Chrissy Teigen Recalls Thinking She Had Twin Following DNA Test

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Chrissy Teigen.
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Uncovering the thriller! Chrissy Teigen believed she had an an identical twin sister after taking an at-home DNA check.

“I’ve been on a little bit of a journey for the previous few years, particularly the previous 12 months, of well being and wellness and making an attempt to determine rather a lot about my previous and my household,” the Cravings creator, 37, stated through an Instagram video on Sunday, June 4, noting she had beforehand completed a 23 and Me check to search for her ancestry with help from her physician and therapist.

Teigen later determined to pay for among the upgraded options to get extra particulars about her outcomes, which led to an “insane 24 hours.”

“The very first thing that got here up after I came upon that I used to be half Neanderthal, was this: I’ve an an identical twin,” she stated within the clip, displaying off her household tree and pointing to a circle subsequent to hers that said the initials BB was an an identical twin. “That must be a joke, proper?”

After seeing the outcomes, the mannequin admitted she began “spiraling” and tried to get some solutions. She began off by making an attempt to contact her potential sister on the 23 and Me web site however the dialog didn’t undergo. She then reached out to a number of relations, beginning together with her father.

“I’m actually saying, ‘Dad, hey, did you see come out of mother’s vagina and have been there two of me?’” she recalled. “He begins laughing, saying ‘No, I used to be there, there usually are not two of you!’ I used to be like, ‘Are you positive you have been there?’”

Teigen confessed she then referred to as her sister, Tina, and requested her whether or not she knew if she had an an identical twin. The Deal or No Deal alum shared that her sibling gasped on the query, which led Teigen to consider that she did have an an identical twin.

“At this level, I’m making excuses for my entire life,” she quipped. “For this reason I’m codependent as a result of my twin was ripped away from me. I’ve at all times felt one thing lacking, and because of this I’ve habit points.”

Tina subsequently reminded the previous Lip Sync Battle host that she and her household have been presupposed to do a actuality present that will search into a celeb’s ancestry — however the collection by no means completed filming and by no means aired.

“They’d us take DNA checks, and so they put it below secret names so the world couldn’t inform,” Teigen remembered. “My an identical twin was myself. I used to be matching myself.”

Following her realization, the Chrissy’s Courtroom alum — who shares three kids with husband John Legend — confirmed off a drawing of a tombstone for Teigen’s “an identical twin” dubbed “Sissy Teigen.”

“Sissy Teigen, Sister, Aunt, and Pal,” the image learn. “June 4, 2023, 2:04 p.m. to June 4, 2023, 3:05 p.m.”