‘People said we looked alike’: Best friends discover they’re actually sisters

Madam Thangah Koh (left) and Madam Fatimah Mohidin are kampung buddies who grew up together. They were in their 20s when they found out that they were actually biological sisters. - ST

SINGAPORE: For years, they played together as young girls in a village in Aljunied. Neighbours then often asked Thangah Koh, 72, and Fatimah Mohidin, 71, if they were sisters.

Fatimah, a retired factory worker, said in Malay: “People said we looked alike and asked if we were sisters. I said I’m Malay, while Thangah is Indian. How could we be sisters?”