DNA: Identical strangers who are twin sistersWilson Lutah, Angeline Mathias, Sharon Mitekwa, Mevies Imbaya, Melon Lutenyo, Rosemary Khaveleli and Richard Olukhakha when Lancet Kenya released DNA results of the twins yesterday. Completely identical.” As Dr Ahmed Kalebi from Lancet read the results, Mevies gently dabbed tears from her eyes and stared. Her biological daughter was Mevies, the one she only met this year after the identical twins found one aother on social media. As Melon and Mevies had lived as fraternal twins for 19 years, the test has now illuminated a reality that they had feared: the hospital had swapped the babies at birth. Lutah said before the results were revealed, the twins underwent a series of counselling sessions.

Source: Standard Digital June 15, 2019 21:22 UTC