Breathtaking question answered a decade later

Nora O'Neill and Gabriel Grand began dating in 2014. Ms. O'Neill's twin had a feeling their relationship was going to get serious .< /p>

Nora Patrice O'Neill and Gabriel Grand had only been dating for a few months when her twin brother, Patrick, asked her a jaw-dropping question.

“Gabe, when are you going to marry my sister? he asked during a dinner with Ms. O'Neill's parents in November 2014 at a now-closed French restaurant during Harvard Freshman Family Weekend.

After a very awkward moment, everyone laughed.

Mr. Grand and Ms. O'Neill, now 28, first met in a dining hall shortly after arriving on campus as Harvard freshmen in September. A week later, he sat next to her during their history of neuroscience seminar.

"I'm interested in the brain and cognition and it to the history of science,” he said. said.

Mr. Grand, who grew up in Pelham, New York, graduated cum laude from Harvard with a bachelor's degree in computer science. He is currently pursuing a doctorate. in computer science focused on language and cognition in computer science and AI. MIT lab

“We kept passing each other and after the fourth time we exchanged numbers,” Ms. O’Neill said. They both lived at Wigglesworth Hall, which has separate entrances but is connected by a basement and laundry room.

Mrs. O’Neill, a native of Washington, D.C., graduated cum laude with a bachelor’s degree in history and science. She is currently pursuing a medical degree and a doctorate at Yale in the history of science and medicine.

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