Indonesian twins reunited in Sweden after 29 years

Middle East Star (IANS) Saturday 4th February, 2012

Indonesian twin sisters were reunited 29 years after they were separated at birth but ended up living just 25 miles apart in Sweden, Daily Mail reported Saturday.

Non-identical twins Emilie Falk and Lin Backman were adopted from an orphanage in Indonesia by different Swedish parents nearly 29 years ago.

In a remarkable turn of events, they both ended up living in south Sweden, less than an hour's drive away from each other.

But when Falk decided to research her family background in January last year she discovered her long lost twin sister Backman nearly three decades after their separation on Facebook.

The pair have now undergone DNA tests and results confirmed there is a 99.98 percent chance of them being sisters. A complex string of events led up to Falk deciding to try and track down her biological family.

Both women were adopted from an orphanage in Semarang, northern Indonesia, by Swedish couples -- but there was no mention in either of their documents of the fact that they had a twin.