Twins Reunited
Twin girls were separated at birth, united by chance
CHICAGO - The Funk family of west suburban Lyons, Ill., went to China two years ago to adopt a baby girl who had been abandoned on a sidewalk by a textile factory. They named her Mia.
Last year, the Ramirezes of suburban Miami went to China to adopt a girl who had been abandoned on the same spot a week later. As it happened, they also named her Mia.
This May, Diana Ramirez wrote about her daughter's upcoming birthday on an Internet site for parents who had adopted from the orphanage in Yangzhou.
Holly Funk saw it and wrote back, "Diana, I have a Mia as well and she is almost 3."
A flurry of breathless e-mails followed. Then DNA testing provided evidence of what the families had quickly come to suspect: The girls were fraternal twins, separated hours after their birth.
Friday, the girls were reunited, when Diana and Mia Ramirez flew to O'Hare International Airport.
CHICAGO - The Funk family of west suburban Lyons, Ill., went to China two years ago to adopt a baby girl who had been abandoned on a sidewalk by a textile factory. They named her Mia.
Last year, the Ramirezes of suburban Miami went to China to adopt a girl who had been abandoned on the same spot a week later. As it happened, they also named her Mia.
This May, Diana Ramirez wrote about her daughter's upcoming birthday on an Internet site for parents who had adopted from the orphanage in Yangzhou.
Holly Funk saw it and wrote back, "Diana, I have a Mia as well and she is almost 3."
A flurry of breathless e-mails followed. Then DNA testing provided evidence of what the families had quickly come to suspect: The girls were fraternal twins, separated hours after their birth.
Friday, the girls were reunited, when Diana and Mia Ramirez flew to O'Hare International Airport.
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