Twins Adopted To Different Parents Didn’t Know About Each Other Until Now

Nervous Parents Make the Connection

The girls’ parents did a lot of talking. Nicole Rainsberry, Gracie’s mother, works as a para-educator and lives in Washington with her husband and four children (Gracie has three older siblings) told USA Today her first reaction was some fear. They didn’t know the Doering family, what kind of people they might be, and they didn’t have an understanding of why the girls had been separated during their adoption. It turned out the girls had different birthday dates: Gracie’s is April 23 and Audrey’s is April 28; the foster mother might not have even known were twins before they were adopted.

Talking Through Video Chat

“Essentially from, between Monday and Wednesday, we were able to locate the Rainsberrys,” said Jennifer Doering, Audrey’s mother, to KNDO-TV. “And by Friday, everybody kind of knew.” “I was very overwhelmed and I started to cry,” Gracie said. They were reunited for the first time on a Friday during a FaceTime talk. “Then I started to talk to her, and ask questions,” Audrey told USA Today. “It’s like talking to me. She likes mac and cheese like me. She has the same type of glasses as me, except mine are actually broken and hers are teal and mine are pink.” Both girls also have three older siblings and name math as their favorite subject in school.