Howard Burack always knew he was adopted. He just never knew that he had a twin, too. Born in 1963, Burack grew up in an upper-middle-class family in Rockland County, a suburb north of New York City. He had a normal childhood, great parents, etc. In an interview with 20/20, he told his story about being adopted when he was a baby from Louise Wise Services, a well-known Jewish adoption agency in New York City.
Burack’s perspective changed completely, however, when in his 30s, he made a routine inquiry to the adoption agency, only to discover some life-altering news. When he requested his birth records, he was told that somewhere in the world, he had an identical twin brother. The problem, though, was that the agency told him they couldn’t release his sibling’s name until he, too, requested his records (thanks to New York laws).
This is their story.