5-Year-Old Claims He Found His Twin At School, Mom Takes DNA Test And Is Stunned By The Results

When parents ask their children how their day at school was, they expect all sorts of answers. It was fun, it was boring, they fell out with someone - the usual stuff. However, one thing they probably don't anticipate is for their kid to come home and say they met their twin. 

So, you can imagine one mom's surprise when this is what her son told her after school one day. He even had photo evidence to back up his claim, something that caught his mother completely off guard. Could what he was saying actually be true?

Janice embraced the ups and downs of being a single mom

Being a single mom can be incredibly tough. When you don't have a partner to lean on and help you with the ups and downs of raising a child, life can get overwhelming at times. However, seeing the smile on your kid's face can go a long way to making all the hard work worthwhile.

As a single mom herself, Janice understood the difficulties of trying to raise a child with one pair of hands. She was willing to take all the bad with the good, though, because she loved her son like nothing else. There was no one in the world who surprised her more, as evidenced by what happened after school one day.

Janice and her son had a well-established daily routine

Janice and her eight-year-old son Luke had a well-established routine during the week. They'd wake up early, get him ready for school, then she would work at a bookstore while he was in class. After work, she'd pick him up, they'd walk home together, and then Janice would make Luke dinner while he did homework and played with his toys.

It was a simple routine that rarely threw up anything unexpected. That was until the pair got home one day, and Luke began talking about a boy in his school. It seems he'd made a new friend and was excited to tell his mom all about it. However, there was a particular reason Luke was so excited.

Luke claimed he'd met his twin at school earlier that day

It appears the boy Luke met bore quite a striking resemblance to him, at least from his perspective. According to him, they had the same hair and eyes, prompting Luke to declare that he had a twin. It was a word that caught Janice off guard because it's not like kids go around saying such things very often.

The single mom wasn't entirely sure what to make of her son's apparent new discovery. However, she saw no reason to just shoot down the idea and tell Luke he was wrong. If this was simply his imagination running wild, he would soon move on to something else and forget this ever happened. So, why not just indulge him?

He showed his mom a picture that backed up his claims

Janice had no idea what this other kid from school looked like, so she couldn't exactly give her opinion on whether he and her son bore any resemblance. However, almost like Luke had anticipated this, he swiftly made another announcement. It seems that he had a picture taken earlier that day of him and his supposed twin.

The teacher had apparently snapped the shot for him so that he could show his brother off to his mom. He presented it to Janice, and that's when her son's story suddenly took on a whole new light. Looking at the two boys together, she couldn't deny that there were definitely similarities between the two kids. Were they actually twins?

Luke was adopted, so him having a brother was a possibility

As Luke's mother, you might think that she would know if he had a twin brother out there or not. However, Janice didn't actually give birth to her little boy. It seems that she adopted the child during a low point in her life, and he soon proved to be the light in her life that she'd been needing.

So, for all she knew, her kid could have a sibling out there that she'd never met before. What were the chances of finding out about him this way, though? Well, stranger things have happened, and there was no confirmation that the two were indeed related yet. Perhaps the similarities in their appearance were just a coincidence?

Most people in Janice's life didn't know that Luke was adopted

If Luke did indeed have a twin, it would potentially raise some awkward questions with the people around her. After all, there weren't many who actually knew the boy was adopted. Those closest to her knew the truth, but other friends and moms from school just assumed their connection was biological. It helped that they shared similar features.

Janice had never intended to mislead people in this way. However, Luke had come along after a miscarriage and divorce. So, when people mistakenly believed that she'd given birth to him, she wanted to believe that had really happened. If it weren't for this supposed twin, Janice might have fooled herself into believing it was true.

Janice contacted Luke's teacher in search of more information

After Luke showed Janice the picture, she agreed they looked alike and said it was amazing that he had a twin to spend time with in school. This seemed to satisfy her boy, who went off to play while she thought about what she'd just discovered. There was no way she could forget what she'd seen.

How could she go about getting the answers she needed, though? Her first port of call was the teacher who had taken Luke's picture that day. Janice had her contact information, so she figured that a quick call would shed some light on the situation. However, there was only so much the woman could tell her about someone else's child.

Janice struggled to sleep and later called the adoption agency

Although Luke's teacher was careful with the details that she shared, she did provide Janice with the boy's name: Leon Martin. It was a step in the right direction that would hopefully bring her closer to finding out whether her son was actually a twin or not. However, there wasn't much more Janice could do that day.

Sleep did not come easily that night, with Janice's thoughts running wild for hours. Before she knew it, the next day had arrived, and it was time to continue the usual routine. Rather than going straight to work after dropping Luke off at school, though, she decided to call the adoption agency that had handled her case.

