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Though in the book, Idgie and Ninny are two separate characters, at the end of the film it's largely hinted that they are one and the same , although this runs counter to Ninny's earlier comment that ``I was practically adopted by the Threadgoodes; I married her (Idgie's) brother, Cleo''.
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