--- title: Twins Separated at Birth Reunited For the First Time description: Identical twin sisters met each other for the first time since being adopted from China by two different families when they were newborns. canonical: https://time.com/4631740/twin-sisters-separated-at-birth-reunion/ author: TIME article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-01-11T18:05:46.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:40:06.518Z og:title: Identical Twin Sisters Separated at Birth Are Reunited for the First Time og:description: 'We both love chicken Alfredo' og:url: https://time.com/4631740/twin-sisters-separated-at-birth-reunion/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltae720f074a3e1a1e/6988b5242dce014cc99ebe27/reunited-twins.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 2000 og:image:height: 1125 og:image:alt: reunited-twins og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Identical Twin Sisters Separated at Birth Are Reunited for the First Time twitter:description: 'We both love chicken Alfredo' twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltae720f074a3e1a1e/6988b5242dce014cc99ebe27/reunited-twins.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Identical Twin Sisters Separated at Birth Are Reunited for the First Time > Sponsored content. 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Every edition is assembled by TIME editors rather than generated automatically. by [Stephanie Petit / People](https://time.com/author/people/) ## Stephanie Petit / People Contributor Jan 11, 2017 6:05 PM UTC  by [Stephanie Petit / People](https://time.com/author/people/) ## Stephanie Petit / People Contributor Jan 11, 2017 6:05 PM UTC Cue the waterworks. There wasn’t a dry eye in the house when identical twin sisters met each other for the first time since being adopted from China by two different families when they were just newborns. Audrey Doering of Wisconsin and Gracie Rainsberry of Washington, both 10, couldn’t fight back tears as they embraced on [_Good Morning America_](https://gma.yahoo.com/twin-sisters-separated-birth-reunite-live-gma-134303477--abc-news-lifestyle.html)Wednesday, wearing matching pink tops and black-rimmed glasses. The twins, alongside their parents, said they were “overwhelmed” but “excited” and “happy” about the reunion. “It felt like there was something missing, so now it’s complete,” Audrey said. Jennifer Doering, Audrey’s mother, was the one to discover her daughter may have a sibling in the world. As she was doing research on her daughter’s past, she came across a photo of her daughter as a baby on the lap of her foster mother — and a nearly identical baby beside her. “As soon as I had that picture, I was desperate to find out who that other child was,” she said. > [](https://twitter.com/GMA/status/819176943799013376) > [](https://twitter.com/GMA/status/819176300157890562) Through social media, Jennifer connected with Gracie’s mother Nicole Rainsberry and realized their daughters were likely related. Dr. Nancy Segal, a psychologist who studies twins, did a DNA test and confirmed Gracie and Audrey were identical twins with 100 percent certainty. Gracie and Audrey, who previously spoke to each other via video message, have already discovered similarities besides their looks. “We both love chicken Alfredo. That’s like one of our favorite foods,” Gracie said. “And we both love mac ‘n’ cheese.” Both girls also have heart conditions — Gracie underwent two heart surgeries after arriving in the United States while Audrey had one. > [](https://twitter.com/Ginger%5FZee/status/819176115700924416) _Good Morning America_ host Ginger Zee tweeted that it was an emotional day for everyone at the show. “EVERYONE IS CRYING IN THE STUDIO,” the meteorologist tweeted during the emotional reunion. The girls were presented with tickets to _School of Rock_ on Broadway as well as a chance to dine at Planet Hollywood to help them enjoy their time in New York City as sisters. They were also gifted plane tickets by Expedia.com so the twins could spend time together when they returned home. _This_ [_article_](http://people.com/human-interest/identical-twin-sisters-reunite-after-adopted-china-different-families/) _originally appeared on_ [_People.com_](http://www.people.com) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4631740/twin-sisters-separated-at-birth-reunion/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4631740/twin-sisters-separated-at-birth-reunion/"},"headline":"Identical Twin Sisters Separated at Birth Are Reunited for the First Time","datePublished":"2017-01-11T18:05:46.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:40:06.518Z","description":"“We both love chicken Alfredo\"","url":"https://time.com/4631740/twin-sisters-separated-at-birth-reunion/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Family","onetime"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltae720f074a3e1a1e/6988b5242dce014cc99ebe27/reunited-twins.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Stephanie Petit / People"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltae720f074a3e1a1e/6988b5242dce014cc99ebe27/reunited-twins.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"reunited-twins","caption":"","creditText":"","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4631740/twin-sisters-separated-at-birth-reunion/","name":"Identical Twin Sisters Separated at Birth Are Reunited for the First Time"}}]}] ```