What if there were three of you?

Posted on August 10, 2018

By MARK VIOLA

In 1980’s New York, 19-year-old Robert Shafran drove himself to college. Upon his arrival, it seemed everyone already knew him, only they kept calling him Eddy. Finally, one of Eddy’s friends stopped Robert and stated, “You must be twins!”

Driving into New York City, Robert and Eddy Galland met for the first time (that they remembered), each shocked to see his double. Both had been adopted and both shared the same birthdate. It did seem that they were in fact twins.

Their reunion became a local news sensation, which drew the interest of 19-year-old David Kellman, who saw the photo of the twins and was shocked. They looked just like him! Twins separated at birth reuniting 19 years later is a regional story. Triplets? That went global.

This story, and everything that happened afterward, is told in the new documentary “Three Identical Strangers,” directed by Tim Wardle (“One Killer Punch”).

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