The Genain Quadruplets: Four Identical Fates, Four Different Paths
In 1930, four identical baby girls were born to a family in a small Midwestern town. Genetically, they were as similar as four humans can be—monozygotic quadruplets, sharing 100% of their DNA. They grew up in the same house, with the same parents, eating the same food, attending the same schools. And all four developed schizophrenia. On the surface, this seems like a clear-cut case of genetic determinism: identical genes, identical illness. ...