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- Three, four, five - Count silently

The first time I got here I went straight to the kitchen

One more time Go quietly to the spot before you begin

Then I'll say it

- I'll count to ten again - Yes

The first time I was here

the first thing I did was to go to this kitchen

I looked around,

and as I was leaving the room, I turned

and my eyes went straight for the painting

It was as if the sky had fallen down on me

Can it be?

The picture I've been looking for all summer is here

I had to call out to Kari

Kari?

You've got to come and see something strange

We'll stop there

We'd like it a bit more natural

I walked in like this and looked around

I was about to leave the room,

going at the same pace

As I was turning, my eyes went to the painting

I just stood there, gaping

I was completely shocked

It was the picture I've been searching for all summer

I called out Kari

Look at that

It's unbelievable

Oh It's the painting we've been looking for all summer

Yes, here it is

Now you're acting I'd like it to be more natural

Kari?

I couldn't stay here

I had to go outside to the realtor

He might have been in a hurry, so I had to leave

There wasn't just one There were three

For me, three means the Trinity

In the name of the Father, the Son and of the Holy Spirit

What on earth is this?

For me, this story began with a voicemail

Message received today at 10:16 am

Hi Is this documentary filmmaker Maria Fredriksson?

My sister and I have experienced a miracle

that we would like to tell you about

- What are you listening to now? - To you We're checking the microphones

So when I speak, you can hear me

For the sisters, the story begins here

It all started with a whale

When I think back on it,

I still get goosebumps about the incredible story

which began here in this amusement park

They are from the northernmost part of Norway, between the mountains

One of them now lives in the south of Sweden, and the other is visiting

Had I not sat down in this whale,

none of it would have happened

Are you ready, my good friend?

This journey goes to heaven

Are you ready, are you ready

My good friend?

Then there was a bump, and I saw stars

The pain was unbelievable, I didn't understand what was going on

I had fractured my tailbone

I couldn't travel home to Norway with my husband,

because I couldn't sit for seven weeks

So she stayed with me in Sweden

I told my sister that there had to be some meaning behind it all

Maybe I should try to find a house?

She wanted a house,

but I had seen a listing for an apartment

No, I didn't want that I did not want an apartment

But I did want a painting

to hang in the kitchen for when I bought the house

It was strange that she was looking for a painting

"Are you getting the painting first?"

A fruit painting?

I said, "Yes, I'm getting that first"

So we went to flea markets trying to find a painting

But nothing caught my eye

WE HAVE APARTMENTS IN HOVA, GULLSPÅNG AND OTTERBÄCKEN

One day my sister said, "Have a look at this"

She saw a listing in the paper for an apartment in Gullspång

We can go and have a look

- Welcome - Thank you

First, I went into the kitchen

So I just Kari

Look You won't believe it

Oh

Jesus Christ, there are three of them

That means in the name of the Father, the Son and of the Holy Spirit

A blessing

It means something

You're standing in the wrong place I have to move him

Over here There

This apartment will be mine

I made an offer, because I'm pretty spontaneous

Something's going to happen, but what?

I was probably meant to buy it

We were going to discover things

that had been hidden for almost 80 years

A month went by

We were going to meet the seller at the realtor's office

We went in to sign the contract

The seller sat there

I noticed that she reacted to us staring at her

I simply had to tell her

"I'm sorry,

but it feels like my late sister is sitting across from me"

It was eerie

She looked just like her

Is she alive?

It was a miracle

And it was just the beginning

There was so much more in store for us of which we knew nothing

But He knew

She is our sister, who is dead

We were told that she had taken her own life

on July 29th, 1988

It was very painful to hear

We couldn't understand why

I didn't understand anything

I had spoken with her just

the previous Thursday, and that Monday we were told that she was dead

July 29th, 1988

We believed what we were told

That's all there was to it

One thing I thought about many times over the years was,

why I wasn't able to see the body

Why was that?

They had told me that I could,

since I hadn't been allowed to see her at the hospital

They told me to ask the minister the day of the funeral

He said

"If it were up to me, I would not have let her be buried in hallowed ground"

What did you think when he said that?

