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Chinese twin sisters meet for first time after being adopted by different US families

Chinese twin sisters meet for first time after being adopted by different US families
Audrey Doering and Gracie Rainsberry embraced each other and cried as they met for the first time on ABC's Good Morning America © ABC

Twins from China who were separated at birth and adopted by two different families in the US have been reunited for the first time.

Identical 10-year-olds Audrey Doering and Gracie Rainsberry embraced each other and cried as they met for the first time on ABC's Good Morning America.

They grew up hundreds of miles away from each other after being adopted shortly after birth by two different families - Audrey in Wausau, Wisconsin, and Gracie in Richland, Washington.

Neither of their families knew that the girls had a sibling until December when Audrey's mother found a photo of both of them together as babies, posing with their Chinese foster mum. 

Jennifer Doering became curious about her daughter's past while she was trying to find a Christmas present for her. She wanted to give her daughter a copy of her "finding ad" - a photo that gets published in Chinese newspapers when a baby is placed in an orphanage.

With the help of a Chinese researcher, she discovered a photo that showed her daughter on the knee of her Chinese foster mother, who was carrying another baby that looked just like Audrey.

"As soon as I had that picture, I was desperate to find out... who that other child was," Doering said, according to an ABC News report.

Neither of their families knew that the girls had a sibling until December when Audrey's mother found a photo of both of them together as babies, posing with their Chinese foster mum.

Jennifer Doering became curious about her daughter's past while she was trying to find a Christmas present for her. She wanted to give her daughter a copy of her "finding ad" - a photo that gets published in Chinese newspapers when a baby is placed in an orphanage.

With the help of a Chinese researcher, she discovered a photo that showed her daughter on the knee of her Chinese foster mother, who was carrying another baby that looked just like Audrey.

"As soon as I had that picture, I was desperate to find out... who that other child was," Doering said, according to an ABC News report.

Source : Straits Times

Indah Gilang Pusparani

Indah is a researcher at Badan Perencanaan Pembangunan Penelitian dan Pengembangan Daerah Kota Cirebon (Regional Development Planning and Research Agency of Cirebon Municipality). She covers More international relations, tourism, and startups in Southeast Asia region and beyond. Indah graduated from MSc Development Administration and Planning from University College London, United Kingdom in 2015. She finished bachelor degree from International Relations from University of Indonesia in 2014, with two exchange programs in Political Science at National University of Singapore and New Media in Journalism at Ball State University, USA. She was awarded Diplomacy Award at Harvard World Model United Nations and named as Indonesian Gifted Researcher by Australian National University. She is Researcher at Regional Planning Board in Cirebon, West Java. She previously worked as Editor in Bening Communication, the Commonwealth Parliament Association UK, and diplomacy consulting firm Best Delegate LLC in USA. Less
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