Korean Adoptee Reunites with Identical Twin Brother!- "aka DAN" KOREAN ADOPTEE DOC Pt. 3 -
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Only after a day of arriving in Korea, Dan reunites with his biological family and twin brother for the very first time. Dan has an opportunity to learn more about his brother, visiting where he lives as well as participating in tests with a professor specializing in twin studies.
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I was born in Seoul to a young, single mother who was very young; 14-16 years old I've been told. I was adopted when I was 6 months old and came to America with my current family. I am now a 19 year old college student. After watching this, I can't help but feel somber knowing that I have a mother and father out there somewhere and possibly brothers and sisters too. Congratulations man, I literally cried after watching.
Garrett Bluhm you're so beautiful
🤗🤗🤗
Korean men dont cry, brother. Hope you find a way to get in touch.
maybe you still have chance get some information about family.
Hope you find your mother
I can tell your twin brother loves you even though you've just met. He's very excited and enthused to hangout and connect.
I was initially surprised how different they looked, but if you look closely, the boys' head shape is different. Their faces are identical. Same eyes, nose and mouth! The fact that they share genetically identical brains is pretty amazing.
Atleast twins have one another
Dahm they must love each other too much
The female twins, their accents. It so cool how that could happen, how your twin could be on another part of the world .
+Aria MISSY Learn French and save your amazement.. It's Latin, except it's Celtic Latin. To be honest. Latin is very similar to Celtic. Have you ever heard of Gaul? Yeah it's a real place. Kind of like Israel from the Bible and everyone knows all about the Bible now. Hey! Gaul is Europe! Hello! Wake up idiotos! Spanish and French and Italian are proximate to one another. Next to each other in physicality, not even separated by ocean from America. Iceland (a specific person 4got the name. He was supposed to stop being pagan but he wasn't moved to NOT write down the Eddas of Norse Mythology) is next to Inuktitut Greenland and Greenland is as close to Canada as Iceland is to Greenland, except it's bigger. And Sarah Palin says she can see Russia from her house. Maybe if you realized that we're all human beings youd fuck the shut up. Also, immigrants are all around you and you don't give a fuck about the sisters or them or the world so bye globe denying zombie plagued by not seeing [the value of] history. Maybe you should suck on the fact that you don't understand KPOP, which I do. HA!
dalooloo28
What? I don't know if you are trolling or being serious, but I was just intrigued by the fact that two people, who are twins are speaking in different accents.. Also it is rare for me to find twins who grew up in different countries.
+buhishegand'en What the fuck is wrong with you
That would be weird to find out you have a twin
Yeah it's funny how French people have French accents and Americans have American accents 😜 I personally find it quite sad rather than cool, that twins were split up. Twins should not be split apart, especially identical twins
the guy rapping at the convention.. I was freaking surprised when I understood what he was singing, like, I thought it would be korean, but nooooooo it was DANISH wtf
Britt Søndergaard i feel u
Same
Tænkte det samme :-D Super mærkeligt sted, at rappe på sit eget sprog.
I had the same reaction when I heard it was Danish. What!? Wait, he’s rapping in my language. 😂
Haha same! 14:50 “folk kan ik’ forstå hvordan”😂 jeg var sådan, hvorfor kan jeg forstå baggrundsmusikken?😂
My heart broke when he said he couldn't convey the same love back to his mom. It's very honest and not something mos people think about. I'm just thinking about his mom who knows him so deeply like only a mother would but he doesn't know her. Very interesting. Thank you for sharing
What are you talking about. His mother doesn't know him deeply. She gave him away at age 14.
Annelies Wallace when you’re a mother your kid will always be your kid and you feel that deep connection. It’s not something you can really explain other than feeling deeply. Anele’s not talking about knowing him as an individual- if that makes sense? Idk I’m also kinda bad at explaining.
queenbeethatme100 👀 I never said she knew him deeply? There’s a connection between mother & child that can’t be explained. Often it’s the mother who feels this connection tho. I’m not romanticizing anything. It’s called instinct. We all have it in some way, shape or form.
(I was trying to help out the original commenter explain what she meant, cause I thought I understood what she was trying to say... good lord, don’t attack me)
@queenbeethatme100 thank you, you've said it all!
