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>> and i remember being with david in the kitchen. we were like really nervous. i mean, we were jumping around. we were 19 years old. this was surreal. david picked up the phone and he called information. and he reached eddys mom. >> and i said, hi, is eddy home? she says, no, whos calling, please. and i thought, okay, now i got to go into this whole thing on the phone. and i said, well, my name is david kellman and i was born july 12th, 1961, and im looking at a newspaper, and basically, i thin...

And she shows me a newspaper with a picture of two boys. and i had to focus. and i looked at the photograph and i said, is that david? and shes like, no, but look at the hands. and i was like, holy mackerel, this is beyond amazing. >> this was a picture in the newspaper of two guys in the "post." and i picked up the picture and i looks at it. and i was like in shock. because the two guys in the "post" look exactly, exactly like my -- like my friend david. i stared at it. and it wasnt even just t...

>> eddy was in the hospital for i think it was three weeks and then he came back to work at the restaurant. i wasnt there. i think he could give you better detail about it. >> i was run ning the kitchen. he was running the front of the house. thats the way it worked. i didnt know where he was. he lived across the street. >> so david called me from the restaurant and he asked me to look out the window to see if eddys car was in the driveway because if it was in the driveway we knew he was home. s...

Cant explain it. i havent got the terminology. >> one of our reporters came running over to me and said, youre not going to believe this, you are not going to believe the call we just got. you know the two kids on the front page today? well, theres a third. >> they even moved the same way. all of us just sat back and watched three separate lives becoming one. >> the way i put it was, i look more like eddy than i did david, and more like david than i did eddy, and more like either of them like th...

Booze, cigarettes, food, women, music, cars. i had just bought a brand-new mercury capri, which i loved. bobby had this maroon, beat-up, old voe voe with cracked leather seats. and im like, son of prominent scarsdale physician, huh? >> i think it was eddy who said right at the beginning, i dont know if this will turn out to be great or terrible. >> so there was always a question mark, a big question mark about where the story eventually was going. >> we didnt realize from then on just how much t...

I came home and went to sleep. my mother came into the room and said, wake up, i have to show you something. and she shows me a newspaper with a picture of two boys. and i had to focus. i locked at the photograph and i said is that david? and shes like, no, but look at the hands. is and i was like, holy macke l mackerel, this is beyond amazing. >> this was a picture in the newspaper of two guys in the post. i picked up the picture and i looked at it and i was like in shock. because the two guys ...

They were separating identical babies at birth. for the purpose of the scientific experiment. and these babies had all come from one adoption agency in new york city. >> the first thing out of my mouth was, were you adopted? >> there i am, cant be real. >> twins separated at birth. >> eddy and robert and david reunited after 19 years. >> its beautiful. >> blue collar family, middle class family, and a more affluent family. >> adoptive parents should be told as much is reasonable. >> something wa...

>> he loved family gatherings. >> eddie really, really loved being around david and bobby. eddie seemed to get the most out of the three of them meeting. for whatever reason. >> he wanted his brothers and him to have a beautiful life and everyone to get along. and he wanted everyone to be one big family. >> eddie was absolutely the driving force in terms of leading the search for our birth mother. he got a fever and he just wanted to do it. and he was rallying because it was an exciting thing to...

Written authorization from jewish board of children and family services. >> the jewish board was apparent organization of the child had development center run by peter newpower. my understanding is they are a very very powerful organization with very deep political connections. >> thank you for calling jewish board of children and family services. >> hi. my name is david kellman. i was one of the subjects of the study run by the child development center. it is being kept at yale university. on t...

>> everyone loved him. if there was a scale, bobby would be reserved. david would be middle. and eddy was just the loveable, mushy, huggable, funny, you know -- he just exuded warmth and love. >> ha ha ha ha ha ha ha. ha ha ha ha ha ha ha. >> jamies first thanksgiving with daddy. >> hi, look at you, baby. daddy decided to show up and make a special gathering. ♪ happy birthday dear jamie, happy birthday to you ♪ >> he loved family gatherings.