Brilio.net - Meeting families who have been separated for years is truly touching. The feeling of longing and desire to meet continues to bother you all the time. The day you are given the opportunity to meet will certainly be a moment full of emotion.
This moment was felt by twin sisters Maurilia Chavez and Andrea Lopez. The two have been separated for 81 years, and will only meet again in 2023, at the age of 90. Even though they met at an old age, this did not reduce the happiness of these twin brothers. Both of them are grateful to be able to meet again.
Reported by brilio.net from 9news.com.au, Chavez and Lopez were separated because their family circumstances did not allow this. Not only the two of them, the twins also have other siblings, a total of 10 siblings. When the twins were 5 years old, both parents died and they were forced to separate.
4 years after separation, the 10 brothers were reunited. At that time Chavez and Lopez were 9 years old. He admitted that the memories related to the separation and meeting were really painful. However, after that they separated again and even lost contact.
"I can't do anything because I live with another uncle and aunt, and he lives here in Colorado," Lopez said.
Their meeting then occurred after Chavez and Lopez underwent a DNA test. The results of the DNA test turned out to be a genetic match between the two. So Lopez, who at that time lived in Las Vegas, immediately booked a plane ticket to Denver, the capital of the United States state of Colorado, to meet his twin brother.
Reported by the New York Post, their meeting was truly touching. Lopez said he couldn't believe this encounter. In fact, he felt that the meeting felt like his first meeting with his twin brother. The reason is, they only have a few memories.
"It's like the first time I've seen it in my life because 81 years is too long... I just remember a little, a little, a little," Lopez said.
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Before meeting, the two of them had actually been on the phone for hours. Of course, both of their voices have changed so much that it's possible that they don't recognize each other's voices. However, Lopez said that the first time he heard his brother's voice he immediately recognized him. Meanwhile, Chavez admitted that he only knew him a little.
After the telephone conversation they met, how happy these twins were to be able to lie in the same bed. This moment is of course done to make up for lost time. For too long apart, they have no memories together other than childhood moments that are only fleeting in their memories. Both of them were like little girls like the last time they met.
After the meeting, it turned out that they also received information that 3 of the other 8 siblings were still alive. Lopez had met one of his brothers in Texas. Apart from that, there was also another brother who met Lopez from Los Angeles to Vegas.
What is clear is that meeting twins is truly touching. Never thought that after 81 years, they would meet again. Moreover, both of them have also lived life as usual, such as getting married and having children.
"I am the happiest person in the world because I never thought I would meet him again and another reason why I cried like a baby, I was lonely, I have a beautiful family but what I really needed was my sister," concluded Chavez.