Autumn Zerose Nah
teehee so cute how kiseong immediately bows by instinct when meeting the twin expert and dan kind of startles a bit and does the same afterwards xD
SparkzMxzXZ o
😂😂😂
Do they hug?
They are adorable
@@porkkanaperse3346 ⁹
I love how Dan is so honest both in his interview and to us. He didn't pretend to have certain feelings the interviewer wanted him to have or to talk about. He was true about how and who he is. For that, I admire him. :)
Joanne H YES!
yes best policy
As an identical mirror image twin, I am “in a way” happy he has never experienced what it is truly like to have a twin.
What was really cool is that they both were into the same things. MUSIC
Twins are twins lolol
from Dan and his brother you can see how US and korean people behave and dress differently. it's really facinating actually. I have been in both US and Korea so i find this really interesting to see ^^
Dan's twin brother is not a typical Korean though. He's an unconventional one. LOL
@@gracey5512he seems like such a particularly cool customer, somehow. I d love to meet him!
Language barrier is one thing but family connection is another 😍
I agree!!
리아나 Family is shitty sometimes, most of the times, it's not something magical.
That’s how it is with my grandma she Korean but she also grew up in Hong Kong so usually she speaks more Cantonese then Korean making is more hard for me to understand her sometimes because she always switches between both fluently so usually I just answer her in English or Korean because I don’t know much Cantonese that why I always look to my grandpa to translate for me sometimes 😭😭🙏 ps I’m half Korean and Mexican and my family speak about five different languages in our home so body language is key aka hand signals 😂🙏😭
Those 2 twins at 6:00 though. One is from USA and the other is France? Freaking awesome! They're identical twins and yet, their accent when speaking in English was totally different. It's just simply awesome. BTW, love all your videos man. Got here through Fung Bros video.
Mona Lisa im not sure why youre surprised their accent is totally different xD
dxelson well, seeing on where they were raised, not a big surprise but still, two identical twins speaking in English with different accent. It's just cool! Maybe it's just me but I find it awesome. Sorry for being lame... haha
"Its just cool" totally justifies your "lame" comment haha xD
Mona Lisa I'm 90% certain those girls are this set of twins I heard about awhile ago. One of them had made a video with Kevjumba and her sister watched it and saw how similar they looked. When she looked her up she realized that she was also adopted and had the same birthday so she messagd her and they found out they were twins. It's a pretty touching story
K San That's definitely a cool story. What are the odds? I'm really happy they got reunited. Now, that's a story to tell your kids and grandkids.
What a beautiful moment captured on film. Thanks for allowing us to "be there" with you.
Totally agree. I appreciate Dan's scientific, non-committal approach thus far. I think he's being VERY mature about this. His attitude is above and beyond what many people would respond with.
I've never seen a youtuber comment so much...I see you everywhere
Anointiyae Beasley I'm actively involved on TH-cam~
Woojong Yi I see that. I've been on youtube for half an hour now and found you in the comments of at least 7 videos
yeah.. those pictures of his mom... very emotional..
You're like 5'9" and your twin is 6'1"? Dude.. your adopted family should have given you Korean food instead of hamburgers and hotdogs.
How do you know that's what he ate? Lollll
lol. they're fraternal twins. Only 50% genetic material is the same
Recreatingmyself I believe it was later confirmed that they are in fact identical twins.
Their DNA analysis revealed that they are identical twins; it could be the high dairy in American diets causing indigestion, as most Koreans are lactose intolerant... they could consume dairy with kimchi, which has Lactobacillus bacteria that breaks down lactose, but otherwise, most Koreans cannot digest dairy. It is very likely that he had a lot of dairy in the American diet without kimchi...
I found it weird that the twin with the Asian diet and lifestyle grew up to be taller than the one with Western diet and lifestyle.. it's so incongruent to the common stereotype of Asians being short.
My Korean mother abandoned me at night at a busy train station when I was 2 years old. I was adopted by an very nice American family. I lived in Japan, Philippines, and went to Texas for college. I joined the army and rode in helicopters and tanks. I retired from the army and wrote a cookbook and a PTSD healing book to stay busy.
Now that I am retired and getting older, I think about my brothers in Korea and how I would like to meet them. I assume we will look similar. However, I have no idea how to conduct the search to find my brothers. I won’t get my hope up, so I won’t be disappointed because I don’t think I will be successful in this endeavor. Sometimes somethings are just not destined to come true.
