Twins separated at birth

[@barbarat5729]

These parents are SO FRIGGIN AWESOME for caring enough to do the right thing by these kids. I'm humbled and in awe of them.

[@KimAhrina11]

Yeah but not a lot of them lucky enough, like sometimes there're adoptive child who being raped or abused by their adoptive parents😢

[@Naturellona]

There is another sroey of twin girl one in Norway and the other in America the story is bitter sweet.

[@ramdas363]

Absolute parenting units. In awe of the size of their hearts.

[@barbaraschneider7922]

But it´s lucky that they were both adopted to countries where they speak English ,just imagine one had been adopted not to England but to France or Germany or Sweden that would have made things a bit more complicated.they would have realized they look alike but wouldn´t have been able to understand what the other one said when they were little

[@melissacastle5172]

It should be a law that twins cannot be adopted separately, there are so many parents who would definitely adopt them together if given the option.

[@ceciliachannel2022]

You bet! It is absolutely horrible to separate twins or siblings! Those parents try hard to make it work but they are selfish because one should just take them both and that's it (why should a child sees his/her twin only once a year?!!) it 's tragic

[@foxibot]

Cecile Be I think many people are not told that it was a twin they adopted. So they can’t be blamed.

[@sabahbubbler]

Well it's china, so.....

[@lottasunshine1325]

@Melissa Castle - Do you realize they were born and adopted in China?

[@GenieGin13]

@@ceciliachannel2022 that's because international adoptions do not happen overnight. it's a long long process and over that time, they fall in love with their adopted child already. through the pictures that the agency/orphanage sends them and counting down the days until they are able to fly in and pick up their child. they are already bonded to their child. for all intents and purposes, that little girl is their child on day 1 just as much as it is 5 years later, 15 years later. you can't seriously suggest to one set of parents to abandon their child after a big emotional investment and committing to raising that child. that's not how this works. it's not the adoptive parents' fault many overseas adoption agencies separate twins and siblings because they think it makes the children more easily adoptable. often times, when children get to a certain age, there are less and less prospective parents for older children. the agencies try to adopt out the kids as soon as possible, especially for parents looking to bringing home a baby/toddler. i do believe many parents would absolutely adopt twins/triplets/siblings etc together if they knew but quite frequently, the agencies withhold those details for fear of the parents who go into the process intending to adopt 1 child.

[@lisam5583]

I love how the families have gone to such lengths to let the twins connect! This is so sweet, and a wonderful thing for them all! I think they so need their twins in their lives! Beautiful!

[@ItsJustRoseLove]

Evie and Eva Sarah and Selina Lilly and Jillian They all have similar names

[@happyreaper9892]

There's one featured in Oprah, they were being adopted separately and their adoptive parents both named them Mia

[@meera2531]

Yes... Fascinating!

[@meera2531]

*Celena but still so similar...

[@TheSmackdwn]

Mia and Mia...

[@lucenabeltran6837]

@@happyreaper9892 ppl

[@barbibutton9619]

They are beautiful. The selflessness of the parents who adopted them is amazing. May God bless them always

[@yukisuperstylish]

some adoptive parents are better than real parents...

[@HKim0072]

As an adoptee, the terminology is "biological", not "real". Or if your adoptive parents are decent people, they just become your parents (no additional title needed). Parents (adoptive) vs Biological

[@johnfothergill1581]

i think a parents love and caring for a child wins hands up no matter if there the adoptive parents or natural

[@glammaof3871]

@@HKim0072 that's exactly what I was going to write! 👍😊

[@safia_stay]

That’s because some biological parents get pregnant “accidentally”

[@sandragruhle6288]

yukisuperstylish You are far behind in the vernacular. They are REAL parents, just not birth parents. Please don’t ever use that appellation with adoptive parents, as they deem it most painful.

[@Natasha-nr4uw]

Yea the fact that their adoptive names are similar is crazy.

