{
  "id": 1962132,
  "title": "They met as teens and felt an instant connection. Decades later, DNA proved they’re actually sisters",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/19/they-met-as-teens-and-felt-an-instant-connection-decades-later-dna",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-19T15:31:58.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "CBC News",
    "slug": "cbc-news",
    "url": "https://www.cbc.ca/radio/asithappens/dna-test-sisters-9.7311166"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "More than four decades ago, somewhere amid the bustling streets of Mumbai, India, two baby girls were born. Adopted by different families in the Netherlands, Meena Geltink and Minal Tijssen grew up mere hours away from each other. But their paths never crossed until one day in 1996, when as teenagers, they happened to attend an event organized for adoptees in the Netherlands.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}