Adopted from India as kids, childhood friends discover they are actually sisters: ‘When I see you, it's like I'm home’

Adopted from India as children, Meena Geltink and Minal Tijssen, two childhood friends who drifted apart, have unexpectedly been reunited as biological sisters. The connection between them was discovered through a DNA test, revealing an astonishing 100% match. In 1996, the two, aged 14 and 13 respectively, were adopted and raised apart in the Netherlands.

Despite living approximately 130 km from each other, they never suspected they were related until their paths crossed again at an event for adopted children. From then on, their bond grew stronger; their friends were captivated by their resemblance, and they became inseparable friends, exchanging addresses. However, they lost touch for 15 years before reconnecting through the DNA test, which confirmed their biological relationship.

Meena, now 43 and a mother of three, expressed the profound emotional impact of meeting her sister, saying, "When I see you, it's like I'm home." Minal, 44 and raised in a Dutch family with siblings, shared, "We were friends before we were sisters; we were sisters the whole time, but we didn't know."