I wondered if she was even in that coffin

- If she's in the coffin? - Yes

- You thought the coffin was empty? - Yes

Because I was not allowed to see her

The color drained from their faces

They were pale as corpses

I realized that I caused their reaction

It was our sister

She said, "You're the spitting image of our late sister"

There must have been a mix-up, and she had lost her memory

She thinks she is someone else

"When were you born?" I told her, February 9th, 1941

And then she said,

"Oh my God

Lita was also born on that day"

I said, "What did you call her?"

"Her name was Astrid, but we just called her Lita"

I was called Lita until I was 18 or 20 years old

I couldn't understand it

It came as a shock, that's for sure

I grew up in a beautiful place in the north of Norway

My parents, or who I thought were my parents,

were considered wealthy because of all the land they owned

I cannot speak highly enough of my childhood

But

I've always felt different in many ways

Something was missing

I felt a loss, but didn't know what it was about

I asked my cousin,

who's into genealogy

"Can you help me figure this out?"

Yes

The next day-- No, two days after that, he called

I called Olaug to tell her about it

He said that I'd better sit down

Yes, I told her to sit down

Why? Is it something bad?

"No, on the contrary"

I had to tell her--

A pair of twins had been born in February, 1941

"You're a twin"

Well, I-I remember I got goosebumps

I had been given away right after being born

But before that, they agreed to keep it a secret

No one could ever know

You never knew that the parents you grew up with

weren't your biological parents?

No, I thought I belonged to them

As the days went by,

I experienced an identity crisis

It felt like hell

All of the sudden, I didn't know who I was

where I came from

I had no idea

In order to put down roots in this new family,

I would need to take a DNA test

Kari and I said it wasn't necessary, because there was no doubt

But she had to do it for herself She needed to be sure

I was tested against Kari and May

THE ENCOUNTER THAT CHANGED EVERYTHING

And we found out that we are half-siblings

Lita was our half-sister

We had the same father, but different mothers

And that meant

that Lita and I are twins

Imagine, Olaug grew up on the other side of the fjord in the north of Norway,

and then we meet in Gullspång in Sweden, more than 1,000 miles away

That's what I call a miracle

The painting on that kitchen wall

was just a coincidence

The fact that it's a still life,

which is what it's called in the language of art,

made it a better fit for the kitchen than for the living room

That's why I chose to hang it there

When May started talking about revelations regarding that painting

I didn't understand it It wasn't

I don't think like that

I'll leave the revelations to others

This is my twin

Just stay there, that's fine

She has the exact same eyes as I have

She uses her eyes the same way, that's obvious

She has the same nose I have a photo of her in profile

She looks exactly the same

We have the same cheekbones, the same mouth, among other things

You and Lita look very alike here

This is the school your twin attended

We all went there

Here are my daughter Lisbeth's identical twin sons

I've told them about you,

that you're Lita's twin sister

They said that you could probably sense each other,

even if one is dead,

because the emotions are so strong

Of course It's almost as if they are the same person

Lita and I had a special relationship

She was a great big sister

She was so knowledgeable

and she was an excellent cook

She made even a slice of bread taste delicious

She turned a slice of bread with goat cheese and a cup of tea

into something special

She put her heart into everything

Everything was made from the heart

There's Aunt Lita

I looked at the camera You're not supposed to do that

I'm not a movie star

The last time Lita came to visit,

we sat there talking, and she said,

"Kari, have you ever felt

a sort of loss within you?

Even if you have all your loved ones there,

you feel a loss within"

I told her no, and said that it sounded silly

"I miss those who have passed, that must be what you mean"

"No"

Now, I wonder

Perhaps she missed her twin?

I can't explain it,

I just know how I experience it

No matter where I am,

I can feel her presence

That happened after I put her picture on the wall

Since then, she's been with me

MYSTERIES OF THE UNIVERSE

I have now found both my birth certificate and my certificate of baptism

None of them is correct

Much of it is untrue

My birth certificate was dated 1947

I was born in 1941

The certificate of baptism is even stranger

It says that my name is Olaug Alvilde Pedersen

And my biological mother's name was Helga Pedersen

- What were you called back then? Olaug? - Bakkevoll

And it was dated 1962

I can't understand why

When you were 21? And with a different name than?

