Uploaded May 2019 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago
After a successful IVF procedure resulting in twin boys, Julie donated her remaining embryos. More than twenty years later, Julie’s sister took a 23andMe test and connected with identical twins Sonia and Ava who were a result of that donation. After discovering they were her biological nieces, she connected them with Julie. The entire extended family met for the first time in 2018 and the two moms met for the first time in New York City for their first Mother’s Day celebration with both sets of twins. Watch their DNA story unfold and discover your own at 23andme.com.
After a successful IVF procedure resulting in twin boys, Julie donated her remaining embryos. More than twenty years later, Julie’s sister took a 23andMe test and connected with identical twins Sonia and Ava who were a result of that donation. After discovering they were her biological nieces, she connected them with Julie. The entire extended family met for the first time in 2018 and the two moms met for the first time in New York City for their first Mother’s Day celebration with both sets of twins. Watch their DNA story unfold and discover your own at 23andme.com.










