Kiwi family miracle ‘MY BEST MATE WAS ACTUALLY MY COUSIN!’
‘My jaw dropped. We recognised each other instantly’
As 19-year-old Tania Ohlson watched best pal Jo Thomson, 22, walk down the aisle, a vision of radiance in a bespoke white gown, she was brimming with pride. It was 1988 and the teen, who was adopted at birth, was delighted to play such an important role in her closest friend’s big day.
The pair had been thick as thieves since meeting as workers at Christchurch supermarket chain Keystore a few years earlier. But little did Tania know, as she stood in her pretty blue bridesmaid’s dress, taking in the ceremony, that standing just a few metres
