Twin Sisters Reunite
| File:Twin Sisters Separated at Birth Reunite on 'GMA'.jpg Audrey Doering and Gracie Rainsberry | |
| Date | January 11, 2017 |
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| Filmed by | ABC News and Good Morning America |
On January 11, 2017, a viral news story was broadcast on Good Morning America where two 10 year old Chinese-American adopted twins reunite after 10 years.
Process[edit]
In mid-2007, 2 families wanted to adopt a child. The Doering Family, after having their 3rd child, wanted to adopt a daughter, and the Rainsberries, wanted the same thing, which led them to China. Jennifer and Thomas Doering adopted Audrey at 15 months in August 2007 and Nicole Rainsberry adopted Gracie in July 2007 at 14 months. By coincidence, they both had a heart defect , Gracie has 2 heart surgeries and Audrey only had one. Half a decade later, in December 2016, Jennifer Doering was interested in her adopted daughters past and contacted a Chinese researcher on a website and he sent Jennifer the newspaper where Audrey was founded as an abandoned child and a picture of two twins sitting on their foster mothers lap, and one of them was Audrey, which lead her to email Nancy Segal about her adoption and Jennifer sent her the newspaper and the photo of her adoptive mother, and further research in the newspaper and unknown documents revealed that her birth name was Tong Min Mei. Jennifer went on Facebook for 48 hours where they founded the Rainsberry family. Gracie and Audrey had DNA tests that show that they had 100% same genes. They reunited in tears on GMA on January 11, 2017 [1][2][3]
Aftermath[edit]
Audrey went on trips to London and San Diego with her biological twin and she appeared on the T.V. show "Long Lost Family" where Professor Tim Spector to conduct tests on their personality behaviors and compared their bone density, lung capacity, and eye vision. The episode is considered lost due to the episode has no place online.[4]
Audrey Min Doering[edit]
Audrey Min Doering (born April 28, 2006) was born in an unknown Chinese hospital with a heart defect. She was abandoned as a child and her name was later posted in a newspaper where an abandoned child could be found. She was founded on May 3, 2006 by an orphanage and was raised by a foster mother. The Doering Family adopted her in 2007 and continue to take care of her.[5]
References[edit]
- ↑ "Twin Sisters Separated at Birth Reunite Live on 'GMA'". ABC News.
- ↑ "A Little Girl with 3 Big Brothers Hopes for a Sister This Christmas" – via www.youtube.com.
- ↑ Segal, Nancy, ed. (April 2017). "Reared-Apart Chinese Twins: Chance Discovery/Twin-Based Research: Twin Study of Media Use; Twin Relations Over the Life Span; Breast-Feeding Opposite-Sex Twins/Print and Online Media: Twins in Fashion; Second Twin Pair Born to Tennis Star; Twin Primes; Twin Pandas". Cambridge University. pp. Twin Research and Human Genetics pg. 180–185.
- ↑ Schulte, Laura. "Twins separated at birth met on national TV. Now they hang out and act like sisters". Daily Herald Media.
- ↑ "Video: Identical twin sisters separated at birth reunite". ABC News.
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