Start searching if its u r destiny u will find u r family
I laughed out loud so hard when you said you were 2 years younger 😂😂😂😂
Your honesty and openness is commendable.
+Brho roal Thank you! (-Dan)
this makes me so sad. i actually had a twin sister but she died when we were 5 years old because she had acute lymphoblastic leukaemia. even though i really don’t have much memories with her, i always like to scan our pictures together and imagine what would it be like if she was still alive. i miss her.
jedley sorry for your loss.
Oh man :( I'm so sorry this happened to you guys.
My friend has a twin too but her sister died a few minutes when they were born
Their mannerisms are so different because they hail from different places. Like how Dan's first instinct was to shake hands with the twin expert, but his brother's instinct was to immediately bow. It's cool to see that where you grow up and who you grow up around can have such a huge effect on who you are as a person.
It's so interesting to see this process, to be honest. I have an older cousin who's adopted from South Korea too. In Norway his name is Jon-Are, which is a really common name. It didn't hit me until we got the thank you-card from his daughter's christening that it was actually spelled Joon-Are. My uncle and aunt had taken half his Korean name and put it together with half a Norwegian one. I think it's really nice, because it's a way of combining the two, reminding him of his heritage as well as saying that he's also Norwegian, he really is.
Its so cute that he and his brother are bonding so well, despite just meeting each other.
Twinsters in on Netflix, and Dan is behind Sam and Anais. When I was watching the conference, I was like wait... I've seen these speeches before and then there is Dan, sitting behind the girls, and in other shots. Its incredible that both stories, while slightly similar with a common theme are both individually touching.
From the thumb nail I actually thought Dan was the guy in black with the snapback on haha
SAME LOL
i think its bloody cool that you and your brother never knew each other, but yet managed to connect via your creative side, with both dabbling in music and hip hop. I'm still watching the rest of your videos, but thank you, Dan, for sharing.
dan is a fast talker.
Maybe when compared to korean(seoul accent to be specific) because I've noticed they talk slower compared to other languages so it seems that Dan is speaking fast
I loved best the picture of him with his biological other. Would've really loved to have seen them interact. I feel so bad for the mother - coming out of a medical issue to find out one of her sons was put up for adoption. Never getting to say good-bye or make that choice. I understand there were issues and it just turned out that way. But I still feel so bad for her. Being a mother myself - the thought of experiencing that just sounds so heartbreaking
Dan meeting his brother is actually so adorable. He's all excited and stuff its so admirable
Dans brother looks more American than Dan himself :D anyways thanks for series!!!
When the dude started rapping I was like "… wait a minute… that's danish, isn't it?" x)
it is danish :)
I freaked out when i heard it since i'm danish and a big Korea Lover.
What do you think? He was adopted by a Danish family.
Whateverhappensxx Yoo samee. I was like "Why Do I understand this?" 😆😂 også senere hen i videoen
@@frejanielsen7911 what's the name of the song
Dan's twin fashion is dayuuummm
His brother is so cute, he was so excited and wanted to show him everything.
: ) can't wait to see the rest!
Yaboi d she probably never even saw this lolol
How can someone even split up twins and only adopt one...
In the place I live, I've heard that there's a belief that twins must not live together or one of them will have a bad luck/life.
sonia jayanthi Its in Indonesia too but only if they both get sick all the time.
Then you have to seperate them.
FQ PW dari indonesia?
My guess is that having twins was unexpected and the family couldn't handle the financial strain of two children like they could one. Instead of not being able to provide for two kids, they decided to be able to provide for one.
It explains in part one that the family was having a very difficult time financially. Also, Dan and his twin were born in 1985 which was before universal health care coverage was achieved in 1988. With existing financial hardships, one older child, a mother with serious health issues after giving birth and two premature babies it's understandable why the father made such a difficult decision.
for the whole day i waited for this video. now 4.00 A.M at Malaysia. I really love this documentary. it really touch my heart.
i really love watching his journey. Thanks again for sharing your life with us.
