SEPARATED, ADOPTED TWIN SISTERS FIND EACH OTHER

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One of my favourite documentaries is based on two girls, Anäis and Sam. They are two Korean adoptees who both have an open adoption. Open adoption means: Information about the birth family and foster care is shared and the adoptees can reach them. So Anäis lives in England (she was raised in France), is a student in a fashion school, is an only-child and prefers to keep to herself. Sam lives in Los Angeles, is an actor and you may have seen her in Memoirs of a Geisha, 21 and Over and The Motel. Sam has grown up with two brothers and surrounded with many friends and family. With the help of a Youtube video that Sam starred in, Anäis finds Sam and they realize they look IDENTICAL.

LIKE. IDENTICAL IDENTICAL.

They end up contacting each other, taking a DNA test, realizing they are identical twins and meet each other in person!

This documentary made me smile, cry, laugh and wish. It made me smile and laugh because the two girls are best friends and are inseparable after they learn about the existence of one another.

It made me cry and wish because it made me wonder if I had a biological sibling who was just like me and who I could relate to out there. Is there? Is there someone out there who can understand me and who has the same blood as me? Deep down, I wish I had that. Trust me, I love my family as if they were my own blood and I would never give up anything in this world for them, but a small part of me wishes I knew someone who was related to me. Who I knew was out there. To meet someone who looks like you and who you have an incredible connection with. It would be so odd after all this time, but so right in some way.

I was also envious of them. I envied that they could contact their orphanages, travel to see them in Korea and meet their foster mothers (I didn't have a foster mother). I envied that they even got the opportunity to contact their birth mother. I envied that they had each other to lean on through their journey. I envied them because I know that probably won't happen to me. Their adoption was open, they had the opportunity to look through all their files and their past, but Chinese adoption is closed and strict and is based on tragedy. I didn't think I really cared about shared genetics, DNA and blood when it came to the ones I loved.. But when I watched this movie, all these mixed emotions surfaced that I didn't really know I had. It has twisted all my past beliefs about blood vs love. I always picked love over blood-relation, I swore to it, but watching this documentary made me feel sadness and anger about not knowing a blood relative... and I guess it kind of makes me a hypocrite.

I loved seeing their happiness though. It kind of gave me this small hope that there could be someone out there. Someone who shares the same genes as me and who I have this connection with could maybe be out there. Under the same moon, stars, and sun. Maybe they would look up and they would wonder if I'm looking at the same moon, stars and sun as them, just like I do. I was happy for them, that they had each other to depend on and grow with from that point on. I am happy for them that they got to contact their birth mother and told her how they felt. I am happy that they got to go to the Korean Adoptee Conference and finally got some closure.

It was an emotional movie for me, but it was inspiring, heartfelt, hilarious, youthful, happy, and unique - especially because Sam directed it!! If you like heartfelt, funny, inspiring movies, this is the one for you! It is on Canadian Netflix, but I am sure you can find it somewhere on the web!

Sam has her own Youtube channel and coincidentally I watched her, How It Feels To Be Adopted... I Am Sam video (HILARIOUS) years ago and then discovered she is the same girl in the documentary! You can check out her Youtube channel by the name: samfuterman.

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