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Two women who were switched at birth have met for the first time after 35 years — and they instantly clicked.

According to the English translation from Austria’s Kronen Zeitung and public broadcaster ORF, Doris Grünwald and Jessica Baumgartner were both born prematurely at a hospital in Austria in October 1990.

But shortly after birth, the two babies were accidentally switched and went home with each other’s biological parents.

As reported by the BBC, citing Austrian news outlets, Doris only discovered in 2012 — after donating blood — that she had no biological connection to her parents, Evelin and Josef Grünwald. For years, the other family remained unidentified.

That changed when Jessica became pregnant and learned that she, too, wasn’t biologically related to her parents — her blood type didn’t match either of theirs.

A doctor spoke to her and mentioned the unresolved case involving Doris.

Soon after, Jessica and Doris connected through Facebook. They later met in person for the first time — a reunion that was recently filmed by ORF.

“We got along right away,” Doris told the newspaper. “It was an incredible feeling — impossible to describe.”

Doris’s biological mother said she experienced “emotional turmoil” upon learning about the mix-up.

Monika Derler shared:

“My first thought was that Jessica would always be our daughter. And when I saw Doris, I thought she was so sweet.”

Evelin Grünwald added:

“For me, it just means our family got bigger — and at last, there’s clarity.”

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Gebhard Falzberger, managing director of the hospital where the incident occurred, apologized for the mix-up.

“We deeply regret that this mistake happened at that time,” he told ORF, according to the BBC.

The hospital did not immediately respond to PEOPLE’s request for comment.

In 2016, BBC reported that a lawyer helped the Grünwald family secure compensation from the hospital and advised them to officially adopt Doris. The Derler family was also said to be pursuing adoption and compensation.

Yet neither Doris nor Jessica seem troubled by the confusion after more than three decades.

“It doesn’t matter to me exactly when the mix-up happened,” Jessica told Kronen Zeitung. “I’m not angry with anyone — not with the nurses or anyone else. No one would ever do something like that on purpose.”