Think these two look alike? Take a closer look and learn about their record-breaking separation

Elizabeth Hamel and Ann Hunt might appear to be two separate women leading two separate lives — well, that’s because they are.

But if you take a closer look, you’ll soon learn that the women are sisters, twins in fact.

The women were separated as babies when Ann was put up for adoption.

Watch their heartwarming reunion when they met again in California after 78 years apart. According to BBC, this is the longest period of time recorded for twins being separated.

Wow.