DNA: Identical strangers who are twin sisters

Wilson Lutah, Angeline Mathias, Sharon Mitekwa, Mevies Imbaya, Melon Lutenyo, Rosemary Khaveleli and Richard Olukhakha when Lancet Kenya released DNA results of the twins yesterday. [Wilberforce Okwiri, Standard]

The silence in the room told it all. The tears summed it up. The image of the three girls, Sharon Mitekwa, Melon Lutenyo and Mevies Imbaya sitting solemnly at the Lancet offices in Nairobi was a sharp contradiction to the giggly trio that had sparked media attention two months ago when they embarked on a journey towards finding the truth about their identity.

Yesterday, the truth the three girls had run after for months was presented on a single sheet of paper that would forever alter their collective future and bring to an end a long running chapter in their lives and of their parents, friends and relatives.