Twins Separated in Foster Care Reunite After 60 Years

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (AP) — Twins who were sent to separate foster homes at age 14 recently reunited in Springfield after losing touch for 60 years.

RoseMarie Henson and Rosalie Turner found their way back to one another this month with the help of family and DNA testing, the Springfield News-Leader reported .

The 73-year-old sisters said they never lost hope that they would reconnect after being split up and sent to different foster homes in California decades ago.

Both Henson and Turner said they felt a hole in their hearts ever since they were separated.

Turner’s daughter, Tina Henderson, started looking for her mother’s twin after a family member completed a DNA test through Ancestry.com.

Henderson said she and her cousin were eventually able to locate Henson in Springfield.

Henderson set up a phone call for the sisters.

Henson said she felt “happy and shocked, but excited.”

Turner’s daughters eventually drove her through the night from Longview, Texas, to reunite with her sister in Springfield.

“We kind of broke down, but we’re OK,” Turner said. “We’ve been having fun ever since. We were so far apart, and all these years, we were doing the same things. That’s what amazes me so much.”

The twins discovered that after they were separated, they were often still near each other.

“She would be in some of those towns too at the same time, but we couldn’t connect,” Henson said. “We started laughing and said, ‘Gosh, how come we couldn’t find this out?'”

They also found out they had many similarities in their lives over the years. They both married young and held the same jobs. Both of their husbands have also passed away.