Twin Sisters Separated at Birth Reunite on 'GMA'

Welcome back everyone to GMA and it's great that we have such a wonderful audience with us this morning. Thank you all for joining us this morning. Did you notice the

twin

s we have? We don't plant them for the next story just because. There they are, I hope people know that you're here and you're not missing work or anything like that. We have an incredible story, Michael, what if one day you woke up and found out you had 10-year-old

twin

s? The older girls got the surprise of their lives when they discovered they had a twin sister who lived on the other side of the country.

Audrey and Gracie were

separated

at

birth

. Now they are about to meet in person for the first time. Incredible, what do you say? Let's take a look at the story first, let's take a look, well, it's the story of two families

separated

by miles with the same dream of adopting a new baby. Jennifer and Thomas Doring of Wisconsin were already parents of three children and we felt like we were not complete. I would really love to do it. I have a daughter and finally decided to go through adoption. Meanwhile, in Washington state, Nicole Rebury and her husband Scott were also hoping to expand their family.

I always thought about adoption after we had our surprise third child. We decided to have a room and adopt. It seemed like a great way to add both families looking for their future child abroad to our family, even willing to accept a child with special needs. Their search took them both to China in July 2007. Reber was joined by her daughter Gracie, who has a heart condition. It was quite overwhelming to discover that, yes, she was really sick. Meeting her 15 month old daughter Audrey in August 2007, who coincidentally also has a heart condition, we knew she was little and we knew she was very fragile and we were told. actually at 15 months she still wasn't walking the girls arrived in the US with their new families Gracie reberry had two heart surgeries and Audrey had one last month Jennifer is curious about her daughter Audrey's past with The help of a Chinese researcher discovers this photo shows Audrey on her Chinese adoptive mother's lap with another baby who looks like her.

It was incredible. I wonder how I mean that this is something you read about and how it can really be that there are two as soon as I am. I had that photo. I was desperate to know who that other boy was. Jennifer with the help of Facebook finally finds Nicole Reberry and little Gracie. It's the craziest thing in the world to look at your son exactly. I mean, everything was the same. Same hair, same glasses, same outfits and that was the moment I knew they were, they were the same. It was crazy to look at what looked like Gracie, but know it wasn't Gracie, right? um, yeah, it's just surreal.

I mean, it's hard to process that information now that the twins are meeting face to face for the first time. I don't know how you are where you're watching this, but the excitement here and the tension, but before we get to the big reveal, Let's welcome one half of the Audrey Doring twins here with their parents Jennifer and Tom, please, welcome them oh are you okay are you okay are you okay let's get to the big hey Jennifer this is all thanks to you. You wanted to give your daughter a special Christmas gift, tell us you were basically looking for a little history for her for Christmas.

I found a find that is essentially a lost and found for Chinese children, we were able to locate it. and then from there we were able to find an invisible image that they gave us and from there that was when we determined that there were two when I opened the image two children two Audrey oh wow there are no two Audre but there were two and Audrey for you did you know you were going to have one sister for Christmas? No, no, and I know, and I know Tom Audrey you have three older brothers and they're all very protective, but how do you think Audrey felt? when she found out she had a sister, oh, I think every girl wants to have a sister, so she was happy, but I think the initial thing made her nervous, all the panic, more than overwhelmed, is the word she likes to use for that, so it took her basically it's a day to start trying it, talk more about it, yeah Audrey, are you ready?, yeah, you want to do this, come here and stay here, okay, you're ready.

I'm going to back up, I don't want to go into it right now. Okay Gracie, go out and meet your sister, yay, hello, remember talking on the phone that first day, you guys look alike. It's okay, guys, you're doing well. Sit here, oh my God, I know we're here. I can't tell who's who now I know, oh can I touch you? You're doing well, well Audrey and Gracie, what are we, so we're so happy. No, I'm not lost. words this is over Welling for me because I am a father of twins who are 12 years old and and how do you two feel right now your first impressions of seeing your sister excited happy is very overwhelming is it really like that and and Nico like how did you feel when they contacted you and That had to be something the family could digest and determine how to move forward?

How did you do it? Yes, it was shocking to say the least. um you know you've been a family for over nine years and to suddenly find out that a part of your life is missing that's so incredible. um, it was crazy, we've been talking about these adorable twins, but also about you, mom and dads, it's, it's, it's a more family moment, instant family, yes, Andrey, we said you had three brothers, three older brothers, how it feels to have your sister now, uh, like I finally have a um, like it feels like someone's missing, so it was like no, it's complete, it's complete, and you all have been wonderful in sharing this and also working with Dr.

Nancy Seagull, she works with twin psychology studies and she's really been working with both families because this is a lot, this is an adjustment. and you were okay with them coming to television and doing it that way. We want to make sure everyone is sure it was okay, but just tell us how this changes the dynamic for both families. Well, this is a very important meeting. The twin relationship. The twin bond. It's very strong and I think it was very important for these girls to meet each other at this particular time where they have their whole lives ahead of them and what this does is it really revisits family relationships when you think about it.

Nicole is Gracie's daughter. Mom, but what is she to Audrey? and Jennifer is Audrey's mom and what she is to the other girl. So what do brothers and

sisters

from different families mean to each other? We don't have labels for these relationships, but I think that as the families progress, we will learn how they treat each other and they will be able to better help other families in these situations and this is a day full of surprises and you also did a DNA test and what did we find out from the DNA test that these girls are identical twins with 100% certainty, respect, Dr., we could say, hey, hey, Robie Tom said that if they are not, then something is wrong, did you decide all because all of you have been able to? to FaceTime you don't mean how you all decided what to wear, I mean, your rounds already match, that just happened or you all got together and um FaceTime and we FaceTime, yeah, we look good, they did. an election that they wanted to match, well, you know what today is about, first, right, yes, and surprises, so we have something for you, if I can find it, we want you to be the first opportunity as

sisters

with your families and we want you We both know that you both love music, so while you are here in New York City, we have something for you and we will send you to the Broadway musical School of Rock, very well at the The Winter Garden theater is amazing, everyone is going to go, but if you're going to do that, you're hungry so you need some food, so Planet Hollywood will feed everyone, families will go there.

Planet Hollywood will take care of that. and you, you, you, you, you've talked about how you live far apart and you want to make sure you can spend time together and I know there's been a gofund to help with travel and that's true, okay? Okay, well, we thought we'd help without that, right? Because our friends at Expedia.com gave us some tickets so you two can see each other and continue your friendship. Well, I'm telling you this is amazing, so just work out what's in your heart right now. Gracie and Audrey love love and family. You are incredibly blessed and thank you for sharing this story with us.

It means it. How much does Dr. Gaviota mean. Thanks also to this wonderful family. To all. This is great.