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Two athletes request DNA tests due to identical appearance

News - May 3, 2024
Two athletes request DNA tests due to identical appearance

Have you ever encountered someone in real life who looks like you? It's not uncommon for many people to share similar appearances, and the story of Brady Feigl is evidence of this. 

The athletes, both 6'4 baseball players with red hair, red beards, and thick glasses. Image Credit: Inside Edition.
The athletes, both 6'4 baseball players with red hair, red beards, and thick glasses. Image Credit: Inside Edition.

Two identical-looking athletes with the same name.

Brady Feigl, have decided to get a DNA test to see if they are long-lost siblings. 

Two identical-looking athletes, both named Brady Feigl. Image Credit: Inside Edition
Two identical-looking athletes, both named Brady Feigl. Image Credit: Inside Edition

Both Brady Feigls are 6'4 baseball players with red hair, a red beard, and thick glasses.  

One of the players is a pitcher for the Pericos de Puebla in Mexico, while the other is a pitcher for the Oakland Athletics. 

Although the DNA test revealed no familial relationship, the two Bradys found solace in their newfound connection.   Image Credit: Inside Edition
Although the DNA test revealed no familial relationship, the two Bradys found solace in their newfound connection. Image Credit: Inside Edition

Their uncanny resemblance has led many to wonder: are they long-lost brothers? 

The couple even requested a DNA test because of the athletes' identical appearance. 

Both Brady Feigls requested DNA testing to determine if they are long-lost siblings. Image Credit: Inside Edition
Both Brady Feigls requested DNA testing to determine if they are long-lost siblings. Image Credit: Inside Edition

Even the two athletes started to wonder whether they were related after a while. So, Inside Edition got them together to do a DNA test in the hopes of figuring it out once and for all. 

This is not the first time a pair of long-lost siblings had ended up living insanely similar lives.  

Previously, the Jim twins reunited after being separated as long-lost siblings. 

One of the most famous examples of this were the 'Jim twins', identical twins who were separated at birth and put up for adoption before discovering each other later in life. 

The 'Jim twins,' who shared uncanny similarities despite being separated at birth.  Image Credits: Getty
The 'Jim twins,' who shared uncanny similarities despite being separated at birth. Image Credits: Getty

When the Jim twins finally reunited. 

They realized they'd had the same interests along with a brother called Larry, a childhood dog named Toy, a first wife called Linda, and a second wife named Betty. 

They'd even both unknowingly given their firstborn sons the same name, and liked the same type of beer and brand of cigarettes. 

Another twin, they weren't actually related despite the uncanny resemblance. 

The 'Brady twins', DNA testing revealed that these almost identical guys living almost identical lives weren't actually related after all.  

Their one big similarity from the DNA test was the level of Germanic ancestry, with both registering as 53 percent Germanic in origin, but on every other measure they were different and therefore not secret siblings.