Best friends for decades - until a DNA test revealed they were sisters
Meena Geltink and Minal Tijssen were adopted from orphanages in Mumbai in the 1980s and grew up in the Netherlands.
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"I had a 'full sister' which means we shared the same biological mother and father."
— Meena Geltink , Other
"'Meena: Sister.' I couldn't believe it. We were friends before we were sisters."
— Minal Tijssen , Other
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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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