Brother and Sister Hoax

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understandinguncertainty.org was produced by the Winton programme for the public understanding of risk based in the Statistical Laboratory in the University of Cambridge. The aim was to help improve the way that uncertainty and risk are discussed in society, and show how probability and statistics can be both useful and entertaining.

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During my mother's young years, she met a young fellow, who helped her to get to college, yet they came up with a story that he and she are brother and sister, grew up in different families, for that reason he knew local ethnic language and she did not. My mother never told us this story until I was in my 50s. However, when I was very young I also met a young fellow, and came to visit him far away unexpectedly. When asked by locals who I am looking for, I said for my brother, and when they mentioned we speak differently, I said we grew up in different families, for that resaon he spoke his ethnic language and I did not.
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Date submitted:Thu, 09 May 2019 18:55:06 +0000Coincidence ID:10274