Yes I have no idea why

Hello

- Hello, it's you - Yes, for sure

- There it is - Yes

No Let me see

No, I don't have this one

Olaug called me to solve this mystery

Let's see

It was an exciting task

It was during the war, and the Germans occupied Norway

This is the schematic plan for the German invasion of Norway in 1940

The German war machine

and the world's strongest air force were bound for Norway

Twins had to be kept hidden,

because the Germans were doing experimental research on twins

They wanted a pure race

So you had to be hidden

There is Olaug's name

This is the first time I've seen it documented

that I was a foster child

- Hello? - Hi

- And who are you? - I don't know myself

But I know that you're Pauline

- And your name is? - Olaug

- You're Lita's sister - Yes

- It's so nice to see you - Likewise

I've heard about you and read about you in the Family Magazine

- So you feel like you know me? - Yes, a little bit

I was Lita's nanny

She was about five months old that summer

They were busy with the harvest

I was carrying the little darling around She was a little round

A wonderful little girl

It was winter, and there was lots of snow

I heard that when the first one was born,

the midwife carried her out and said that she was stillborn

- That must have been you - I guess so

Yes

Several people have said that

That when the first twin was born,

she wrapped it in a blanket,

or a big towel

Then she carried it out and said that the baby was stillborn

I remember my grandmother I was four or five years old

She was in bed, and I went into her bedroom to talk to her

She turned her back to me and pulled the duvet over her head

I said I wanted to talk with her

"I'm not interested," she replied

I asked why not, and she immediately answered,

"You don't belong with us I don't love you"

I heard the words, but as a child, I couldn't comprehend them

- Hi, sweetie - Hi, sweet sister

How are you? Oh, I'm just tidying up in the kitchen

- Oh, really? - Yes

Have you spoken with May? Have you heard anything today?

- No - I'm meeting Trine

Yes, I'm very excited

Talk to you soon

- I love you - I love you too

- Bye - Good bye Bye

My cousin Sissel called and said,

"Trine, it's been confirmed"

I asked, "What is confirmed?"

"That it's true that Aunt Lita" my mother--

"had a twin sister"

And I was just like: "What? Are you serious?"

Hello Hi Hi, hi, hi

It was a really moving experience

to almost see your mother again

after 30 years

May said to me, "You have the same body language as Lita had"

That made me curious

"When you feel uncertain, you do something strange with your leg"

And it's true She was right

- Shall I show you? - Yes

Like this

Mum did exactly the same thing

- Who is that? - That's Dad

He looks like my ex

Here are Mum and Dad

They look the same there too, especially with the red hair

If I'd met you on the street, I'd think the same as Aunt Kari and Aunt May

- That I was a ghost? - That you were a ghost

- Indeed - But I know that you're not

- I know that you are her twin - Yes

- Her dear twin - Yes

Trine, have you visited your mother's grave?

- No - Are you going to?

- I don't know - We can go together

I think we should try to do that

I think we should do that

My brother called me

He asked if I was sitting down

I said I was standing

"I think you should sit down for this"

My husband greeted me and hugged me, and said,

"I'm so sorry about your sister

They called from Oslo, or from the south of Norway"

- "-Who called? - Her ex

She's dead She killed herself"

How did they know she had overdosed?

Because of the many empty medicine bottles in and around the car

Painkillers, sleeping pills She had taken all kinds of drugs

And she was lying there, dead

After the funeral, it was confirmed why she had

taken her own life

She felt immense shame

because she had committed embezzlement at work

It was like rubbing salt in our wounds

To think that Lita had done this--

to first commit embezzlement, and then take her own life

It was awful

It was a double sin

Message received today at 3:21 pm

Hi, Maria It's Olaug

I've been made aware of the fact that I am part of a big family

There's Kari, May,

another sister, and a brother who is a farmer

I don't know how to relate to them

how to find my place among these people

I have told my siblings my beliefs

We don't share them

I was thinking that when she arrives at the farm,

we should stand outside to greet her

in some sort of a formation

- Well, yes - She used to be in the military,

- so we could - Attention position

No, we can't do that She might find that awful

The hope is that she can have the same relationship with us as Lita

Well, that probably won't happen After all, Lita grew up with us

- You mean we shaped her? - No, I didn't say that

- She was the eldest - Yes

Olaug came into our lives just recently

The welcoming committee is in place

Well, well

- Hello - Welcome to our house

Thank you

How nice There are so many people here

- Hello - A little something for you

- Thank you so much - We'll hold these while you say hello

- I have to meet everyone - This is my eldest daughter

- Hi Aina - Olaug

- Aleksander? - My son

- Your son, yes Is he also your son? - Yes

- I see And this is? - Kevin

- My son - Kevin

- Hi Marianne - My daughter

- How many do you have? - This is also my daughter

- What's your name? - Silje

- And here is my son - This is your son

- Rolf-Steinar - A pleasure

Well that was that One of my sons is still at work

- His name is Daniel - I see And are there more than that?

