Reunited siblings Barrie Prowse and Gemma Sanders, wearing the Penzance FC football kit, photographed in Plymouth, Devon. Adopted Barrie Prowse went in search of the long-lost sister he thought he’d never met – and found out they were playing for the SAME football team. See swns story SWTEAM 18 Feb 2013. Barrie, 27, played centre midfield for the mens team at Penzance AFC while sibling Gemma Sanders, 23, took the field for the womens’ XI.They played at the same ground, trained on the same pitch and enjoyed a post-game pint at the same clubhouse – and yet had absolutely no idea they were related.
Barrie, from Penzance, Cornwall, made the astonishing discovery after deciding to trace his biological parents via Facebook and the website Genes Reunited.