[@lucyavarda1742]

It happened with my uni friend who discovered her twin sister on the campus! Nicole and Nicola

[@Reunion4ever]

Evie and Eva are adorable!!! 💗💗💗

[@madisoncollins1894]

“Abandoned” aka the government came in snatched the babies from their homes and requested large amounts of money as a fine that the families couldn’t pay.

[@jitaamesuluma9730]

fact

[@patron40silver]

They were abandoned because they were girls. China had a one baby rule and if that baby was a girl, they were left behind and the family would have more babies until a boy was born and could keep the family name going.

[@rachelkrieger6652]

@@patron40silver Not always. I was adopted from China. I know families who have adopted girls and boys from China. It wasn't just the one child policy. It had to do with finances. Mothers who gave birth to a child with health conditions like a hole in the heart were given up. The parents hoped the child would survive if adopted by a couple with better finances. At that time China's economy was not doing well.

[@sylvestersalad]

That is true! Although in this case BOTH twins were put up for adoption.

[@hersims7365]

oh I thought this was the Mia's from the Oprah show

[@shehound1778]

Me too 🤷🏾‍♀️😂🤣

[@itsjustsefora6747]

Same 😂😂

[@patron40silver]

Oprah ate those two.

[@gloriamutoni5137]

same here

[@sylvestersalad]

I just finished watching that and this was suggested so I also thought this was them

[@lostwoods2576]

That's so weeeird, they were named Eve and Eva..

[@manu30685]

C6

[@sgtelias2258]

@Lost Woods... they were named Evie and Eva I believe by the birth parent(s) not by the adopted parents

[@HeartVisions]

James Loftus - you’re correct! Oddly enough, my name is Evie, but so many people through my 68 years get it wrong and call me Eva. Can’t imagine having a twin named Eva. It must REALLY be confusing 😃

[@sgtelias2258]

@@HeartVisions I knew twins named Melissa and Melinda... I could never get it right 😊

[@SusieC17]

James Loftus Hi I’m a Chinese. Evie and Eva are not Chinese names , we can’t make these two names as our official names. We uses Pinyin and Chinese characters. For example, we can translate Eva to Chinese charter “伊娃” ，but when we translate “伊娃” to Pinyin, it will become “yi wa” not Eva. My English is not good but hope this reply will help you a little bit to understand the Chinese names :)

[@emmalu9825]

As I know, at my hometown back in China, some of villagers ABANDONED baby girls, while others KILLED baby girls!!!! Thanks for all kind adopters!

[@rosa4928]

I'm Rosa and I have an identical twin named Keira, and we were both inseparable. We did everything together, and you couldn't tell us apart unless you looked at our neck. Keira has a freckle on the right side of her neck, and I don't. Keira was always closer to our dad, and I was always closer to our mother. When our parents divorced when we were thirteen, our mother moved to New York, whereas our father moved to Seattle. Keira left to Seattle, and I went with my mother. I haven't seen her in nine months, because it's hard for her to fly down just to see me, because it's alot of money...I miss her everyday, and she doesn't use social media often, so the last time I've even talked to her online was 8 months ago. I miss her everyday, and I'm really emotional when it comes to talking about her. She was my best friend, my mirror, my strong side and my sister all in one, and now it's like we're strangers. My dad will call me, and tell me how good she's doing and that she loves me, but I haven't heard her voice in so long that I'll sometimes talk to myself just to hear what she sounds like.... I really miss her. (What's even worse is that we were a part of triplets, and our other sister died when we were six, because of a heart condition, her name was Emily. I'll sometimes look in then mirror and wonder if that's what she'd look like now...everything is so hard without either of my sisters...)

