Twin sisters who were sold at birth in a Georgia hospital share a unique story. Years later, a TikTok video played a role in bringing them back together.
Amy and Ano, who are identical twins, were taken from their mother shortly after birth and sold to different families.
They are just two of many babies stolen from Georgia hospitals who were sold. The twins embarked on a journey from Georgia to Germany to uncover the truth about their past.
Amy and Ano’s journey to find each other began at the age of twelve. While watching Georgia’s Got Talent, Amy Khvitia spotted a girl, who looked very much like herself, performing the jive. In fact, they were identical.
Finding their ways to each other by TikTok
Fast forward seven years later to when nineteen-year-old Amy, sporting blue hair, shared a TikTok video of herself getting her eyebrow pierced. Unbeknownst to her, two hundred miles away in Tbilisi, Ano Sartania received the video from a friend.
Ano found it fascinating that the girl in the video resembled her so closely, thinking, “Cool that she looks like me.”
Ano then decided to search online for the girl with the pierced eyebrow but couldn’t find her. She shared the video on a university WhatsApp group, hoping someone might have information.
Identical twins Amy Khvitia and Ano Sartania were taken away from their mother just after they were born and sold to separate families. But a TV talent show and a TikTok video made sure that the two discovered each other years later.#TikTokviral #Georgia pic.twitter.com/7WCSUPNI27
— Bnz English (@BnzEnglish) January 26, 2024
Someone who knew Amy saw the message and facilitated a connection on Facebook. Upon seeing Ano’s profile, Amy immediately recognized her as the girl from Georgia’s Got Talent years ago.
“I have been looking for you for so long!” she messaged, to which Ano replied, “Me too.”
Sharing similar interests and a genetic disorder
In the following days, Amy and Ano continued to uncover shared aspects of their lives, although not all of it added up.
Both were born in the Kirtskhi maternity hospital in western Georgia. Their birth certificates oddly indicated birthdays separated by a couple of weeks. Logically, they couldn’t be sisters, let alone twins. Yet, the numerous similarities were undeniable.
Their commonalities extended beyond mere interests—from music preferences to a shared love for dancing and even down to identical hairstyles. Moreover, they discovered they shared a genetic disorder, a bone condition known as dysplasia.
“Every time I learned something new about Ano, things got stranger,” said Amy.
They set up a meeting, and, a week later at Rustaveli metro station in Tbilisi, Amy and Ano had their first face-to-face meeting, as reported by BBC.
Georgia's stolen children: Twins sold at birth reunited by TikTok video!
Amy and Ano are identical twins, but just after they were born they were taken from their mother and sold to separate families. Years later, they discovered each other by chance thanks to a TV talent show! pic.twitter.com/ooZLuSK6O2— Newspaper (@Newspaperr01) January 26, 2024
“It was like looking in a mirror, the exact same face, exact same voice. I am her and she is me,” said Amy. She knew then that they were twins.
“I don’t like hugs, but I hugged her,” said Ano.
Ultimately, Amy’s mother disclosed that a friend informed her about an unwanted baby at the nearby hospital. The process involved paying the doctors, after which she was able to bring the baby home and raise her as her own.
This raised concerns for the twins, leading them to question whether their biological parents might have sold them for financial gain.
Meeting with the mother in Germany
Amy came across a Facebook group committed to reuniting Georgian families with children suspected of being illegally adopted at birth. Sharing her story in the group, she received a response from a woman in Germany.
The woman stated that her mother gave birth to twin girls at Kirtskhi Maternity Hospital in 2002 and that, despite being told they had died, she now had some doubts.
DNA tests confirmed the girl from the Facebook group was their sister, currently residing with their biiological mother, Aza, in Germany, as reported by BBC.
Amy and Ano had a meeting with their birth mother, Aza, at a hotel in Leipzig, Germany. A photo captured by the BBC showcases the emotional reunion, portraying tears streaming down Amy’s face.
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