her name's robin jeter. and then jordan just started crying. >> reporter: jeter, jordan knew, was also her birth name. >> i just started crying in the middle of a track meet, in the middle of the bleachers. i was freaking out. i was hysterical. >> reporter: at long last, two sisters met. >> i couldn't even say anything. >> i was like, hi. the only thing i could say was, you know we look a lot alike. >> reporter: jordan was aware she had a sister out there somewhere. for robin, it was a complete surprise. >> who you look like? >> you. you. you. >> reporter: her friends have been wondering where she's been lately. >> i told them i was like, "i'm still going to be here, but i got to catch up on 17 years that i missed out and never known his a sister." >> reporter: divided by time and a few miles, now inseparable. ron mott, nbc news, washington. >> how about that? incredible story to end on for a thursday night. thank you for being here with us. i'm brian williams. of course, we hope to see you right back here t

her name is robin jeter.ordan just started crying. >> she knew it was her birth name. >> i started crying in the middle of the track meet. i was freaking out. i was hysterical. >> reporter: at louisiana long last, two sisters met. >> i was like, hi. the only thing i could say was you know we look a lot alike. >> jordan was aware she had a sister out there somewhere. for robin, it was a complete surprise. >> who you look like? >> you. >> reporter: her friends have been wondering where she's been lately. >> i'm still going to be here, but i have to catch up on 17 years that i missed out and never knew i had a sister. >> reporter: divided by time and a few miles now inseparable. nbc news, washington. >> what a beautiful story and beautiful girls. >> yes, it is remarkable. to think they were so close to each other. >> thank goodness that teammate was watching out. but it was bound to happen. i think it's so cool that both of them decide to run track. they say sisters really have that connection. >>> rumors whirli

that's exactly what happened to robin jeter and jordan dickerson. separated as infant and living ten miles away. >> i didn't know i had siblings. >> i thought i had only one sibling. >> i knew about my adoption and my last i'm in is jeter. >> after 17 years, the two found each other at a high school track meet when teammates alerted jordan of their striking physical similarities. >> my team was like she looks exactly like you. >> somehow their paths had never crossed. they are making up for lost time and searching for other siblings separated from them. >> robin and jordan join us. i have to tell you, i have identical twins and you look as alike as my identical twin sons do. my question, jordan, you look at your sister, what was it like to look in the mirror all of a sudden? >> it was pretty -- pretty surprising really. i couldn't believe it for the first time. and, you know, it was -- it was like -- it was really looking in the mirror. it was kind of scary at first. kind of scary. >> robin, how much sleuthing did you have to do? at the track meet,