You won't believe what David Tutera's twins have never done

by

Sara McGinnis

posted in Celebrities

One full year after David Tutera and ex-husband Ryan Jurica welcomed twins their unique family situation hasn't much improved.

The duo, who decided to divorce after nine years of marriage while their surrogate was pregnant, have each been raising the child they are biologically related to on their own. David, whom you may know from My Fair Wedding, is caring for daughter Cielo while living in Los Angeles and Ryan is raising son Cedric in Connecticut.

The two -- who shared a womb and are fraternal twins -- have never met.

The CELEBrations host recently told TMZ, "My daughter is amazing, she just turned 13 months and is doing fantastic...As far as Ryan's biological son, I can't tell you because we're not in contact. The children don't see each other."

When asked if he wants his daughter to meet Ryan's son, the 48 year old replied, "I would love my daughter to meet his son...but who knows what tomorrow is going to bring.

Check out a clip, which includes photos of both Cielo and Cedric:

I felt sad for the babies when I first heard about David and Ryan's decision to separate them, because siblings are such an important part of growing up and the bond between twins has always fascinated me. It didn't occur to me until just now, however, that these kids would go an entire year without ever seeing each other.

Parenting in general is hard, and from everything I've seen, read and heard parenting with an ex is even tougher. To me though, that doesn't mean you get to just pretend you son or daughter's sibling just doesn't exist. And what about each dad's bond with the other child? These kids were intentionally conceived with both dads planning to parent both babies -- and now each is skipping out on one of the children. Cielo is missing out on knowing Ryan, and Cedric on bonding with David.

Lately it seems complicated surrogacy and sperm donor cases have been making headlines with increasing frequency. It's hard to know what to think some of the time, but in this particular case I get the feeling the parents aren't truly putting the kids first. In my humble opinion, a child shouldn't grow up with their twin being a total stranger.

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What do you think of Tutera's twins being raised completely separately? Is it OK to separate siblings in general?

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