TikTok video helps Georgian twins reunite years after being separated at birth
- 27 Jan 2024
Gulf Today Report
Lost and found stories are few and far between, remaining largely the staple of fiction and movies, particularly the Bollywood industry. There are umpteen Hindi films which show twins separated at birth by circumstantial twists and ultimately meeting in the end, leading to a happy conclusion.
Could social media play a role in this saga of separation and reunion? Well, if a report in a section of the Indian media is anything to go by, TikTok played the harbinger of happiness by helping twin sisters from the Eastern European country of Georgia reunite after living years – and miles – apart.
Amy Khvitia and Ano Sartania found each other through a viral TikTok video and a talent show.
Their story was reported by the BBC, says the report.
The journey to discovery for Amy and Ano began when they were just 12 years old. Amy, engrossed in her favourite TV show, 'Georgia's Got Talent', stumbled upon a participant dancing who bore an uncanny resemblance to her. Little did she know that the woman dancing was her long-lost sister.
On the other hand, Ano received a TikTok video featuring a woman with blue hair who looked remarkably like her. The woman in the video turned out to be her twin Amy.
Aza Shoni, the twins' birth mother, had fallen into a coma due to complications at birth in 2002. It was then that her husband, Gocha Gakharia, made a heart-rending decision - to sell Ano and Amy to separate families.
Ano was raised in Tbilisi, while Amy grew up in Zugdidi, both unaware of each other’s existence. Despite participating in the same dance contest at the age of 11, where onlookers noticed the striking resemblance, the truth remained elusive.
Their lives continued on parallel paths until the fateful TikTok video and subsequent reunion.
According to the BBC report, the incident took place two years ago on the Rustaveli Bridge in Tbilisi, Georgia's capital, where Amy and Ano met for the first time since their separation 19 years earlier.
