Personally, it seems to me that if they agreed not to have children except thru adoption, what does it matter? Incest laws were to prevent damaged children; birth control could prevent it too. So if they are related, who cares? They should have kept quiet about it and just lived their lives.

Jessie, Cincinnati, OH

Twins have astrological compatibility ( affinity, chemistry ) which played role here due to unawareness of they being siblings; this turned into romatic love which should not be pursued any further.

I am sure this is a sin of our society where children are deprived from having a normal family. I hope twins forgive each other and society and move on to find true love.

H. Bassi, Brampton, Canada

I think that is amazing how they met but it is a really sad thing for them to find out they were brother and sister. This should never have happened, if they knew the truth in the first place.

Janelle, Mudgee, Australia

No, they are blood relatives so it's incest! The main point of annulment in these circumstances is to prevent babies being born with defects.

fi, Bristol,

That's hilarious!

Hannah Constantin, Hertfordshire, England

What are the odds? Separated at birth and then to unknowingly find each other and marry. Would make a very interesting book or movie. They should cash in and make a fortune.

H Grouole, Bylie, UK

Good thought Kitty, I never thought of that!!

Nicola, Poole, Dorset

This story has "urban legend" written all over it. There are loads of stories like this that do the rounds of the inns of court. "I knew this judge who once had this case..." Perhaps Alton heard what he wanted to hear.

Andrew Jones, Bournemouth,

Lord Alton's assertion that the right to know your bio parents is absolute is absurd, and will wreak havoc on the privacy rights of birth parents. Look for a rise in abortions and social havoc if such a bill goes through.

This incident illustrates the maxim that hard cases make bad law.

margaret Davis, Monterey, CA, US

Legalities aside what about the people concerned -and what happened to the 'love' bit? Did they have to stop loving each other and go their separate ways-how damaging is that?

jean, rochdale, lancashire

Sorry, but I find it hard to believe that the twins did not wonder if there may be something other than just the same birth date, both adopted, etc before they married. Did they meet, fall in love and marry within a week or shorter? You have to wonder about that. I think that may be a more intriguing question as opposed to the rights of the adopted.

kitty, england,

Simple to stop this really, just make it compulsory to show your Birth Certificate before a wedding can take place!

John Sime, Cheltenham, United Kingdom

While I can understand the twins might not want to stay married under the circumstances, where does that leave the adoption laws? We would have thought the marriage had existed under law as adoption permanently transfers a child to full membershipof the new family.

Liz Read, Bristol,