The adoption agency wouldn't give Janice the information she wanted

Janice knew that the chances of her getting information about someone else's child from the adoption agency were pretty low. However, there was always a possibility, especially if Luke and Leon were blood relatives. Unfortunately, as expected, the agency was reluctant to give her any of the information that she required, leaving her no closer to the truth.

Trying to get through her shift wasn't easy that day, but Janice had something to look forward to afterward - Luke's dance class. Watching him let loose and have fun always put a smile on her face, and it would prove to be a great distraction. Little did she know, though, that Leon and his family would also be there.

Janice wanted to speak to Leon's parents but couldn't do it

It was clear to Janice as soon as the class started who Leon was. Even from a distance, the resemblance between him and Luke seemed pretty clear. Did Leon's parents notice too? If so, they didn't appear to acknowledge it. Janice watched when the boy approached them at the end of the class, but they never looked her way.

The single mom knew that the best way to clear everything up in her mind was to speak to Leon's parents. However, with this being such a delicate subject, she didn't want to upset them. Perhaps it would be better to just push her suspicions to the back of her mind and forget that her son might have a twin?

She got her hands on a piece of Leon's DNA

Trying to ignore the possibility of her son having a twin brother seemed to work for a few days. However, the following week, Luke came home with something that gave Janice a questionable idea. It seems that he and Leon had secretly cut a small chunk of their hair off and given the strands to one another.

This was apparently their way of strengthening the bond between them as twin brothers. When Janice saw the boy's hair, a thought occurred to her: what if I use this for a DNA test? She knew it wasn't an appropriate thing to do, but it would finally clear up whether the boys were related or not.

Waiting for the DNA results to come back were agonizing for Janice

It didn't feel good taking some of Leon's hair that Luke had brought back and shipping it off for testing with her son's own DNA sample. However, she had to just tell herself she was doing this with good intentions. If the results confirmed a match, then Janice could tell her boy he really did have a twin brother.

Unfortunately, getting the answers that she wanted wasn't a quick process. It was several weeks of waiting to hear back about Luke and Leon's relationship. She tried to get on with daily life during that time, but it wasn't easy. The stress of not knowing the truth started getting to her more and more with each passing day.

The DNA test confirmed Luke and Leon were twins

The desire to know the truth really had Janice on edge as she waited eagerly for the results to arrive. However, once she had the letter in her hand, she somehow felt worse. The answers were inside that envelope, but could she bring herself to look at them, given the potential impact they could have?

Yes, she had to. She'd come this far, so she couldn't back out now. That didn't mean Janice was prepared for what was written on the paper in front of her, though. The DNA between Luke and Leon was a match - they were twins. As Janice read the words, she cycled through many different emotions, unsure exactly what to think.

She wanted to tell Leon's family but wasn't sure how

Although the news was a lot to process, Janice was ultimately happy with the revelation about Luke and Leon. Knowing that her boy had a twin brother out there was a real comfort. It meant that he had someone to be there for him when she couldn't, and that thought filled her heart with so much love.

She was eager to tell Leon's family and hopefully start to build a relationship between them. However, Janice had to tread carefully. There was no knowing how they'd react to the news, especially given how Janice had gone about finding out the truth. If she put a foot wrong, she could end up driving a wedge between them.

Janice told Luke the truth after school one day

Before she could go telling another family about what she'd discovered, she had to be honest with her son. After all, this directly involved him and would change his life forever. Janice was a little nervous about breaking the news, unsure if he would truly grasp the enormity of this revelation. However, she was sure he'd be delighted.

To Luke, the day he found out probably seemed like any other for the most part. He woke up in the morning, went to school, and walked home afterward with his mom. He had no idea that she'd made such a significant discovery until she sat him down when they returned home and revealed the truth.

Luke took the news about his twin brother incredibly well

Despite Janice's concerns about how her son would handle the news, everything went incredibly smoothly. Luke listened to what she had to say, just about managing to contain his excitement as she confirmed his relationship with Leon. He was overjoyed to learn that this kid from his school really was his twin and they would be bonded for life.

After Janice was done telling him everything, Luke wanted to know when he could tell Leon the good news. She wasn't sure how to answer that question but asked that he wait until she'd spoken to his parents. It was probably better they heard about this from her than from their kid after school one day.

Janice approached the adoption agency to help her make contact

How do you tell a couple that you've never spoken to before that both of your kids are twins? For all Janice knew, Leon hadn't said a word to his parents about Luke. So, they potentially didn't even know that the boys already thought of themselves as brothers. She had to be very careful with every move she made.

The single mom ultimately decided to reach out and call the adoption agency again, hopeful that things would go better this time. Rather than seeking information about Leon's family, she wanted the agency to help her make contact with the Martins. She was hopeful that the DNA results would sway things in her favor with them.

