Chinese Twins (America, miracle, divine)

[zombieharlot]

As a lot of you know, my sister is adopting a girl from China. Okay fine, I don't think any of you knew that. But anyway, that is probably why I find this story to be particularly interesting. Somehow, these two twin sisters from China found each other on the complete other side of the world.

Copied and pasted from http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060824/...ins_reunited_1

CHICAGO - A pair of 3-year-old twins from China who were adopted separately by American families have found their way into each others' arms.

The girls' mothers — Holly Funk, of suburban Chicago, and Diana Ramirez, of suburban Miami — met on a Web site for parents who had gone through international adoptions.

After a flurry of e-mails comparing photographs and biographical details, DNA testing proved the families' suspicions: The girls are probably fraternal twins. Both families had named their daughters Mia.

At a reunion Friday at Chicago's O'Hare International Airport, Mia Diamond Funk and Mia Hanying Ramirez shyly surveyed each other, then reached for each others' hand.

"I'm just awed," said Funk. "Grateful to God. To me, it's a divine thing. It's a miracle. In the sea of humanity, these kids found each other."

DNA tests established an 85 percent probability that the girls are at least half sisters. The girls had been abandoned on a sidewalk near a Yangzhou textile factory a week apart and adopted two years ago.

Holly Funk and her husband, Douglas, hope to bring their Mia to Miami in October. Both sets of parents say they are committed to staying in touch and often let the twins talk to each other on the phone.