Morgan Reynolds and Jennisara Sumiri are looking forward to a future together after a DNA test matched them together. <\/p>\n
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REDWOOD CITY, Calif. -- Bound by blood but separated by fate, two sisters met in the Bay Area on Tuesday for the first time after a lifetime apart. <\/p>\n
The two sisters never knew each other. But each had an emptiness in their hearts they said that only the other could fill. <\/p>\n
Since I was 10, I knew that I had a sibling, Morgan Reynolds told CBS San Francisco. But I also knew that I would never ever see her. <\/p>\n
That was then. But no more, thanks to a DNA test -- through MyHeritage DNA -- that changed the lives of Reynolds and her sister Jennisara Sumiri. <\/p>\n
Now, more than six decades later, they were united for the first time. <\/p>\n
The moment I heard her voice on the phone, something clicked inside of me and I started crying, said Sumiri. <\/p>\n
They share the same father -- Ray Edward Reynolds -- a gas station owner from Washington state. <\/p>\n
He was married to Morgans mother but had an affair that produced Jennisara before Morgan was born. <\/p>\n
This is what he looked like when he met your mother, said Reynolds, showing a photo of their father as a young man. <\/p>\n
I so dont blame her! laughed Sumiri. <\/p>\n
Jennisaras birth mom put her up for adoption and Ray Reynolds eventually left Morgan and her mom. <\/p>\n
The sisters lived separate lives until last month when Jennisaras son bought a MyHeritage DNA kit. <\/p>\n
He said mom, I think I may have found your sister. I said, What? No...WHAT? exclaimed Sumiri. <\/p>\n
It matched up with Reynolds, who had also joined the registry, as a possible relative. <\/p>\n
Her son Ted found...he found us, said Reynolds. After seeing he was my nephew, it just made sense that my fathers daughter was here. <\/p>\n
I found a sister when I least expected to, said Sumiri. <\/p>\n
Its been a rush of emotions. And things now certain make sense, like Jennisaras special talent. <\/p>\n
He sang, said Reynolds. <\/p>\n
And I sing and I always wondered where that connection was, said Sumiri. <\/p>\n
Their father and mothers have passed away, but now the sisters are looking forward to the future together. <\/p>\n
And for the first time, this year they cant wait to celebrate each others birthdays. <\/p>\n
One other twist to the story: Sumiri was originally named Jennifer-Raye as a hint to her natural fathers name. But that name was later changed to Jennisara by her adoptive parents. <\/p>\n
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