No, not that I know of

Unless I'm like my father, and there's someone we don't know of that turns up

- Okay - How was the drive?

How did it feel?

Well, I don't know

I'm a little excited about what I'm about to face here

It feels strange Very strange

- Understandable - It really is

But that's just how it is There's not a whole lot to see here

There's no circus or anything like that No museums

I can show you the caravan You can decide where you want it

I can move it closer to the house, if you want Or further away

I'm not the anxious type, so I can sleep anywhere

I'm happy to stay in the caravan

- It's so nice in here - Yes, it's pretty decent

There's a double bed over there, in case you find some nice company

- I don't know about that - You're beautiful

- What was that? - You're so classy and beautiful

- Thank you You really think so? - I really do

Only the foundation wall for this house remains

- That's where Lita and I were born? - It was no castle No

No It's hard to comprehend

That I was the one they chose to send away

But it had to be one of us

The Germans would not show interest if there was only one

I'm sure it wasn't easy for them

I can't imagine that

Any parent would know that

If you had to give one child up, which one would it be?

Okay

Let's go back before we freeze to death

What are you thinking, Olaug?

I didn't grow up like they did

And that's probably why my experiences and my thoughts

they are not compatible with theirs We don't think alike

If you carry the weight of the world on your shoulders

If you haven't yet found peace

Without the Lord, you are a lost sheep

But the Lord calls to us

His salvation you may have

Through His blood

He has cleansed all our sins

Are you ready, my good friend?

For the journey to heaven

Are you ready, are you ready?

My good friend

Are you ready, are you ready?

My good friend

I had the strangest dream last night

I was driving somewhere, but when I got into the car, I thought,

"How strange that I haven't seen that moulding"

There was a brown moulding there It was curved

But why hadn't I seen the curve on that moulding after all these years?

Just as I'm about to start the car,

I turn around to look at the moulding

Oh my God, that's no moulding That's a snake

Could the snake have been hibernating?

I've always thought it was a moulding

And now, after all these years, it's beginning to stir

And then I woke up

- How creepy - A snake is not a good sign

No

Hi, Maria It's Olaug

I'm going to read a poem

"Dear twin, dear Lita

I had the same nickname as you, Lita

We went fishing in the same waters,

and saw the same mountain, every day,

but from separate sides

Were we to meet on the day of our confirmation at that same church?

So close

You and I are the only ones in a large family

who like make-up and jewelry, and who are not religious

I had a near-death experience

before I was told that I was a twin

I thought I was dead,

but it was you, Lita, who was dead"

I was told that she had committed embezzlement

And that was why she took her own life

But I have this feeling

that something is not right here

If it's true that I have an identical twin,

then it is also true

that she would never take her own life

Olaug wanted to know if anyone had investigated this

"On July 31st, 1988,

Astrid Marie Helen Prestsveen was found dead

by a witness who alerted the police

The crime scene is located along Highway 2,

approximately 200 meters from the northern exit to the old road from the new highway

From here, there is a 30-meter-long path down to the lake

The path leads to a small beach

At the same place a shallow creek runs out into the lake

We found the deceased approximately nine meters from the water's edge"

When we got there and the report was read aloud,

we were all in a state of shock

SUICIDE?

"Their conclusion is that the cause of death is undetermined

However, Astrid Prestsveen

has most likely suffered a sudden cardiac arrest"

There was no medication of any kind

in her blood, urine nowhere in her body

The medicine bottles found at the scene

may have led them to believe

that her death was due to an intake of drugs

She didn't take her own life

She died of heart failure

If they had followed up on the case,

and informed the family of the autopsy report a few months later,

there would have been no need to wonder

The report stated that there were no traces of any drugs in her system

I no longer have a sister who took her own life

I have a sister who is dead,

who has most certainly gone to heaven and met the rest of the gang

That's how I see it, and that gives me peace

The Bible says that God gives us life,

and only He can take it away from us

He owns our lives, so we have no right to take them ourselves

That's why it was so hard to hear that she had done something forbidden

Hello, my dear sister

For 30 years we believed you had shortened your own life

And then Olaug comes into our lives,

and because of that

we find out you died of natural causes

Forgive me for thinking so poorly of you

- [Olaug] Hello? - [Maria] Hello Now I hear you

I've gotten ahold of all of the police reports

A lot of it is very strange

It says that they found her lying face down in a creek

But they couldn't find her shoes They were gone

And the clothes she was wearing

were covered in grass stains and stuff like that

- Hi, Maria - Hi, Kari

Did you just speak with Olaug?

