Two Kenyan girls both Ninenteen who were separated at birth by what one could call carelessness by birth attendants have been united after meeting on facebook.
Striken by a picture that resembled her, While browsing, Sharon came across a Facebook suggestion of ‘people you may know’ she decided to send Melon a friend Request.
This later became a cyber war between the two facebook friends who accused each other of impersonation and duplicating of one’s profile including pictures.
The misunderstanding grew stronger which resulted into blocking each other and both decided to end the online relationship that had just started out of curiosity of resemblance.
On a fateful day when Melon was attending a festival in which Sharon’s school had participated in, students from Sharon’s school were amazed at how the former looked identical to their schoolmate. they decided to take pictures of Melon which they shared with her yet to be rightful twin. This sparked off whispers along the corridors of the two schools about the miraculous resemblance.
The two girls made contact and decided to meet at stop, and their communication which had started on face book before they were suspicious of each other resumed, this time with a stronger bond.
DNA results prove them identical twins
In April 2019, both families resorted to solve the mystery by seeking professional help. Lancet Kenya then offered to carry out a DNA test at subsidized cost.
The tests released on Saturday showed that the two shared identical DNA profiles, with 23 allelic loci tested showing 100 per cent perfect match which is consistent with the Sharon and Melon being biologically identical twins.
DNA Proven Right Mother Recalls Ordeal of her Birth Night
Ms Onyango narrates that on the night of August 15, 1999 she went to Kakamega Hospital expecting to give birth to triplets, but when she regained consciousness from a caesarean section; she had given birth to only twins.
She recalls that she was informed that the twins were incubated since they were under wait, which took them a week after which she was handed two kids.
She says she developed doubt over her babies who did not turn out to be identical. However, the joy of new babies was stronger than her suspicions and she decided to go and raise her ‘twins’.
The DNA report has excluded Ms Onyango from being the biological mother of Mevis Imbaya with who she raised as Sharon’s twin and has also showed that the probability of she is Ms Omina’s (who raised melon) daughter was by 99.999 per cent.
What the people say
Dr Ahmed Kalebi, the CEO of Lancet Group of Laboratories said that mistakes at birth are often done by careless handlers and the puzzle is never revealed except in a very few cases.
A section of child rights organizations say that the Healthy officers that handled Mrs Onyango’s birth should be investigated since the mother even expected three kids on the fateful night of separation.
The story has also waved emotions in people across East Africa who applaud social media especially face book for the continued re connection of families. In 2015, a story went viral of how five siblings reunited after they were separated for forty years by a tragedy.