The video of baby’s reaction after meeting his father’s twin brother went viral on Facebook.
While the movie “The Parent Trap” makes the thought of a set of twins switching places without anyone noticing exciting, it isn’t very realistic. Even though identical twins look exactly the same, they are still two different people. After spending time with a person, you should notice if the person is suddenly someone else – even though they look the same.
For a tiny human, however, identical twins are more than a little confusing.
A mother and father are the first two people a baby recognizes. “Dada” is often one of the very first words a child learns to say. According to Pop Sugar, Stephen and his twin brother, Michael Ratpojanakul, recently recorded themselves teasing Stephen’s infant son by introducing his son to his twin brother.
In the video, the twin brothers pass the baby back and forth while taking their glasses on and off of their faces. The baby points and calls for “Dada” as the twin brothers pass him back and forth. The video has since gone viral on Facebook, accumulating more than 22 million views, 330,000 shares, and 68,000 reactions.
Babies meeting their parents’ twins is a pretty common – and hilarious – video theme.
For someone who does not have a twin or does not know twins, the thought of a baby meeting a pair of twins for the first time isn’t something most people think about. However, it is a very exciting, overwhelming, and confusing experience for families with twins.
In May 2015, Dainius Sileika posted a video of his son meeting his wife’s twin sister for the first time. In the video, the 10-month-old has widened eyes with a confused expression on his face. In a little more than two years, this video accumulated more than 11 million views.
In the comments on the video, most seem to agree the baby has extremely large eyes. Some referred to the baby’s eyes as “googly eyes,” and others referred to them as “anime eyes.” One person even joked the baby’s brain just experienced the “blue screen of death.”
According to Pop Sugar, the biggest question most have with these types of reaction videos is why the family waited so long to introduce the baby to his or her parent’s twin. However, there likely isn’t a right time to introduce your child to your twin brother (or sister).
These viral videos serve as proof that pranks identical twins pull on people do not cease when the twins reach adulthood. In both videos, the twins are highly entertained by the reactions of the babies.
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Posted by Stephen Ratpojanakul on Thursday, February 4, 2016
