t even know she existed. She’s my best friend and my other half. The tears these guys are shedding are also shared by mine, I’m so happy for them 😭
The mother's soul is finally at rest🙏 may they never be separated again
I feel so sorry for the mother, I hope her spirit is at rest knowing her sons are together.
She knows nothing, shes asleep
@Halsten Snowborn It was a different time back then. Women often were less educated than men, and had fewer job options. She may have suffered from depression; she was certainly ENTITLED to be depressed! The mother may have become overwhelmed and just gave up. Not because she was a bad mother, but because she likely had so few options. Europe was in chaos after WWII; there were few social support resources to fall back on.
How would we know what was written on the document to be the truth anyway?
Indeed man...
It is very difficult not to let a tear escape when you see an old man cry.
I'm a twin myself I wouldn't be complete without my brother at all, seeing this brings a tear to my eye.
Never too late to reunite a family ! Congratulations and wishing a long happy life to these beautiful souls
I’m tear -eyed. What a emotional reunion.
For me, I just lost my brother. I completely understand his feeling, "I don't care if I win the lottery, I just want to have my brother by my side."
@Julia Shireen He is such a nice brother. He knows that saying good bye would break my heart and he never said it.
I am so sorry for your loss, Microsystem😢😢😢😢
Me too buddy. Me too💕
This comment makes me cry so hard I feel you 🥺
Sorry for your loss 😭
I'm sure their Mama was rejoicing in Heaven when she saw her babies together again. ❤️
Gosh, I got so emotional with this video. I'm so happy for these men. To see each others again was so meaningful for them. I can't imagine my life far from my siblings, they mean a lot to me.
As a twin I could just imagine how complete they feel now, I cried so much when they hugged, and their poor mother lost not one but two of her babies! Ugh my heart!
Being a Twin, this touched me omg I’m sobbing 😭
Hello, Michelle,
How are you doing today?
I cried my eyes out!! Im so happy for them!
Hello.... how're you doing hope you're safe due to the covid 19 pandemic
Heartbreaking to know of their separation. As a mother of twins adoptive parents should take both or none. No one can understand the bond they carry. Happy to see they've been brought together at last.
I am very happy and touched to see twin brothers who can finally meet again after 70 years long🥺, I hope they are now living happily together🤗
It's emotionally touching and beautiful especially the huge flower bouquet he brought, just so touching
As a twin I could just imagine how complete they feel now, I cried so much when they hugged, and their poor mother lost not one but two of her babies! Ugh my heart!
This is a tough one not to tear up over
@Claudia s Same as mine are 27. A very unique bond many cant possibly understand unless they are or who have raised them
SAME!!!!!! I have a twin brother and it’s just us two.....my mom and dad couldn’t get pregnant for 11 years and then luckily by the grace of God, or whoever you or anyone else believes in as a higher, became pregnant at 33 and it was single-handedly the best thing that could have happened to parents that were desperate for having children. A true blessing. It makes me cry thinking about how devastating it was for my mother to not think she was ever going to have kids, I would be too! But as it obviously turns out for it in the end, she was the winner- and ended up with two children, both a girl and a boy, healthy as could be, and at the same time. 😊. I wouldn’t have had it any other way either!!! I love my parents and being a twin so much. ❤️.
I m also twin
Christina may God bless you and your family wherever you are😇😘🙋🙏
Their life story is literally something that would come out from a movie. I wish people would adopt twins together- it is so sad to see them having to stay apart. I am so happy for the two of them now that they are together.
I love the ending of their story so much 💙 I'm adopted and understand how important it is to know your history
I can't imagine what they've gone through. I hope they have many healthy years to enjoy their friendship.
Amazing and beautiful history! Congratulations for twins!
What an incredible story!! Alhamdulilah they found each other ... so happy for them :)
My Heart rate increase atfter the story . I’m in emotional
@Sund Mand, Muslim *LIPKA TATARS* HAVE DONE MORE FOR POLAND THAN YOU!
