I saw the thread on reddit the other day and absolutely do not believe it as far as I can throw it. Because, well, it's reddit, people on there talk suuuuuch bs.
Also, apparently the family surname was
Sean too, so (ignoring the fact that OP on reddit would have risked doxxing(ish) their co-worker) the kids were meant to be called
Sean Sean and Seen
Sean. Hmmm... does anyone catch a waft of...you know...
Sean was meant to be pronounced, well,
Sean, but reddit OP said Seen was also pronounced exactly the same way, so either someone thinks
Sean is pronounced 'seen' or that anyone would ever think Seen was pronounced like
Sean... at which point why not go for
Shawn or
Shaun?
It was just so bizarre and unbelievable, so obviously made up for reddit karma, can't believe it's being repeated elsewhere.
And for some reason the surname being
Sean is also a dealbreaker in believing it for me for some reason. Ignoring the idea that someone would call their child
Sean Sean and then give the twin an identical name changing one letter,
Sean is to me such a specifically Irish name, and I have never heard of it being used as a surname, it's such a common fn not a surname in
Ireland, I don't know... maybe it does get used as a rare surname, but for some reason it's a detail which added to my sense of disbelief. It was just this little additional detail that made me go naaaah even more.