# Best friends for decades - until a DNA test revealed they were sisters

- Published: 2026-09-12T22:00:28Z
- Updated: 2026-09-14T17:13:59Z
- Section: World
- Language: English (en)
- Source: BBC News — https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c5y6z72z9lno?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss
- Tags: BBC News · World
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Meena Geltink and Minal Tijssen were adopted from orphanages in Mumbai in the 1980s and grew up in the Netherlands.

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