Identical twins Kayla and Kellie Bingham share more than physical attributes. They both enjoy running, are competitive soccer players and love trivia nights. In school, they received similar grades and standardized exam scores.
After a five-day trial in November, which included testimony from Segal, a jury decided that the Medical University of South Carolina had defamed the sisters and awarded them $1.5 million. “We know we did nothing wrong, but trying to defend ourselves seemed impossible,” Kayla Bingham said. “It was a horrible situation, and the lawsuit seemed to be the only way to clear our names.
“I do a lot of scholarly quantitative work, but I also stay very active and alive in the public domain,” Segal said. “And I think it’s very important to get these research findings to the people who can most benefit from them.” In 2012, Segal published “Born Together, Reared Apart: The Landmark Minnesota Twin Study,” which delved into research that she and others had done years earlier studying pairs of twins who had been raised separately. The study gave them a chance to look at the influence of genes and the environment on behavior and personality.
“These are identical twins who process information the same way and have similar abilities and interests,” she said. “I would have been shocked if they hadn’t performed similarly.”
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