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Gilmore, trying to be fair, gave one of the twins to the Thawne family, telling the Allens that one of their children had been stillborn. The twin that remained with the Allens was named Barry, and he grew up to be the Flash. The other twin, however, was raised by the Thawnes, and he was named Malcolm.
The time-travelling Professor Zoom decided to get revenge on the Flash. Travelled back in time to Barry's childhood and murders Nora. Due to a lack of evidence, Henry was convicted. However, Barry could never believe that his father had killed Nora, and this led him to become a policeman.
Flashpoint
Waking up suddenly at his desk, Barry Allen has only a few seconds to puzzle out the fact that something in his work environment has changed before he hears that a Rogue named Miss Alchemy is engaging in a felony. Barry starts running to get there, only to fall down a nearby flight of stairs. This alone is a puzzle to him, but then he is greeted by an even bigger shock Nora Allen, still alive in the present day and coming to visit him.
It is later revealed to Barry by the Reverse-Flash that the Flashpoint timeline was actually created by Barry himself, after he traveled back in time to stop Thawne from killing his mother. After Barry reveals his secrets and his inadvertent role of creating a apocalyptic world to his mother, he bids a tearful farewell to her, knowing he must travel back in time to stop his younger self from altering time.
Once meeting his younger self moments before he arrives to the past, Barry merges with his young counterpart during the attempt to stop him, but also inadvertantly creates another alternate timeline which slightly differs from the original.