Separated twins have more similar to each other then twins that grow up together. Since they aren’t being compared and aren’t trying so hard to be different from each other
Watching this documentary, makes me emotional. This is really beautiful and I'm glad Dan is sharing a very personal experience :)
Kiseong was so comfortable and excited. My heart
it's crazy how Dan and his brother look alike. I'm glad that all of this were able to happen! 진짜 감동적인 영상이네요
byte his twins
Heart-warming story. I actually did cry over this episode. Thanks for sharing Dan.
I'm 2 min in and already feel emotional 😭
It's cute how his brother was excited about showing him his room and stuff so he can get to know him better, made me wish I had a twin sister to share things with
I will be shocked if they turn out to be identical twins. So cool to see the two brothers finally being able to hang out with one another
Mishel Khan Wow! I am going to have to re-watch the part of them together. They look similar but not the same to me. Ah well
Jennifer Holloway If I remember correctly they don't look the same because Dan was so sick as a baby. I believe that is what dan said on one of his instagram photos.
To Dan, I feel I may not have a right or full understanding in this moment of your life that you have experienced. However it is amazing and inspiring to see the bravery and strength it took for you to go forward and find your Korean family and it is amazing how honest and open you were with such a personal matter. This series no doubt will help so many people; younger or older generations who have yet to embark on the journey you did. Great work and congratulations on finding your amazing family.
I cried in this episode, this is such a beautiful journey. I cannot wait to watch the next one.
I love this series!
The Danish rap was awesome. I'm from Denmark and normally don't like Danish music but the song was so deep and meaningful. This is so weird for me to see. I speak Danish everyday but love the English and Korean language more. All three are in this video. Mindblow.
HottiiSkath agree
Sameee omg XD
Lisa J.andersen You a kpop fan?
Monnie_Bacon Yes I am 😃❤❤
Lisa J.andersen You wanna chat?
This story is seriously amazing, so glad you shared it with us!!! Theres so many people who are searching for where they came from but continuously hit a brick wall, so I'm glad Dan got the chance to meet his biological family and find his roots.
I think your so lucky to find out that there is a whole other world open to you. A second family and a second nation. Clearly your mom has never forgotten you. That she gave you up and suffered your loss just to give you a chance at a better life. Please take care of her. I think she's been thru more than any mother should ever have to go thru. Thanks for sharing this vid.
It seems both have very creative minds. I think they could make something really cool together. Whether it's music, or maybe even fashion or design.
that'] was so cool how you got to hang out with your twin brother! love this series and thank you for letting us learn from your life!
Kiseong was honestly sooo very happy to share his life and apartment with Dan and that was truly touching. what a good brother
Wow i loved this ep. It sucks you didn't capture the big moment but i understand the situation. If i were them i would be uncomfortable with cameras around too. You 2 really look alike! holy, it's so cool. It's really touching that you 2 got to hang out for a little, to see your similarities and differences. It's all about creating memories with a sibling. Especially if you 2 are twins! Thanks for sharing your story :)
"like the Korean version of pbs" i laugh so hard when he said that
I really love this document and the story is just so crazy!
This was amazing! Glad you were able to put complete your puzzle. My siblings and I were separated a long time ago and sent to live with different relatives we all lived lives like we never knew each other. I feel like we’re all separated at birth sometimes. I’m now in my 40’s and the eldest, and we are all still estranged.
this is amazing! congratulations to your entire family, home and abroad. It must have been a fulfilling experience for everyone, so beautiful
Wow. Amazing story...I was adopted and had a twin. That's all I know. I wish I could find the other twin somehow. Especially after seeing and hearing so many stories.
maybe putting your dna out there might help you track down your twin or twin's relatives. good luck! and take care!
Hope there's an update! Doing 23andme or Ancestry you might find a link somewhere.
They’re the perfect case study of how variation is impacted by environmental factors
What an incredible story. Thank you for sharing a bit of your life with us.
This is so beautiful. Thank you for sharing this part of your life with us
was waiting for this video all day!! so happyyyy
The cutest part for me was when they got to the doctors office and the the Korean twin greeted her with a double bow. Dan wasn't paying attention as he was trying to shut the door. When he turned around and saw the bows, he immediately bowed as well. Culture is such a beautiful thing ❤️
Its really amazing seeing you guys both love music, even hip hop! Thats sooooo cool.