[@susanmei9980]

Oh Rosa, that is so sad. It must feel like your heart was ripped out. Sometimes parents don't realize the hurt they cause, probably because they, themselves, are hurting, and are focused on that. It seems odd that your dad will call, but not put your sister on the phone, too. If your sister doesn't have access to Internet, how about if you guys keep in touch with snail mail? It's not the same as hearing her voice, and you both probably have a lot to say. But there's nothing so much fun as getting a real letter or card in the mail. That's how people have kept in touch for centuries. Even just as recently as 30 years ago, just before the Internet and cell phones became available, there was just long distance landline phone calls (expensive) and letter writing. It may seem archaic, but give it a try. Surprise your sister with a card or letter, and ask her to write back. It will be fun!

[@trizaanjeri2574]

Super_Cutie_ K that's soo sad...really sorry ..may her soul RIP

[@HKim0072]

Whoa, maybe you can tell your Dad your feelings and try to get him to relay it to your sister. And what about the spending Summers together alternating between parents (think that was the Parent Trap movie).

[@rosa4928]

Susan Mei My sister wouldn't write back. She's too "busy"....and yeah...it really does. Thanks for taking the time to say all of that...

[@rosa4928]

Mercy Njeri thanks...

[@ThisisnotTwitter]

08:57 : "why does that make you so emotional?" I struggle to think of a more idiotic question. Really?! Why would giving up your child make you emotional?

[@oldauntzibby4395]

Sometimes reporters ask seemingly stupid questions because they want the person to say out loud what they are feeling or thinking. Otherwise an interview might just be a person smiling and nodding and then crying.

[@sara-3435]

thank god that I wasn't separated from my twin sis

[@HKim0072]

Before China, it was Korea. Knew a girl that was adopted, but her twin sister grew up in Korea. It’s weird.

[@springrollwang4441]

@@HKim0072 That's so weird, so the Korean twin sister eats sea weed every meal?

[@pxpin89]

Think about this most of these videos are of identical twins. What about all the normal twins that are separated that don't look alike. O.O

[@LoveCompassionPurity]

I know!

[@myshubby]

I was thinking the same thing. Fraternal twins have no chance of ever finding each other even if they were to stand face to face with each other unless there were some obvious similarities.

[@barbarat5729]

Normal?

[@TheChanige]

Mlm

[@TheChanige]

@Heidi Willard min mhm

[@maelauren]

Nature vs Nurture is such an incredible study. Despite the hardships that come with twins being separated at birth, it does provide answers to the wonderings. I was adopted as a baby, and once I met my biological parents in my early twenties, I realized my nature came out in the similarities I had with their mannerisms and interests. My nurture, however, is rooted in my Mother and Father who raised me. They gave me gifts and experiences and love that I would have never known without their presence.

[@leggs4113]

I love that the one set of twins only live 4 hours apart. What awesome parents to go through all the effort to keep that connection.

[@babyjosh7951]

I don't understand why they don't send out twins for adoption together! I'm sure there are couples who want twins(like myself).

[@pearackthit7940]

Adoptive parents are one of my favorite kind of persons

[@Tvhiti]

The mothers who promised to keep them in contact was so touching. It must be so hard for both the mothers and the girls to be so far apart. Glad we live in the social media age so they can stay close

[@BagladyNH]

Its even better when the extended families actually get along!

[@vampsx17smile]

Why does this keep happening? This is the third video of chinese twins separated I've seen.

[@Pbdave1092]

That's China for you....

[@krlyq9158]

With the 1 child law in China and most families wanting boys, it's not unusual if you think about it.

[@Isnt-it-Lovely]

Not anymore, China now has a 2 child policy.

[@ebrelyang346]

Rhonda Rhodes that is true

[@amrie7601]

Deborah Reed what if they had triplets or quadruplets 😂😂

[@that_eczema_girl]

This happened to another set of Chinese twins (Alexandra and Mia). Their story is also on KZbin.

[@learnOnline365]

It's took me back to my A level biology class,nature and nurture

[@tonygambino5905]

That's just wrong. Families should adopt them both together.

