October - 2014

Twin Sisters Documentary

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The Notions of Family

The Notions of Family

Twin Sisters tells the moving true story of Mia and Alexandra, twin Chinese infants found in a cardboard box and taken to an orphanage in 2003. Two sets of hopeful parents — from Norway, and Sacramento, California — arrived in China to claim the babies but by a twist of fate, the adopting parents also met each other. Noticing how much the girls looked alike, they wondered if their new daughters might be connected. The new mothers exchanged contact information and a year later

Twins, Raised in Different Worlds

Twins, Raised in Different Worlds

Everything about the Norwegian film “Twin Sisters” seems too good to be true. The stars are a pair of adorable 10-year-olds as energetic as they are well-adjusted. The supporting players look like the four nicest, most supportive parents you could meet. The story hinges on a set of fateful coincidences that profoundly change the lives of everyone involved. “Twin Sisters” is a documentary, though, so there’s no need to suspend disbelief. Mona Friis Bertheussen’s film, showing

New parents were told girls weren't twins; DNA says yes

New parents were told girls weren't twins; DNA says yes

ORANGEVALE, Calif. — They live thousands of miles apart, they speak different languages, butthey are definitely twin sisters. They have the same biological parents in China, but they never knew it until years later. Mia and her twin, Alexandra, were found in a cardboard box and taken to an orphanage in 2003. Mia went home to the Sacramento suburb of Orangevale, Calif., with Andy and Angela Hansen. Her sister went home with Sigmund and WencheHauglum of Fresvik, Norway. Both th