KUALA LUMPUR: This story of a pair of twins who were separated at birth could well be a plot of a soap opera.

       The incident was only discovered 19 years after the twins and another baby were born at a hospital in Kota Baru.

       For 19 years, Adryani Iwani and Adryana Iwani grew up thinking they were non-identical twins and didn’t realise they were not biological sisters.

       Adryani’s real twin sister, Noratirah was raised by another family.

       Their biological ties were discovered through a DNA test conducted in September last year.

       Adryani said the truth started to unfold when she attended a motivational camp while she was in Form Four.

       “At the camp, I met students from another school who said that

       I looked like their friend, Noratirah. I then asked them for a picture of Noratirah and they shared Noratirah’s Instagram account.

       “I told my twin sister about it and she agreed that Noratirah and I looked the same, but when I told my mother about it, she dismissed it. So, I just let it go,” she said.

       However, as fate would have it, Adryani and Noratirah met face to face for the first time at a carnival in Kota Baru in March 2019.

       “Both of us were stunned to see our similarities. We were at a loss for words and only stared at each other and the incident was noticed by our friends,” she added.

       In August last year, Adryani uploaded photos of her birthday celebration on her Instagram and friends who saw these said Noratirah and she shared the same birthday, which is Aug 19.

       “This led Noratirah to contact me through Instagram and we discovered that there were too many similarities between us to be regarded as a coincidence, she said.

       Adryani said they decided to do a DNA test at Universiti Sains Malaysia Hospital (HUSM) in Kubang Kerian.

       “The result, which found Noratirah and I to be 99.99% twin sisters, shocked us. My mother broke down in tears.

       “The result also found that Adryana, who was registered as my twin sister, is actually the biological daughter of Husin Omar and Rahmah Isa (died in 2018), who were both named as Noratirah’s parents,” she said.

       Meanwhile, Adryani’s older sister, Ayu Haryani, 42, said their family still regarded Adryana as their sibling and wanted her to continue to stay with them.

       “Her biological mother has passed away, while her biological father died two months after we got the DNA results,” she said, adding that her family had appointed a lawyer to take legal action against the parties concerned.

       With the truth uncovered, Noratirah has moved in to stay with her biological family in Kampung Langgar, Kota Baru, in January. — Bernama