Tuesday, January 20, 2026

Black History Fact


Remembering William West and William West, two identical but unrelated men who shared the same name and who are the reason fingerprints are used as the primary means of identification...

11 comments:

Anonymous said...

They do favor, but I can see the differences. At least their names couldn’t be confused lol. This is putting me in the mind of Robin Givens and Lela Rochon back in the day, or Terry from EnVogue and Holly Peete Robinson. They favor, but we can tell them apart. But white people think we ALL look alike so I hope these men gave them h3ll.

Anonymous said...

Good one RWS. I haven't heard this one before. There has to be more to this story.

Anonymous said...

This was a strange one....but interesting what became of it

Anonymous said...

Yes they do say we all look alike but these two look like they could be twins. Good story. LOLO

Anonymous said...

I wonder if they were actually related. Back in those days all kinds of things happened during child birth and after the baby was born. Perhaps the family couldn't afford one. They ended up in the same prison, in the same town! I thinks it's more to the story.

Anonymous said...

They look identical to me and I'm Black. Could be cousins or their ancestors came from the same tribe in Africa.

Loka said...

Fascinating, great piece of history right here

Anonymous said...

I watched a documentary (3 identical strangers)about triplets separated at birth and found each other in college.
The whole thing ended up being a secret experiment which none of them knew about. I wonder if this is another one of those cases.

Anonymous said...

I love this portion of the blog. Keep up the good work Snitch!

Anonymous said...

Good read!!!!!

Anonymous said...

They related. Wish we knew their dates of birth

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