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Samantha Rensvold, a 19-year-old softball player from Montana, met her long-lost sister Kyann Dean during a tournament in Belgrade in August 2025. A teammate noticed the resemblance and prompted Rensvold to investigate further, leading them to confirm their connection through shared details about their backgrounds. The sisters, who were adopted as babies by separate families but both earned softball scholarships, now regularly communicate and have grown close despite growing up apart by roughly 400 miles.
Written locally by qwen2.5:14b on 2026-10-08,
using this article's own text rather than the other coverage of the
same event (that is the story summary below).
Story summary
Samantha Rensvold, 19, an adopted softball player from Polson, Montana, discovered her biological sister, Kyann Dean, 18, when she faced her on the opposing team at a tournament in Belgrade last August. A teammate noticed their striking resemblance and pointed out Kyann to Samantha during the game. Rensvold knew she had a younger sister but didn't know where or what she looked like due to a closed adoption. After seeing Kyann, Samantha was skeptical until her mother confirmed that their biological parents named Kyann similarly when they were teens. The families later met and verified the connection, leading to an emotional reunion for both sisters.
Written for “Lost Sister Reunion” on 2026-10-08,
grounded in this article and the 2 other(s) covering the same event.
A Montana softball player who met her long-lost sister when she faced her sibling on the field told The Post the chance encounter made her feel “complete.”
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“At first it was almost freaky, like I was looking at myself — our mannerisms and stuff,” Samantha Rensvold, 19, said Thursday.
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“And then it felt like part of me was complete.”
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Rensvold was playing in a softball tournament in Belgrade in August 2025 when a teammate noticed Kyann Dean, 18, on the opposing squad.
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“She could not ignore the resemblance,” Rensvold said.
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“She knew Kyann was adopted, so it was an awkward question in the dugout when she asked me if I was adopted — but
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I’m really glad she did.”
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After telling her mom about her look-alike, they checked the tournament roster and saw Dean’s name.
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Rensvold’s mom knew her daughter’s sister was named Kyann and concluded that it was likely “not a coincidence,” the teen said.
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They later approached Dean at the tournament and the meeting was nerve-racking, she recalled.
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“I was obviously nervous at first,” Rensvold explained.
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“At first, it was just a hand shake because technically we were strangers and it was hard to navigate.
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But then we met each others’ parents and it started to feel more comfortable, like family.”
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“We would sit together at the tournament and make each other laugh,” she said.
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Rensvold — who now exchanges daily text messages with Dean— said the relationship fills a missing piece of her family background.
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“Growing up, people would ask about my biological family and it was awkward to say, ‘I have a sister, but I don’t know anything about her’,” Rensvold said.
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“Now, it’s so refreshing to put a name and face to her.
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It feels like my biological family tree is complete,” she said, adding that her biological parents were 19 and 17 when she was born.
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The sisters, who did not take a DNA test, were adopted as babies by separate families in Great Falls — but grew up roughly 400 miles apart.
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Rensvold and Dean have since discovered several similarities aside from their looks, including that they’ve both earned softball scholarships.
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They also have the same sounding laugh, she added.
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“We’re both happy, giggly girls,” she said.
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Dean recently visited Rensvold and her family in Spokane, and they now “check in” via text everyday, Rensvold said.
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