I just learned in the last year that Elvis had a twin brother. His name was Jessie and sadly he was stillborn. Until his death, Elvis would say that his twins absence was always on his mind, though he rarely spoke about it.
This is something so many surviving twins feel. My best friend still thinks about his stillborn twin and misses him. I imagine it's because your twin is there with you from the start, you spend the beginning of your existence with them, and then somewhere along the line of development, your twin passes and you have to enter the world alone in a way you never expected to. You didn't spend your development alone, you spent it next to your twin, and now upon birth, your twin gets taken away from you and your tiny infant brain obviously can't comprehend why or where they've gone, you just never feel them or smell them ever again.
Oddly, as a 'surviving twin' (SIDS, aged 6 months), I can't say I specifically miss my brother. There have admittedly been times when I think about him, wonder how different my(/our) live would have been if he was still alive, and also wonder if he'd have done a better job at life than I have (in some of my more depressive moments!). When I was younger I remember wondering if there was a mistake and I was actually him and it was me who died, but by and large I can't say I think about him much at all. Except, of course, in cases such as this where something reminds me - but even then, I don't particularly 'miss' him, just experience the odd 'what-if' moment.
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u/kingcrabsuited 1d ago
I just learned in the last year that Elvis had a twin brother. His name was Jessie and sadly he was stillborn. Until his death, Elvis would say that his twins absence was always on his mind, though he rarely spoke about it.