The two girls, who grew up in different adoptive families in the Netherlands 100 miles apart, discovered they were sisters through a DNA test.
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Aug. 12, 2026, 8:59 AM EDT / Source: Reuters
By Reuters
HERTOGENBOSCH, Netherlands — Meena and Minal were left as infants at orphanages in India and grew up in different adoptive families in the Netherlands, just a short drive apart. Now, 40 years later, a DNA test has shown that the childhood friends are biological sisters.
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In een interview dat de hele wereld overgaat vertellen de vrouwen, allebei geadopteerd uit India, hun bijzondere verhaal.
Meena e Minal são indianas, mas cresceram em famílias adotivas na Holanda e não sabiam uma da outra. Elas chegaram a se conhecer…
We were colleagues, had both been put up for adoption and were from the same place – but the paperwork said we weren’t related.…
The pair had been friends for two years before they realised they had the same mother.
