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Alec and Aden O’Connor

‘We always have each other’s backs’ – the story of the identical twins who got the same rare diagnosis 4 years apart

‘We always have each other’s backs’ – the story of the identical twins who got the same rare diagnosis 4 years apart

With cheeky smiles and boundless enthusiasm, football-loving Alec and Aden O’Connor from Fort Worth, Texas, are the epitome of identical twins. “The best thing about being a twin is that we always have each other’s backs,” Alec, aged 11, says. In 2019, Alec was diagnosed with acute lymphoblastic leukemia, a rare and aggressive blood cancer….

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