Adopted from India as children, two former teenage friends who drifted apart recently reunited—only to realise they are actually biological sisters. It all happened when one of them decided to get a DNA test.

Indian-born women Meena Geltink, 43, and Minal Tijssen, 44, adopted separately as babies and raised near each other in the Netherlands. (REUTERS)

As teenagers in 1996, Meena and Minal never knew they had a sibling, Reuters reported.

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Soon they became friends and exchanged addresses. However, they lost touch for 15 years, until they rediscovered each other through a MyHeritage DNA test, which showed a rare 100% match.

She met her sister in the Netherlands. After the emotional reunion, she told her sister, “When I see you, it's like I'm home.”

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While 43-year-old Meena is a mother of three, her sister, 44-year-old Minal Tijssen, grew up in a loving Dutch household with siblings.

"We were friends before we were sisters," Minal said. "We were sisters the whole time, but we didn't know.”