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February 2026

The Day I Lost My Twin—and the Morning I Saw Her Again 68 Years Later

I was five when my world split in two. Advertisements https://googleads.g.doubleclick.net/pagead/ads?gdpr=0&client=ca-pub-2894924527526525&output=html&h=280&slotname=8280223428&adk=2736677788&adf=3460745430&pi=t.ma~as.8280223428&w=740&fwrn=4&fwrnh=100&lmt=1770995051&rafmt=1&format=740×280&url=https%3A%2F%2Flnewstime.com%2Farchives%2F12212%3Ffbclid%3DIwY2xjawP8HJxleHRuA2FlbQIxMABicmlkETJuZ1hYbW9xY0tLaGhYY1hMc3J0YwZhcHBfaWQQMjIyMDM5MTc4ODIwMDg5MgABHrhbaqUyROlyz6DCjnxsM-jAck3r5wtEbc9IrVfdhSUwqH75LW6PvicVk4am_aem_Jyk5CK9XBbj58EEcj1V1Kw&fwr=0&fwrattr=true&rpe=1&resp_fmts=3&aieuf=1&aicrs=1&uach=WyJXaW5kb3dzIiwiMTUuMC4wIiwieDg2IiwiIiwiMTQ0LjAuNzU1OS4xMzQiLG51bGwsMCxudWxsLCI2NCIsW1siTm90KEE6QnJhbmQiLCI4LjAuMC4wIl0sWyJDaHJvbWl1bSIsIjE0NC4wLjc1NTkuMTM0Il0sWyJHb29nbGUgQ2hyb21lIiwiMTQ0LjAuNzU1OS4xMzQiXV0sMF0.&abgtt=6&dt=1770995051890&bpp=1&bdt=205&idt=175&shv=r20260211&mjsv=m202602110101&ptt=9&saldr=aa&abxe=1&cookie=ID%3D51175e07aaf454a4%3AT%3D1770993750%3ART%3D1770994622%3AS%3DALNI_MYLzUSWqh4SoOE9m72s9sE0rYq6yw&gpic=UID%3D000012f848c3f8e3%3AT%3D1770993750%3ART%3D1770994622%3AS%3DALNI_MaQBJni__0nzGFH3zHC3P8rpJ1khg&eo_id_str=ID%3Dae90e020e61a011f%3AT%3D1770993750%3ART%3D1770994622%3AS%3DAA-AfjaGCSMnqZji22EYNW_zctQl&prev_fmts=0x0%2C1200x280%2C740x280&nras=2&correlator=8754839873988&frm=20&pv=1&u_tz=300&u_his=2&u_h=720&u_w=1280&u_ah=672&u_aw=1280&u_cd=24&u_sd=1.5&dmc=8&adx=72&ady=1716&biw=1265&bih=551&scr_x=0&scr_y=0&eid=95369079%2C95378425%2C95382735%2C31096747%2C95383316%2C31089209%2C95379824&oid=2&pvsid=6556804750432004&tmod=146447652&uas=0&nvt=1&ref=https%3A%2F%2Fl.facebook.com%2F&fc=1920&brdim=0%2C0%2C0%2C0%2C1280%2C0%2C0%2C0%2C1280%2C551&vis=1&rsz=o%7C%7CeEbr%7C&abl=CS&pfx=0&fu=128&bc=31&bz=0&pgls=CAEaBTYuOS4x&ifi=3&uci=a!3&btvi=2&fsb=1&dtd=6875 My twin sister, Ella,…