[@stephanieheathersmith7873]

Tony Gambino they dont know the baby had a twin. They state that in the videos orphanages seperated them due to demand. Pretty sure all those parents would adopt both kids if they knew there was a twin.

[@MegaSonglover99]

They didn't do it on purpose The babies are separated before the families ever go to adopt

[@hoylemeiyun2437]

The problem is the C authority has no knowledge of human beings.

[@Syelyslife]

Cannot . Every adopt parents cannot take 2 adopted child but 1 . Also they have rules about that. And in chine they will not tell if the babys have twin or not cos that will make them in trouble . So many like that. So lucky this couple twin can show but some twin dont know where they twin or never meet .

[@sundinfamforlife4129]

I was adopted when I was 5 along with my twin sister and my older siblings. They did adopt us all together with my family but that cant always happen. Sad though cuz I'd be constantly wondering about my twin sister if we hadn't been raised together.

[@victoroyeneye8609]

I wish I had a twin

[@kissey5]

Victor Oyeneye victor we are twins i can feel it, i love you vic

[@kissey5]

Scare Crow haha

[@victoroyeneye8609]

Scare Crow lolol

[@krazykitty3549]

same

[@amrie7601]

Victor Oyeneye same

[@MikeKollin]

This is very sad, heart breaking.,.. I always cry when you see the little girls and realize they were separated.,..

[@emilyhutjes]

Two loving families giving two girls a good loving life. What a beautiful story about love and sharing love. Thank you. Bless you all.

[@crystal9301]

My mum grew up with her parents in Germany and later moved to Sicily while her identical twin sister lived with their grandparents in Milan they didn’t live together until six but can still remember the separation for those years apart!

[@danilasad]

THese people are so kind- hearted it makes me cry! Only love can save this world!

[@ataattosbt]

I was hoping this piece would have included the 2 Chinese sisters with “birth dates” one day apart on paper who were adopted by 2 American families and then ironically and unknowingly both named Mia by their adoptive parents. The story ran years ago on Oprah.

[@nataleecamouflage314]

I literally just watched it. I was amazed!!!

[@alexiaanya6733]

Thanks for the spoiler lol. I was watching this video for an update of those twins

[@virtualatheist]

"You look just like her!" "Duh!"

[@fatimah1]

This is beautiful!!!

[@belindacoleman9662]

AMAZING story...I pray that more separated twins will find each other. China adoption agencies should not separate these children it is morally wrong. DNA is wonderful in helping siblings find each other.

[@ImRyll]

"And as you could see for yourself, they share a similar fashion sense." lol

[@jacksonweaver9714]

two years to respond to a Facebook message from your twin LMAO

[@amandagirlygirl12]

four

[@HKNYN1]

Jackson Weaver I think they were talking for 4 years

[@flwrbd2001]

they didn't know yet they where twins remember

[@donmcneil4679]

Yes, the Children are Adorable but There Parents are Over the Top Wonderful. God Bless Y'all.

[@debbiedewberry4718]

It is good to see that they are brought up in good homes.

[@1Nida]

Even and Eva, so sweet!

[@holdmybeer]

Very interesting.

[@Michael9-23-15]

Great stories, and amazing people who adopted them!

[@siafilia3935]

I have a twin. I can say that during each of our study-abroad program to two different countries, the sepration proved to be extremely difficult for us both.

[@sweetbeeluvera1450]

I predicted when i first saw the documentary that these girls were going to reunite and that distance wouldn't keep them apart and God heard my words! Now they're together more not all the time but enough to keep that bond!! Good job to the those who found them!! girls God bless!!

[@katrinapablico3484]

There are lot of twins in China that are separated by birth..and adopted..love the story

[@name3626]

I would like to see what would happen if you asked both of them to write a short story, wondering if there would be similarities. Interesting.

[@dawoodngalo5617]

What kind of heart has these people separating twin?

