From the moment they were born, twin brothers Daquane Shamar Jacobs and Tavon Lamar Jacobs already experienced hardships.
Their biological mother, who used drugs, didn’t know she was pregnant with them. She didn’t even go to the doctor until she gave birth.
When the brothers came out, they weighed a mere two pounds each. They were so tiny that doctors said they could have fit in a shoebox together. Worse, they were born addicted to crack.
The Department of Social Services had them removed from their mother’s supervision, and they were sent to foster care.
Daquane and Tavon stayed in the system until they were two years old, when they were adopted by the Woods family. Their names were then changed to Davon and Tavon Woods. Read the full article here ▶