AnnaBeth McCain Arabic, more precise definition would be praise be to god :D
Their love for each other after such a huge separation is obvious, their story incredible
two wonderful old gentlemen - makes me happy that they have found each other
I couldn't believe myself crying 😢.... I'm so happy for them 💓
TheXvid should Not have the right to allow dislikes on videos with such heartfelt and impactful emotions such as these, no one should have disdain when it's about brothers finally being able to reunite after "70" freaking years
Hey Jerry, there arnt any dislikes,🤷🏻♂️👨⚕️🤷🏻♀️
I'm always confused how you get people disliking this video? What is there to dislike, unless your life is miserable?
@Abyan Syafi My twins don't look anything alike
Dominik Krulak not really
@PianoXfan1 I think you and I need to discover what these two people discovered. you don't have to be twins to figure out that underneath It all we are one big Spirit. You have seen propaganda about Hillary. I have seen propaganda about Trump. Why can't you and I rise above that? Why judge one another? That is what starts the wars that cause the kind of suffering this mother endured.
Evil people are always among us. Respect to the brave Polish people.
Boy, this made me cry for hours..
I can’t stop thinking on them and their mother and all the suffering that they went through.
War will always left its marks and these hurts deep in the soul. 😢
I couldn't keep my emotion the moment they hugged each other.♥️
Heartwarming to see these brothers reunited.
I couldn't hold the tears back.
What a wonderful, sad story. Twins have an emotional attachment. My Mum was a twin, but her brother died when she was six weeks old. She didn't find out that she was adopted until she was 15 when she needed her birth certificate for work. She loved her adoptive parents immensely. I remember them well and they were lovely. They could have kept he secret as she had a birth certificate with her adopted name. I found that in her papers after she died. after her adopted mother died, she traced her real mother. My Mother, my younger sister and I went to visit her for a weekend. After that weekend, she contacted my Mother to say that she didn't want to see her again. In later years, when I spoke about it with my Mum, the circumstances of her birth made me suspect that her Mother was raped. She was in service as a Lady's Maid in 1934 in Belgravia. She was sent to a private nursing home to have the babies and went back into service. I think the father was someone the family knew, to treat her that way. Interestingly, she lived in a lovely area when we visited, so I think that she was 'looked after' either by the family or by the father of the children.
My Mum talked a lot about her brother, wishing that they had grown up together.
It's amazing that despite being apart for 70 years, they both showed up in similar shirts...
Noticed that too!
@순두부찌개 한개 I’m an old man and don’t own a plaid shirt. Hahaha. Solids or stripes only.
That was the first thing I noticed. ❤️❤️❤️
@Carole Carr One shirt is checkered, and the other one is gingham print...
@Adriana Ratsch-Rivera Means they are "paternal" twins!
How Awesome! We were adopted and found out there are 12 of us. I’ve been Blessed to meet each one. We live miles apart but there always in my Heart. I’m So Happy they are Reunited.
OMG I have a sister I never seen tears a falling down from my face
I’m so happy they are together. They were so emotional and so happy to see each other. Now they can spend their time together and it’s beautiful. They have wonderful souls.
I really cried when they hugged 😂. I got emotionally affected at this pandemic time..missing my family even more and praying to be safe all my loved ones..So happy they found each other and there’s still time to get to know each other as brothers. 🙏❤️
this is the most heartbreaking story ever but i’m so happy they found each other 🥺
"I don't care about winning the lottery I just want to have my brother at my side"
That's so sweet😭😭
I care about winning lottery and i just want to have my brother at my side, drink some beers and eat stakes,would you?
Ikr! So sweet! 💖
Yea
No
😭😭😭😭😭😭😭
The fact that both of them wore similar kinds of shirts when they met each other for the first time, love can just be so deeply rooted ♥️♥️
This made me feel so much, so many different emotions! I am so glad they finally found each other, I just hate that it was so late in their lives
Hello, Mellisa,
How are you doing today?
If only my brother knows how much I love him. I remember our fights as kids, I remember the cries, I remember the fun, I remember the support. Love you forever ❤️
The truly sad part of this story is it took 70 years. That’s a long time. Still never to late. What a great story.
I wish all siblings would be adopted together.
@Greg Previte Best of Luck!!!
😢
@macalauresmuse now it is much more common a lot of people don’t have the heart to split up siblings back then like you said it was after a war chaos was still around everyone was very very broke and we’re barely surviving so adding an adopted kid in the mix wasn’t much of an option for most family’s and I have a feeling the adoptive family’s probably weren’t even always told that the kid they were adopting had other siblings so they never got the chance
I wish so too. I’m 39. I just found out I have a twin brother out there. I really hope to find him. I hope he’s well and has had a good life.
