Two identical women in China who met on social media platform Douyin shocked to find they are twins separated at birth
- One of the women, Cheng, was told by her sister-in-law in January that a teacher at a martial arts school in Kaifeng looked very similar to her
- They have the same blood type, food preference, dress style and had even bought some of the same clothes
A woman in China from central Henan province who found a woman who looked strikingly similar to herself on social media has discovered that they are identical twins.
“I successfully got an elder sister today,” Cheng said in a video post.
Cheng, who has a two-year-old daughter, was told by her sister-in-law in January that a teacher at a martial arts school in Kaifeng city looked very similar to her. The resemblance was so striking that even Cheng’s close relatives could not tell them apart, according to a report in the Beijing News.
Cheng reached out to the woman, Zhang Li, mother of an 11-year-old boy and a six-year-old girl, and found out the similarity did not stop at looks. Their birthdays are in the same month in the same year, but several days apart because Cheng’s birth date was recorded on the day when she was adopted several days after being born. They also have the same blood type, food preference, dress style and had even bought some of the same clothes.
The two women had a video call a month after the first contact and were amazed. “Am I looking at a mirror?”, Zhang asked at the time.
Cheng was the only daughter of her adoptive parents who adored her and said she had never suspected she might be adopted, but after seeing Zhang she had questions. She said she struggled for two months before getting the courage to ask them.