英国的多丽丝•金斯顿、艾丽丝•霍尔摩斯和格拉迪丝•卡雷斯三姐妹是英国年龄最老的“同卵三胞胎”姐妹，上周末，她们在多丽丝位于塞尔比市河岸的家中，和80多名亲朋好友一起庆祝了她们的80岁生日。据悉，三姐妹长得几乎一模一样，她们过去经常会被别人搞混淆，有时甚至连她们的丈夫也会认错妻子，闹出笑话。 : k; j& @/ D8 S
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据报道，现年80岁的多丽丝•金斯顿、艾丽丝•霍尔摩斯和格拉迪丝•卡雷斯是英国年龄最老的“同卵三胞胎”姐妹，她们于1927年6月降生于英国西约克郡南艾尔姆萨尔市，三姐妹在相隔不到20分钟内先后降临到人世。当时三胞胎仍是非常稀罕，她们的降生甚至惊动了英国国王乔治五世，乔治五世给每个女婴发了一英镑纸币作为奖赏，她们的父亲阿诺德•罗杰斯用这笔钱为女儿买了一身参加洗礼仪式的服装。 * _+ L- _ V3 U# @* g, ~' N' J q, B
由于“同卵三胞胎”女婴长得一模一样，为了不将女儿搞错，她们的母亲艾尔茜将三根不同颜色的缎带分别系在了每个女婴的头发上。然而有一次，三姐妹的姨妈为她们洗澡时，可能搞错了缎带，所以连三姐妹自己都不清楚，她们的身份是否被姨妈给“阴差阳错”调换了。 0 i4 D. ?" v9 ^( F4 {0 K
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* a& E' {! B. P8 i( g7 O 三姐妹长大后，个个出落得如花似玉，由于三人几乎长得一模一样，她们也更经常会被别人搞错身份。和丈夫育有8名儿女的艾丽丝回忆说：“曾经有一个男人对我们感到非常轻视，因为他曾看到我们三人和不同的小伙子出去约会，他认为我们都是同一个女孩，所以他一定认为我们非常轻浮。” 9 v6 I/ ?/ ?! F, ~, s4 C$ G, c: i; T! O! ?1 y* q- R/ R5 U
艾丽丝在二战期间的一次停电中认识了后来的丈夫毛里斯，并在1949年和毛里斯结了婚。两年后，多丽丝也嫁给了自己的丈夫艾伦•金斯顿，艾伦婚后不久就离家前往外地工作，而未婚的格拉迪丝仍在和男友约会。但邻居们却误将格拉迪丝当成了已婚的多丽丝，以为多丽丝背着丈夫“红杏出墙”。多丽丝回忆说：“当时格拉迪丝仍是单身，当艾伦离家外出工作两年时，人们看到格拉迪丝在一个舞厅中和一个小伙子跳舞，他们将她误当成了我。” # A* p+ k, t; t, O$ M# R7 j& v0 `/ G; r
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The oldest identical triplets in the UK celebrate their 80th birthday. % O* l: \0 u( Z7 FGladys Caress, (left), Alice Holmes (centre) and Doris Kingston 4 E8 n" i. s3 i5 i 6 ^9 }, }7 }2 K) ~' W ! Z X6 M, N3 [3 N8 N& H, @& D $ l# A5 b- u# n! y% _
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Britain's oldest triplets have celebrated their 80th birthday.6 k! }5 H# c$ X4 h( R; q0 [( f, ]
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A party for Doris Kingston, Alice Holmes and Gladys Caress was attended by eighty friends and family, reports the Daily Mirror. 2 m) V+ ` S5 H q3 k$ s6 O; {; b& P. i8 r4 x: l
The three girls were born within 20 minutes of each other on June 12, 1927 in South Elmsall, West Yorkshire.8 R7 h" a8 n! e0 ]" g# K4 v7 Q9 [6 c
2 Y* X1 L0 \& ^* |/ l$ Q6 HTriplets were so rare then that their dad Arnold Rodgers was given a pound note for each girl by King George V. He bought a suit with the cash.: c5 g" x4 E: y$ @2 {$ o
) D2 R2 a Z: l) D/ D, RMum-of-eight Alice told how even her husband Maurice was once caught out because the triplets look so alike. , _$ _: D. m$ R5 H' L% @/ G' N7 _! P2 t6 F: |) _
She said: "He was talking to Doris for half-an-hour before realising she wasn't me. " S( _ I5 b2 M4 m& t! t% K % O( B @4 s/ V' v; q* z) d"And one man got in a bit of a tizz because he saw all three of us with different lads and he thought we were the same girl. He must have thought we were quite brazen."; D2 }, N" N% ]/ x, J
! c) k, K( Y! M) eEven their mother Elsie had trouble telling them apart. At the triplets' christening she put different coloured ribbons in their hair to identify them., j3 y7 K2 S6 m- t
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When the trio were two, the family moved to Leeds where Gladys and Alice still live. The three still meet every Wednesday and Thursday and holiday together at Whitby and Bridlington. # X( B# M8 e- K+ L/ f% G+ a8 l/ a0 ^3 P' P$ z: B- c- i6 f. ^1 P
They held their 80th party at Doris's home in Selby, North Yorkshire, where entertainment included a bouncy castle.作者: 日月光 时间: 2007-6-15 08:13
% @* p1 E- [. m9 GThe triplets as young babies, separated by just 20 minutes at birth S; ]3 S4 I- i, M( S& ] ; h; y) T" k, s% x1 ?- |- f' Q9 m1 W5 ^ U2 u1 _9 f
The triplets aged 10, (from left to right) Doris, Gladys and Alice : r7 V+ L7 |7 X* |2 S5 e 2 S( @% e; C) i+ e5 e2 i! Y- l# i4 k2 P
The triplets at 40
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