The agency told her she could write a letter to the family

The adoption agency had been very closed off the last time that Janice contacted them. This time around, though, they were more open to her suggestions. They agreed to get in contact with the family and would report back to her with what they had to say. Finally, it felt like the single mom was getting somewhere.

When the agency eventually contacted her again, they came with good and bad news. The good news was that the family was willing to hear what Janice had to say. The bad news was that they were more comfortable getting it in a letter than speaking to her in person. Luckily, Luke's mom was willing to do as they wished.

Janice expressed her wishes to Leon's parents in a heartfelt letter

The great thing about writing a letter is that it gives you time to think your words through and make sure that you don't say something you'll immediately regret after. However, that doesn't mean writing to Leon's family was a walk in the park for Janice. She spent a long time just sitting there trying to find the right words.

After a lot of thinking and some inspiration from Luke, though, she finally managed to put pen to paper. She explained the last few weeks to Leon's parents and apologized for her actions. Janice also stated that she hoped the boys could have the opportunity to strengthen their bond as brothers, even if she had crossed the line.

She found the wait for a response excruciating

Once Janice handed the letter to the adoption agency, she knew that all she could do was wait. Even though Luke and Leon would see one another at school the next day, her son had made a pinky promise not to say anything about what he'd learned. They would wait until the Martins hopefully came to them.

Just like with the DNA test results, the wait for a response from Leon's parents was excruciating. The more days that passed, the more Janice feared they wanted nothing to do with her. She could handle them hating her, but she would be devastated if her actions stopped the boys from getting to grow up as brothers.

Janice received a response in the mail from Leon's mom

At one point, Janice feared that she and Luke would never receive a response from the Martin family. However, just when it seemed like everything was falling apart, a letter arrived in the mail. The handwritten address on the front instantly made it clear that this was not a bill or anything like that - it was something personal.

Janice opened it up to find a few pieces of paper filled with neat handwriting courtesy of Leon's mother. She apologized for the lateness of her reply and explained that she and her husband needed time to get their heads around everything. However, after thinking things through, they agreed that their sons deserved to have a relationship as brothers.

The two families agreed to meet in person at the local park

In the letter, Leon's mother suggested that the two families meet up somewhere. Although their sons already knew one another, it seemed fitting that they make an occasion of all of them coming together for the first time. She included contact details in the letter that Janice could use to save them from relying on the mail.

The single mom wasted no time sending a message to Leon's mom thanking her for the letter and agreeing to an in-person meeting. After a brief correspondence, they settled on a trip to the local park at the weekend. That was only a few days away, and neither Luke nor Janice could contain their excitement.

Janice and Luke had some questions about the past they wanted answered

As excited as the mom and son were in the lead-up to this family reunion, they were also full of questions. Luke, in particular, had a lot he wanted answers to. For one, he didn't quite understand why he and Leon hadn't grown up with the same parents. He got that he was adopted, but why were the brothers separated?

Janice couldn't answer that because she was oblivious herself. She'd never heard anything about her boy having a twin when she became his mom. Were Leon's family in the same position as her when they adopted their boy, or did they know a side to the story that Janice and Luke had never been privy to?

Their day at the park proved to be a success

It was a sunny day when Janice and Luke headed for the park, something the mom hoped was a sign of things to come. She was incredibly nervous about meeting Leon's family for the first time, and those feelings only intensified when Luke spotted his brother on the swings. However, Janice quickly relaxed when she watched the boys playing together.

It helped that Leon's parents appeared to be an incredibly kind and loving couple. Neither side mentioned Janice's questionable behavior when searching for the truth, instead focusing on how nice it was to know their son had a brother in the world. They agreed that this would bond their families together forever, so there was no point in keeping secrets.

Leon's parents explained what they knew about the brothers' past

During the meeting with Leon's parents, the couple shared with Janice what they knew about their son's past. They revealed that they'd known about him having a brother, but they'd only been allowed to adopt one sibling because the birth mom wished to keep the other boy. Evidently, this was a decision that she soon changed her mind about.

The couple had never forgotten about the brother and were always a little afraid that the birth mom would come along and want her other baby back. That's why they were a little freaked out when the adoption agency reached out, saying Luke's mom wished to speak with them. After receiving Janice's letter, though, they soon calmed down.

That meeting kickstarted an unbreakable bond between the families

Both sides had been worried about what this discovery would mean for their families. However, after that first meeting in the park, it became clear that the revelation brought nothing but joy their way. The families quickly started spending more time with one another until it was like they had always been in each other's lives.

Meanwhile, the relationship between the brothers continued to grow and solidify into an unbreakable bond. Janice was incredibly proud to see the love between these two and was so grateful that everything had worked out for the best. While things might have come about in an unusual manner, she wouldn't have changed anything for the world.