Wow!!! Love this series I just started watching it. I can't wait for the next ep. I'm so glad to see his story being shared.
twinsters!!!!!! You can see Dan in twinsters, too..and he's mentioned there
Yay finally, waited all week for this episode :)
Such an incredibly amazing story! Can't wait to see more
Amazing you shared all this. Thank you Dan!
Even far apart and seperated at birth twins are the same in some ways... it was awesome seeing the connections
I think it's hysterical how Sam and Dan found their twins from a different country
I can see the music talent runs in the family. :D
Cannot wait for the next episode. Thank you for sharing this amazing story!
This was so great! Can't wait for part 4!
Thank you for sharing your story. I'm korean and adoption is a huge taboo. So many Koreans never get a chance to reconnect with their roots. I have a best friend who also found out she had a twin that she was separated from at birth through adoption. The family kept her twin just like your story. This shows hope for those of us who want to connect with our biological families. It takes so much courage and strength. How beautiful.
People must stop separating twins for adoption, it's a though they share one soul, feeling that something is missing in their life. Nice story.
This is an awesome program! And Dan's story is very heart warming!! Thanks for sharing.
Oh i can't wait for more.. came across it tonight. This is an amazing story to share!
I really love how danish rap music suddenly appears out of nowhere !
I love this story. I wish I could meet my birth parents. This story is very entertaining to watch
oh maaannnnn this is so touching! I got emotional within the first minutes of this doc! :') ISAtv, I am awe-struck by this :) yous are too good!
Really awesome video, am pretty impressed also by the professionality.
Your brother is a tall but adorable person
e-sens is great! :D so cool that you and your brother both love hiphop.
We appreciate this so much
thanks for sharing this, amazing to see!
The weird moment when you're watching a documentary in English about Korean adoptees, and a guy gets on stage and starts singing in your native language
Lol
you know
for a second i actually believe you were 2 years younger than you really are
This is so awesome!! I'm so happy for you! You're a really incredible person for handling this so maturely.
(By the way you're music is amazing!)
Awww Dan looks soo cute when he smiles so big !! Awww cutie pie
6'1 bro should visit LA.
I totally see the facial similarities when his brother smiles...looks exactly like Dan!
It's so cute just watching them interact... like they're complete strangers but you can see a small tiny natural connection that usually exist between twins.
I just subscribed and can't wait to watch your journey. I just found my whole birth family and plan to meet them later this year! It's so surreal!!!!
samatha and Anaise brought me here! I loved their story and hope they can live close to each other. Now another Koream adoption reuniting story..I am elated fo him, to find them ..I also understand that he would feel akward aroud his biological family..I just get so emotional watching this
Wait! All the clearly more important stuff aside. YOU WERE IN FAR EAST MOVEMENT?! 😂
I'm late but that was my exact reaction too! I was like omg omg omg 😂
and everytime i hear "Far East Movement" Tiffany Young always came to mind
I only hear Chanyeol's voice
Wow time flies... I remember watching this beautiful video 3 years ago and now I'm back to watching it in 2017
You guys are smart, breaking this into individual pieces, I guess more views and more likes, which is a good thing. I like Dan and I only just started following his story, really inspirational.
I never had kids because my childhood sucked. I wish people wouldn't have children if they aren't going to love them.
I feel you, so hard man. Agreed.
Same, I can't imagine not being able to properly love or raise them without transferring the pain and trauma from back then - even if I myself have grown past and am happy.
1hourOfLove most adoptees' biological parents are in extremely difficult situations, not just giving them away because they dont care.
Even if your childhood sucked, you should rethink of having kids to share and relive a childhood with them thats better than ever before. You can heal that way too in the process..
If you think about it, they were probably prepared for one kid but they just couldn't have a second baby at the same time and give the same care. People don't always plan to have kids, it's crazy to expect that they're suddenly able to support and look after a new human being
My childhood sucked too. I was an only child and had toxic parents. But I ended with several of my own and I am thankful my relationship with my kids are a lot more healthy and loving than what I had with my own parents.
i hope you can help ben deen.
Yes, I hope he meets his parents soon too
Yeah. Soon. Last update was he got a message frm his "brother".
ikr.... 😢
yas i hope so !n
Who's Ben Deen, and why does he need help?
The twin brother was very excited to bond and show him stuff it's so sweet😍
This is beautiful. Thanx for sharing..