Twist Of Fate! Twins Separated At Birth By Hospital Blunder Are Reunited After 35 Years At Cafe

Twin girls separated by a hospital blunder 35 years ago have found each other by chance – but the discovery has brought deep heartache as well as joy.Uliyana was raised by her real parents in a loving family of teachers in the Russian city of Perm. Her blood sister Ksenia was given to the wrong mother, a woman who was stripped of her rights to raise children. Meanwhile, their blood mother was given another girl to raise – called Yana – who belonged to Elena Azanova, now 62, the woman who had taken home Ksenia.The appalling mistake went unnoticed for 35 years, and then was uncovered by pure chance. A friend of Uliyana’s saw her in Perm – or thought she did. ‘My friend Elena called me and said: “I was driving past you, beeped, you turned your head but did not say a word or wave”.Photo Credit: Getty