Friends for 30 years, sisters all along: DNA test reunites two adopted Indian women in Netherlands
Meena Geltink and Minal Tijssen were adopted from Indian orphanages as infants and grew up in separate Dutch families. They met as teenagers, felt an inexplicable connection, and lost touch — until a DNA test 40 years later revealed a rare 100% match: they are biological sisters.
Two women, Meena Geltink and Minal Tijssen, who were adopted as infants in India and grew up in separate families in the Netherlands, have discovered they are biological sisters after a DNA test revealed a 100% match. The sisters, now 43 and 44 years old respectively, had grown up just a short drive apart throughout their lives, unaware of their shared ancestry.
In 1996, while teenagers, they crossed paths at an adoption reunion and felt an instant, inexplicable connection, nicknaming each other "sis". They lost touch for 15 years before reuniting through the DNA test in April. Their first meeting since learning of their biological connection was marked by tears, hugs, and laughter, followed by their first selfie together as sisters.
One sister expressed a deep sense of loneliness and the desire to know her roots, while the other described feeling a profound connection since their teenage friendship.
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