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| Sisters reunited after 64 years | Sisters reunited after 64 years |
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| Two sisters born in Sussex who were separated as babies have been reunited after spending 64 years apart. | |
| Jennifer Fellingham and Diane Haggar, who found each other using the internet, met each other's families at a reunion in Brighton. | Jennifer Fellingham and Diane Haggar, who found each other using the internet, met each other's families at a reunion in Brighton. |
| The sisters, who were born in Brighton were adopted by different families - one family in Brighton, the other in Chichester. | The sisters, who were born in Brighton were adopted by different families - one family in Brighton, the other in Chichester. |
| They are now trying to trace their half brother who moved to Australia in 1949. | They are now trying to trace their half brother who moved to Australia in 1949. |
| 'Instant bonding' | 'Instant bonding' |
| Ms Haggar, who now lives in Babbacombe, Devon, discovered that she had a younger sister many years ago when she was working in the public records office in Chichester, but had not been able to find out anything more. | |
| Ms Fellingham said she did not know she had a sister until two years ago. | Ms Fellingham said she did not know she had a sister until two years ago. |
| The sisters eventually received a match when they both logged on to the Genes Reunited website. | The sisters eventually received a match when they both logged on to the Genes Reunited website. |
| Ms Haggar said the sisters had bonded straight away. | Ms Haggar said the sisters had bonded straight away. |
| "I had expected that this would be quite a formal meeting and I had hoped that we would be friends, that we would become friends over the years, but it was an instant bonding. | "I had expected that this would be quite a formal meeting and I had hoped that we would be friends, that we would become friends over the years, but it was an instant bonding. |
| "She was my sister and I loved her straight away," she added. | "She was my sister and I loved her straight away," she added. |
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| Diane Haggar and Jennifer Fellingham found each other using the website Genes Reunited | Diane Haggar and Jennifer Fellingham found each other using the website Genes Reunited |
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