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Latoya Wimberly, left, and Ashley Thomas, right.

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Ashley Thomas and Latoya Wimberly met at a party in Philadelphia in 2004, and have been best friends ever since.

The women realized they shared a father when Thomas, who was raised by her mother and a man who wasn’t her biological parent, unknowingly posted a photo of her father, Kenneth Wimberly, on Facebook.

The friends confirmed that they are biological sisters through a DNA test.

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After being best friends for more than 17 years, two women learned they were sisters through a Facebook photo.

Ashley Thomas, 31, and Latoya Wimberly, 29, met when they were teens at a birthday party in Philadelphia in 2004. From that moment on, they were inseparable, according to CNN.

But it wasn’t until January when Thomas, shared photos of her friend Wimberly’s engagement party on Facebook, that a familial connection would be drawn.

One of the photos Thomas shared was of Wimberly smiling with her father, Kenneth Wimberly, at the party. A friend of Thomas’ late mother recognized Mr. Wimberly.