Mengele's Boys From Brazil Theory Debunked

by Barbara McPherson | November 28, 2009 at 06:02 pm

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Rumours have circulated for years about the Nazi war criminal Mengele's Boys from Brazil. Mengele hid from justice in Brazil for years and was seen to circulate among the ethnic German towns. It was believed by many that he was responsible for the high rate of twinning in the town of Candido Godoi. That theory has been debunked by researchers from the Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul in Brazil. Leading researcher Lavinia Schuler-Faccini exhamined baptismal records prior to the arrival of Mengele and found that the high rate of twinning started before the "Angel of Death" and has continued steadily until the present day.

For the initial phase of their study—which has not yet been published or reviewed by outside scientists—the team combed through baptismal records, which the researchers say should cover about 75 percent of the children born in predominantly Catholic Cândido Godói. The records would reveal where and when the town's many twin births had occurred.

The town's baptismal records date back to 1927, long before Mengele's supposed arrival—and so does the exceptional rate of twinning, the team discovered.

Furthermore, the records show no "surge" in twinning in the 1960s, when Mengele is said to have experimented on the local populace, the study says.

Also, the high rate of twin births continues today, which rules out a role for Mengele, the researchers say.

Many of the twins are blond and blue eyed, but that would be expected as the small town, isolated for many years, was settled by German immigrants. The twins are predominately fraternal, meaning they come from two eggs. It would seem that many of the women in the town of Candido Godoi are very fertile releasing two ova per menstrual cycle instead of one.

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