This was inspired by an incident that occurred between two kindergartners

This remarkable story was inspired by an incident that happened several years ago between Myles and Tanner, two kindergartners who came home from school one day believing they'd found their twin. Myles was the one who shared the good news with his mom, declaring that he'd met a kid with the same hair and eyes as him.

The boy's mom, Britney, wasn't one hundred percent sure what to think when her boy stated that he had a twin at school. She'd never met Tanner, so she didn't know what he looked like. However, she told Steve Harvey that her son was "adamant that they looked identical," so she just went along with it.

It all came about because of Twin Day at Myles' school

Apparently, this all happened during Red Ribbon Week at the boy's school. They were having a Twin Day, and Myles wanted to be a twin with Tanner. His mom learned this at around eight in the evening when she told her daughter to make sure she had her own twin outfit ready for the following day.

Myles apparently told her that he asked Tanner if he wanted to be his twin, and he said yes. However, as he didn't mention this to his mom earlier, she wasn't entirely sure what to do. Was there time for her to find matching outfits for Myles and a kid she'd never met before school the next day?

Britney searched all over for a way to contact Tanner's mom

It was a race against time for Britney to try and sort all this out, especially as she needed to contact Tanner's mom first. Unfortunately, as she had no relationship with this woman, she had no idea how to get in touch with her. She messaged the boys' teacher and found out her name but not her phone number.

So, she ended up messaging a bunch of people on social media who would potentially know the woman she was after. About half an hour later, she finally got her number from someone and was able to ask if she was happy with the boys being twins at school. When she said yes, Britney rushed off to Walmart.

She couldn't be sure that the clothes would fit Tanner okay

Given the time of day, Britney was relatively limited with where she could look for matching outfits for the boys. Walmart seemed like the best bet, especially as they would hopefully have clothes at reasonable prices. Of course, once she got there, she didn't actually know what would look good on the pair for Twin Day.

She ultimately decided on "Future Leader" flannel shirts for the boys, hopeful that the one she bought for Tanner would fit okay. Although his mom sent over his size, there was no guarantee that it would be right once he put it on. However, there wasn't much that she could do about this, so Britney simply hoped for the best.

Britney was surprised when she received a photo of Myles and Tanner

The following day, Britney sent Myles off to school with Tanner's clothes for him to change into once he arrived. She hoped that the two boys would look as adorable as she imagined in their matching outfits and so she asked their teacher to send her a picture of them together. Before long, she had a photo in her inbox.

Britney couldn't believe it when she saw Tanner for the first time. Myles had told her that this boy shared the same eyes and hair as him, so she was imagining someone who looked very similar to him. Instead, here was this African-American child that differed from him in quite a few ways, something that left the mom emotional.

The twins gave their reasons for calling one another their twin

To look at Myles and Tanner together, the average person wouldn't consider them to be twins. However, this was exactly how the boys saw themselves, evidently looking past their apparent differences to the things that connected them. Britney felt incredibly proud of her son when she received the picture, realizing he had a perspective that many adults lack.

When Steve Harvey heard about all this on his talk show, he was curious to know why the boys viewed one another as twins. Tanner answered that it was "because he wants to be my friend," with Myles backing this up by calling the boy his "best friend." Them being "both five" apparently played a part, too.

The story quickly went viral on social media

Britney, Myles, Tanner, and his mom were all invited onto Steve Harvey's show after the story of Twin Day went viral. Britney posted about the incident on social media, and before long, it gained hundreds of thousands of likes and shares from people who saw the beauty in it. They, too, were moved by how the boys viewed one another.

Plenty of the comments praised the kids for looking past any obvious differences and seeing parts of themselves in the other. They remarked that many adults could learn something from the pair about how to treat those around them. Just because we don't all look the same, that doesn't mean we have to be at odds with each other.

The moms shared their thoughts on the incident with Steve Harvey

During the interview, Steve Harvey asked Myles and Tanner's moms why they felt that the story went viral. Britney responded by highlighting the media's emphasis on showcasing "not the best stories." With so much negativity freely being broadcast and trying to drive a wedge between everyone, she felt that people resonated with a beautiful story about togetherness.

Britney continued that this moment between Myles and Tanner was "just a breath of fresh air" that provided them with "something sweet and so innocent" to celebrate. Tanner's mom added that they haven't tried to dissuade the boys from calling one another their twin, saying they see themselves as brothers, so why try to change that?

Steve Harvey feels we can learn a lot from Myles and Tanner

Someone who definitely felt the power of Myles and Tanner's relationship was Steve Harvey. He made the point that kids don't usually see difference, stating that it's something they're taught by the adults in their lives. He said it's only as they grow older that you start to notice them becoming more distanced from certain people around them.

The talk show host added that "this world would be a sure cooler place" if adults could learn from kids like Myles and Tanner and not always see everyone's differences. Perhaps if more people found their twin in those who look nothing like them, there'd be far fewer issues plaguing us on a regular basis?