Twins Separated at Birth Find Each Other after Watching CNN's 'THREE IDENTICAL STRANGERS"
CABRERA: You have probably seen the promos, this is an incredible story. The new CNN film, three identical strangers explores an astounding true story about triplet who were separated at birth and then by coincidence reunite 19 years later. Since that film made, more twins separated at birth have now found each other. And our Dr. Sanjay Gupta has one of those who caught up the stories.</s>DR. SANJAY GUPTA, CNN CHIEF MEDICAL CORRESPONDENT (voice- over): This 54-year-old Michele Mordkoff is about to meet someone she didn't even know existed. Her twin sister, Alison Kantor. Before she caulks in here, sort of just wrapped up in your own thoughts. What are you thinking?</s>MICHELE MORDKOFF, REUNITED WITH TWIN SISTER: I almost feel like I could open my eyes and wake and it wasn't a real day. Like I really felt like it was a dream.</s>UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Hi.</s>GUPTA: You didn't know, obviously, that you had a twin. Your parents, your adopted parents didn't know you had a twin?</s>MORDKOFF: Not at all. They are just as shocked as we are.</s>GUPTA: Separated at birth, there's is a story that makes you ask questions about nature versus nurture. Free will, could you have a twin unite there?</s>ALLISON KANTER, REUNITED WITH TWIN SISTER: I never thought there would be somebody like Michelle out there. I was caught by surprise. I mean, the rug was pulled out from under me.</s>GUPTA: Michele and Allison were both May 12th, 1964. When they were five months old, they were adopted by different families two days a- part.</s>UNIDENTIFIED MALE: His eyes, my eyes and my eyes, his eyes and it is true.</s>GUPTA: By coincidence, last year Michelle saw the CNN film three identical strangers. It's about triplets who were separated by prominent Jewish New York City adoption agency, Louise Wise Services. The same agency through Michele and Allison were adopted. It made Michele wonder, could the same thing had happened to her. Last summer, Michele took a DNA test, the results life changing. It revealed an immediate family member she did not know she had.</s>MORDKOFF: Who would you like to add? I'm adding a sister. Very symbolic.</s>GUPTA: We don't know why Michelle and Allison were separated. But in the case of the three identical strangers, it was for the perfect of a scientific study by Dr. Peter Neubauer (ph) who had approached other agencies before finding Louise Wise.</s>MORDKOFF: When Neubauer was trying to find twins to study, he went to a Catholic Church agency. The nun said to him, we don't separate what God puts together.</s>GUPTA: Neubauer died in 2008 and Louise Wise Services closed in 2004. The agency that absorbed all of its records, Spence Chapin, did not respond to CNN's multiple requests for comment. It is funny, I notice the way you guys hold your hands. I don't know if you do notice, and the way your legs are crossed?</s>MORDKOFF: We are noticing everything right now.</s>GUPTA: Well, Ana, as I said in the piece there, this makes you ask questions about nature or nurture. And Michelle and Allison 54 years apart, they finally find each other, and you watch them, the way that they carry themselves, the way they hold their bodies, the way they speak, the way they dress, all of that so similar and it really makes you wonder how much of a role does nature play? Now, if you ask experts, they will give you some variation of the answer that it's 50/50. Nature, nurture, 50-50. And also, it's starting to change, because we know now more than ever that your genes, your blueprint can change in response to how you interact with your environment. Epigenetics it is called. So it's not necessarily nature or nurture. It's more nature and nurture. And I think Michelle and Allison really make that case -- Ana.</s>CABRERA: Dr. Sanjay Gupta, great story. Thank you for sharing with us. And be sure to tune in, the award winning CNN original film three identical strangers premieres right here on CNN at 9:00 p.m. eastern. You don't want to miss it. OK. Based on a true story, here we go again. This year's nominees at the SAG awards draw inspiration from real life people and events, but not without some backlash.