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Childhood friends discover they’re sisters through DNA test 40 years after adoption
New York Post • • world
Key Points:
- Two childhood friends, Meena Geltink and Minal Tijssen, discovered through a DNA test that they are long-lost sisters, reunited decades after being adopted from an orphanage in India.
- Both women were adopted separately and raised about 100 miles apart in the Netherlands, experiencing feelings of loneliness and longing for their biological families.
- They first met in 1996 at an adoptee meet-up and felt an instant connection, but lost touch for 15 years before a MyHeritage DNA test confirmed their sibling relationship in April.
- Their emotional reunion in the Netherlands brought closure and joy, with both expressing that finding each other filled a significant missing piece in their lives.
- Despite growing up apart, the pair shared a deep bond, with Tijssen noting they were "friends before we were sisters" and only later realizing their true sibling connection.
