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Parents speak of mystery of identical girls reunited 19 years later

Rosemary Onyango (standing), possibly the mother of identical twins Melon Lutenyo (left seated) and Sharon Mathias (right) with a sister Mevies Imbaya (centre) at their Fafaro home in Likuyani, Kakamega County.

Parents of two identical girls, who are most probably twins and are demanding a DNA test to know whether they are related, have spoken about their startling discovery.

Richard Olukhakha and Rosemary Onyango, parents of Melon Lutenyo and Mevies Imbaya, whom they have raised separately, say their world was turned upside down upon discovering a teenager who looked exactly like one of their daughters.

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