[@davidstafford4533]

Dawood Ngalo The government didn’t give the parents any other choice dude

[@CommonSense4u]

I love that these moms found each other! ❤️❤️

[@JessicaCoss44]

That is true love , the adopting mother thinking of given up her daughter to be with her twin sister 😍😍😍😍

[@tinjazv1774]

Even their names are similar. Evie & eva, Gillian & Lily, Sarah & Selina.

[@patwhit8414]

I love this story! So sweet and wonderful to reconnect!

[@lilaknowsbest7486]

wow! my sister and I are separated, I'm almost 3 years older than her, but I've never met her. It just touches my heart to see them get to be with each other!

[@sixofsix]

No one's talking about all the fraternal twins that have no chance to find each other lol. Only the identical ones are discovered.

[@jeanalzaidi908]

Just happy at this stage im so glad the girls found each others

[@debbiedewberry4718]

The Chinese people got to do better on their population of people. The poor people in China breaks my heart. Especially when you see all these babies abandoned.

[@liimakino]

God bless those Canadian parents :)

[@thealchemist6994]

Evie and Eva are 2 dynamic kids !

[@CristinaDavies33]

I hope Evie and Eva are living happier lives.

[@Nazreen9997]

Separating SIBLINGS (not just twins) should NEVER be an option. They will probably be happier together ina home than being seperated between 2 families living far from each other.

[@Xucuame]

To see how much nurture and culture are doing on people I think study on separated twins who live in different conditions (like developed vs. developing countries) should help better. Swedish singer Alice Svensson and her identical twin sister is an example

[@pehenry]

So basically want to ignore the entire 11 minute video because the idea that people's behavioral traits are a product of their genes; because it hurts your egalitarian feels.

[@Evija3000]

And how many of those could they collect for a study? Even here where there are hundreds of twins growing apart, they only had 17 sets when the video was made. And this might actually work better because the twins have similar possibilities. Like you couldn't find out that the sisters had the same taste in clothing if they had access to very different clothing.

[@pehenry]

Evija3000 Thomas Bouchard tested 100 sets of twins. His findings are that behavioral traits are genetic, not environmental. Specifically, how big of a sample size would you need to accept the overwhelming amount of evidence? web.missouri.edu/~segerti/1000H/Bouchard.pdf

[@Evija3000]

Patrick Henry I meant to reply to the original comment.

[@pehenry]

I see. Your comment makes sense now in that context. Thank you.

[@tara34952]

This is amazing! I really wish I had a twin.

[@mrj.kottari8453]

7:05 "mirrored identical twins" is really interesting phenomenon. It's caused by fertilized egg splitting in the last possible moments (before it would've started to develope as one single fetus) and that causes the splitted eggs' cell structures to be mirror image of each other -- aka. One twin is left-handed, the other is right-handed and in some rare cases the left-handed twin has his/her heart and other concealed organs in opposite side than usually (eg. heart in the right side of ribcase and so on). Mirror-Image Identicals are rare thing, something like every 300th to 500th pair of identicals are "mirrored"

[@happything100]

The incedibly sad part of this is that a family in China was forced to give up their daighters. But hats off to their adoptive parents who made arrangements to reunite the girls.

[@ofadetergentsud]

I know twins who are identical and have the same style but they both play different musical instruments and they act similar yet very different in many ways. It's pretty interesting.

[@jamaican0721]

At least they tried to give them homes close to another

[@GregoryHawkins-d2p]

Stop calling people by their last names. Call them by their first names.

[@pohoiki922]

amazing story

[@acandnine12]

Absolutely BEAUTIFUL!!!!!

[@atthismoment3006]

THIS is just so crazy- they are just selling these babies without even caring about what happens

[@JJ-yu6og]

Eva and Evie??? Omg. Even the names are similar??!! Wow!! One living in Australia and one in England.

[@nubiangriot7668]

Wow! The way the Chinese twins have their legs crossed in the exact same way during the interview is soooooo cute

[@GrandmasterDinnerRoll]

I hope they stay close for life!

