Twins separated at birth are reunited

CHICAGO, Aug. 20 (UPI) -- Separated at birth, two Chinese sisters have found each other, thanks to the Internet and DNA technology, the Chicago Tribune said Sunday.

The Funk family of west suburban Lyons went to China two years ago to adopt a baby girl who had been abandoned on a sidewalk near 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 e-mails followed, and then DNA testing provided evidence of what the families had quickly come to suspect: The girls were fraternal twins, separated hours after their birth.

The girls were reunited Friday, when Diana and Mia Ramirez flew to O'Hare International Airport.

For the half hour it took Diana Ramirez to claim her bags, the sisters stood clutching each other, the newspaper said.