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Tomorrow, Wednesday, November 13, is the 60th birthday of me and my identical twin brother, Troy Williams. It is a sentimental birthday we are grateful for as we lost our oldest brother, Army Major Dwayne Williams, at age 40 when he was killed in the 9/11 terrorist attack on the Pentagon. From late September through October 2024, my wife Patrice and I spent two weeks touring Europe with Troy and his family. Troy spent nearly 20 years in the U.S. Air Force and has remained there working as a civilian the past decade or so at various U.S. bases in his wife's home country of Belgium and now currently in the Netherlands.  It was exciting reconnecting with my identical twin, as we hadn't seen each other in 11 years since our dad Horace died. My wife and I were amazed at - despite over a decade apart- we have striking similarities in our personalities (we talk alike and have similar interests) and appearance ( we both grew silver fox beards a year ago honoring our late bearded fath

  Roy, left, and Troy Williams, identical twins from Jacksonville, Alabama On Wednesday, November 13, my identical twin brother Troy and I turn 60 . This  milestone birthday  is sentimental to me because of the tragic loss of my oldest brother on 9/11 at age 40 and led me to put on my former newspaper reporting genes and to do research on identical twins.    If you want to learn more about identical twins, here are 10 books available for checkout at the  Birmingham Public Library  and other  Public Libraries in Jefferson County. By Roy L. Williams, PR Director|Birmingham Public Library How to Be Multiple: The Philosophy of Twin s  by Helena de Bres Twin Tales: The Magic and Mystery of Multiple Births  by Donna Jackson  What to Do When You're Having Two: The Twin Survival Guide from Pregnancy to the First Year  by Natalie Diaz What to Do If You're Expecting Twins, Triplets or Quads: Proven Guidelines for a Multiple Pregnancy    by Barbara Luke   The Epigenetics Revolution: How