@Whitney in many places that’s just not the case.
I hope they live a long live together ❤
"In my heart, I always knew I had a twin brother ", this is so beautiful 😭. May God fill your hearts with abundance of love always 😭💗
I have watched this so many times. My heart just ached....I am so sorry life happened the way it did for you two. I am so thankful prayers were answered and you were able to be with each other.
As one who lost my brother 40 years ago in a car crash, I feel great joy for these two men. May they have many years to discover eacch other.
As a twin Mama I just wish twins could be adopted together. They have such an incredible bond straight from birth and it breaks my heart when I hear these stories of them being separated.
This absolutely had me in tears best wishes to both of them
Krása ❤️
To see them both so open and excited to love each other was a beautiful thing. The absolute joy and unrestrained love was so, so amazing to watch.
Hello.... how're you doing hope you're safe due to the covid 19 pandemic
Love is best power in the world.
To be robbed of 70 years of brotherhood. Am glad their mother tried to find him and am glad their met before one or both them had died. And I pray that they have many more years to get to know each other and their families.
Oooh yah may they live long, Gods works in a mestiries ways that's why God kept them alive
Amen
In their eyes they GOT some years with brotherhood. No bitterness in this video. love it
I am blessed with 6 brothers…we’re truly competitive with each other and sometimes it’s not healthy.This kind of videos reminds me just how much we should appreciate each other . Thank you for this heartwarming video
Great story , I love when families are reunited. Wonderful. Thankful that these two brothers are together again. Ty for this story.
I needed this today. It’s beautiful. ♥️
Hello.... how're you doing hope you're safe due to the covid 19 pandemic
How sweet . I couldn't stop crying . So beautiful .
As a mother of two year old twin boys I could never imagine to see them apart , cause they have such a strong bond.
Me too, the bond that my twin sons, & my twin grand-daughters have, is unbelievable. My twin grand-daughters born from my oldest son (he is not a twin). We love them deeply. Also my other grand-daughter, my oldest grand-daughter, grandson. We r soooo happy & grateful to GOD, AMEN.
Me too. My twins just turned 11 and they have the sweetest relationship. I cannot imagine them missing out.
This is story that speaks straight from the heart. From deep sadness to incredible joy. God bless and keep them.
I cried a river and so happy for them 💛💛💛
I'm so happy for them. 💙💙
I never had a brother. But of the viewers whoever would like these words of mine, are my brothers.
@Helene D oui, moi aussi!
I will see you in heaven dear brother.
After watching this video, may I respectfully request my heart back. Oh, and may I have a Kleenex
have a good day brother : ) !!!!
I am your mexican brother
They are aged 70 at outside, but in their inside both of them just a kid when they hug each other for the first time. It was very emotional moment. Im glad at least they found each other before they died.
HeavyEntertainment ?
TIL hugging is for kids.
Such great news to read, that these twins found each other. I am so happt for you both.
I'm an only child...I couldn't imagine knowing I had a sibling, much less a twin out there. I've always been jealous of true sibling bonds. I know some people grow apart from the people they grew up with...but to have someone so close in age to you that can be your best friend from birth must be glorious.
So wonderful they found each other ❤️
I cried tears of joy for these lovable twin brothers. God bless them.
look at their shirts!! a twin speaks to the others heart and that bond is unbreakable
@Rosemary Ringer hi Rose
Probably not.
I noticed that, too.
Nue True It could be.
Nice catch.
What a wonderful reunion after 70 years apart!
Prayers for these brothers. I am overjoyed to know their story❤
What a awesome story, God bless them both ❤️🙏🏻
I'm so happy for you both. May God bless and keep you!
"Deep in my heart I always knew I had a twin brother." .... That memory is REAL and it's from their time in the womb together. ... AMAZING.
@Just Sara A paper from Scientific American Mind in 2011 is a good place to start. ... I don't know how to link it but if you type "Social Before Birth: Twins First Interact With Each Other As Fetuses" on the Google search line I'm sure it will come up... and you'll find it fascinating BECAUSE you're a twin. .. cheers.
