My Amazing TwinJanuary 17, 2017

Despite being identical twins, Adam and Neil Pearson look completely different. By conventional genetics, that should beimpossible. But they share the faulty NF-1 gene, which for Adam caused uncontrolled tumours to grow on his face. For Neil, the gene caused short-term memory loss. In this powerful and personal film Adam and Neil find out why their condition has affectedthem in such different ways. It’s a journey that takes them back to the moment they separated in the womb, their experiences during childhood, through to their diets, in the search for the trigger that made them so different.

My Amazing Twin was broadcast on SBS ONE at Sunday 22 April 2018, 18:55. This episode was initially placed on Tuesday 17 January 2017.