It sounds as if it’s straight out of a movie: After years of being best friends, two girls realize that they are actually sisters. We’ve seen similar situations on the big screen, in movies like Parent Trap, but this Hollywood-esque scenario was a real life fairytale for two girls from a small town in Missouri.
Brandy Hersh and Heidi Wickware grew up in the same town, went to the same elementary and junior high school but did not become acquainted until they were in their mid twenties. Introduced by their boyfriends, the two girls felt an instant connection towards one another and became best friends over the next few years.
After the two had been friends for awhile, a series of coincidences led the girls to believe that they may actually be related. When Heidi’s mother, Lisa, found out that Brandy was adopted, she began inquiring about Brandy. Lisa then revealed that before Heidi was born, she had given up a daughter who shared the same birthday as Brandy, as well as the same birth town and birth hospital, oddly enough.
After waiting over 18 months for adoption records to be released, the girls decided to go a different route; Brandy and Heidi concluded that DNA testing would be a much better (and quicker) option for them. After a bit or research the girls chose a reputable DNA testing facility that offered Siblingship DNA Testing, which would provide them with the answers they were looking for.
Sibling DNA Testing determines the statistical probability of whether two people share the same parents or not; after both Brandy and Heidi were tested, the girls anxiously awaited the results that would prove once and for all whether they were, in fact, related or not.
Thanks to DNA testing, Brandy and Heidi soon found out that they were indeed related. The DNA test results showed a positive conclusion that Brandy and Heidi were 100% sisters, sharing both the same mother and father.
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