[@delphinebloodworth7102]

I am glad that could be in one another life it a beautiful thing God bless both family

[@fredmcgowan1460]

Anyone notice that Sara and Selina not only share fashion sense and love of food but if you look at them during the beginning of their interview they are sitting with their ankles crossed the exact same way!

[@xxthesarcasm]

The fact that the parents named them similar names....wtf

[@a.pimentel]

After 31years I'm still waiting to find out if I have a twin lol

[@alexiaanya6733]

Same lol

[@dgirl1864]

Beautiful stories 💕

[@yasminealaiy3616]

What’s weird is they act alike, even though they were separated you wouldn’t be able to tell if you just looked at them. They even laugh alike !

[@cherylcarlson3315]

Makes me feel a bit better about the daughter I adopted and how things played out... no amount of love and effort could overcome things.

[@jintzie1950jth]

Adorable. Beautiful.

[@RandomVidsYR]

this twin psychologist must be pretty renowned she was on GMA for reunited joining of two twins meeting for the first time.... she reminds me of the lady who played Matildas mom

[@Platotoolate-o]

The cyf sesh must be crazy 😂💕💕

[@khaimcfly8166]

Wowzers. They look so much alike they could almost be twins.

[@furryheart2627]

This 1 child per home rule is so dumb 😭😭😭😭😭😭

[@Matkatnadam1]

WAS so dumb. It's no longer a rule

[@brittaniesidebottom]

They have since lifted it, because the men who are of marrying age can’t find a wife because they were all aborted, abandoned in orphanages, or internationally adopted due to the One Child Policy. The domestic adoption of baby girls there is on the rise now though.

[@ifgstop5630]

They should rename this video as the real paratrap.

[@Bloodgod40]

9:44 "You're exactly like Evie" "Well duh!"

[@annaf3915]

It's so sad when siblings are separated. My long term foster son has an older brother that has gone back to live with the biological parents and even though he's only seen him a few times in supervised visits over the last year, he often takes a toy to kindergarten that he calls the brother. This morning I had to pretend to hold the brother and the "baby" (him) in my arms and comfort them. When he's acting up before bed time and runs in circles around me while I try to put his pjs on him, he plays that his brother is there running with him. Even though he is almost 2 years younger, he is so worried about his brother and keeps asking if he's sad or if he's all better now... it breaks my heart.

[@gitanjalikarki4249]

hope they look after n have a happy family....ies

[@HobbyHippies]

I am also a mirror identical twin, I am left-handed my brother is right-handed just like these girls, for me this story was really great because I can relate on many levels.

[@tungalagbattumur8645]

I wish I was adopted when I was little 😩 having really awful childhood completely ruin my life still 😩 They seems so happy and happy for them God blessed them 😊

[@keystonedaytrip238]

Fascinating !

[@1Nida]

Their should be an agency that runs DNA for families adopted from China so that all siblings, not just twins can have some sort of connection.

[@brittaniesidebottom]

Nida Lloyd I agree!!

[@sweetleilani85]

Jillian and Lily look like Vanessa Hudgens.

[@lehovas30]

they soooo beautifullllllllllllll..................

[@jeangermain3621]

Even the dog confused of both!!!!!

[@corlos19]

Who else was brought here by PRCC??

[@mirandascott8058]

Apparently this happens alot. This isn't the first time China has split twins instead of trying to keeping them together

[@-esmee-2697]

Wow that’s crazy😧 Imagine having a twin sister without knowing it....as an adoptee myself, it’s scary to think about stuff like that

[@Ducky_logan]

Wow! Fascinating!

[@heli-man-]

My wife was separated from her twin as a baby in the Philippines we are in UK she is in California we have been married for 15 years and still I’ve not met her yet as I am on disability and have 2 children so money is tight, but somehow my wife knows if there is something wrong and calls her and is right, even she thinks it’s spooky how is that possible.???