@Mark Marsh Point taken. I guess I can only speak from my own experience - I do not remember womb-time with my sister, and I don't "feel like a twin" or anything, I just know I am one. Could you possibly point me toward the science you mention? I'd actually love to read up on it!
Not to be a downer, but I kind of disagree. I am a twin myself, but there really is not a way this can realistically be true. Deep in all our hearts, we know we long for very deep connection, though. We all need that, but we do not remember that far back. A baby in a dark womb can't tell that's another person with them in there.
@2ndhandSue Your friend's son and his wife are good people
I wish these 2 men the longest time possible together, health, peace
So wonderful to see real men cry and show their emotions and love for each other. We will never ever know the pain and hurt millions of people endured in that horrible WWII conflict. The loss of lives, homes and families is unfathomable today.
There mother was beautiful! I hope they found who there father was and met that family if possible.
I can't imagine this happened to me and my twin. Thank God they found each other.
Thank god they both speak Polish. Can you imagine finding out you have another sibling and that you don't even speak the same language as them?
I was just thinking the same.
I think the passion, love, and excitement to see each other will nullify all linguistic barriers
*I literally just watched that before this one, except that was MOTHER and DAUGHTER..Sooo heartbreaking...And you think you cried on this one, watch that one. By the time i watched this one, I'd cried my heart out, so no more tears lol. The girl is that girl from Australia who was on the 'X Factor' and 'the voice' and she's black but "Indian black." She's gorgeous too. So she gets to Sri Lanka and her mum doesn't speak English and this girl was adopted @6wks old and has been in Australia so she doesn't know whatever language...BUT it's so beautiful she comes around the corner and she goes straight to the front of the lady she believes is her mom and it is! Then after that no words need be spoken! Their tears and hugs I guess says it all! Oh, and the music..She couldn't hesitate to sing in the end! Ugh! I kinda cried! (Then my 4month old who's been crying most of the day starts laughing! And am serious! I must look like Kim K.W. crying when i cry!)* 😂
I can. I'm adopted, my Spanish isn't good. I could very well have siblings out there
I hope they live long healthy lives , as they deserve some real quality time together.
Im 47 and i miss my identical twin and emotional everytime i go back to visit Florida.. il never forget day we hugged forever minutes before him leaving and driving off. Life was never same again,,,but im glad at least ive always a home to find him. Cant imagine these 2 very strong twins separated and their emotion just broke me. My heart sank
What a beautiful mother! ❤️❤️❤️
A beautiful and unforgettable story. I'm speechless. Thank you both for sharing your story.
I feel awful for the mother being denied a basic human right. I am happy the adoptive parents were nice and that the brothers found each other.
and being raped by an American soldier. So can't blame her for initially wanting to abandon them in the hospital.
Amanda Meyers She was denied more than that. She lived in a concentration camp. After all that torture, they top it off with denying her the right to see her kids. It's very sad.
If you paid attention, they were repatriated to Poland without the mother being informed, and was told she would never get them back.
if you paid attention she was too ill to care for them
I’m so emotional, family found is one of the great joys in life
I’m so happy he found his brother & has a new life with his bother in it. 70 yrs is a long time I know they will cherish the rest of the years together.
They have lived and endured so much throughout the years that they learned what really matters and show their emotions.
I’m so happy for you, guys! 🙏🙏🙏
1 minute silence for the people who never met their twin and died without ever knowing how their twin looks.
@Hassan Ahmed Jama 😢my twins had sister (they would have been triplets, there would have been an identical) that was lost before they were born. I still think of what ifs 15 years later and I suspect I always will.
Bondi they are for ternal twins. For ternal twins are hereditary. Identical twins are a chance. The bond between twins is some thing unexplainable. I am a fraternal twin, we can feel each other symptoms unfortunately sometimes even depression. There is no need to look like your twin in order to have a connection. Just thought I’d share😃
@Bondi I was looking for this smart ass reply and I'm not disappointed 😂
@Lee how did the "@" disappear from your reply?
Jayani Thantirimudali that’s a pretty stupid comment right there
OMG!!!!, What a story.
Thank God they are both alive to see each other. Wish them Best 🌹🌹👌👌