The girls were adopted by different sets of parents in the US.Tamara grew up with Jewish parents on the Upper West Side of Manhattan.Adriana was raised a Catholic in a Long Island suburb of the city.

• 由于分别被不同的家庭领养，一对孪生姐妹在墨西哥出生后就互不知情，20年后居然巧合进了美国长岛大学，得以重聚。