Olaug called me She can't leave this thing about Lita behind

We know how she died

That's in the report

[May] I don't know what got into her She's totally crazy now

[Olaug] I'm convinced that Lita was murdered

There is no doubt

[Kari] I said to Olaug, "Can you not let Lita rest in peace?"

I have now been told that she didn't take her own life,

and that's good enough for me

[Olaug] "I don't want you to go any further with this"

She wrote that today I didn't reply

Then I said, "Kari, you cannot stop me"

[Kari] She did a 180 and got really angry

She started saying nasty things about Christianity

But why talk to me about Christianity? I don't want to talk about that

You've said yourself that you don't want to listen to that

[Kari] This film was supposed to be something positive

We had gotten a new sister, and we were all very happy

But so many other things happened

[Maria] Yes

They're happy just knowing that she didn't take her own life

That's enough for Kari

- [Olaug] You know what I think ? - [Maria] No

I think they've been scared shitless that something will come up

Everything I know, all my education

my work experience

It doesn't matter to them when it comes to me

I don't know what to say

If they found out what my IQ is-- I have been tested--

They probably wouldn't sleep at night I am quite sure of that

But I'm not telling them

- I felt I had a relationship with her - Yes, you had that all along

I think it's quite sad It's really quite sad

I have often thought

that I wish we could say one day,

"Goodness me, she is just like Lita" Right?

But she is the complete opposite of what Lita was

Because Lita

Her looks and gestures are similar

But her nature is the complete opposite of Lita's and ours

Olaug must have been raised in quite a special way

She must have lived with people

who are almost kings on a small islet

When I think about Dad, and the fact that he has carried this with him

But he was clever He gave the worst one away

- No, you can't say that - Yes

We got to keep Lita with us

You can't say that either, because you haven't gotten to know her

From what I can tell, she's the worst one Of the whole family

Be careful with her She is a snake in the grass

I've told you that she is a snake-person

I realized after a while that all my siblings are very religious

I do respect people who think differently

But they wanted to convert me All of them

And that made me furious Really furious

Olaug will be here soon

Right

Then we'll be complete

- Hello - Hello Welcome back to the north

- Thank you Nice to see you again - Likewise

- Hi - Hi

- Hello there Nice to see you again - Hello Likewise

- Okay? - I felt you resisting, but I don't care

- Hi - Hi Nice to see you again

- Okay - Sit down

- You're so cool in your leather pants - I know

- You like to dress up - I really do

So did her sister

Our sister Not just her sister

When I think about Lita, and the fact that we're siblings, twins

Yes?

It pains me

Because

my childhood was nothing like the one she had

In poverty and misery

- We weren't poor - No, we weren't poor

If someone told you we were poor, it's not true

Just listen to me

If what I've seen is true--

Where they lived, the house Lita grew up in

A tiny lodge

We were happy there

If you had grown up with us, you would have had a great childhood

- I am so glad I grew up at Breiviknes - How nice

- That's good - I adore those people

I couldn't imagine growing up any other place than where I grew up either

- That's where my identity comes from - Absolutely

What I've realized,

is that the genetic inheritance doesn't matter as much

- You and I were off to a great start - We were

But something happened, and I don't know what

I hope

I hope that we can put all that's been said and done behind us, and start fresh

That's all I want

I know that

But you have to remember something

In Norway, we have freedom of religion

- We know that - You need to practice it with me

I don't even care if you believe in fairytales

That doesn't concern me

- It really doesn't interest me at all - No, no, no

One thing I will give Olaug credit for,

is that we found out that Lita died of natural causes

Otherwise, we would still have believed that she took her own life

I can only say

There is no way Lita died naturally

I will turn every stone to find out how the poor soul died

We dine in the name of Jesus

We'll eat and drink as You have taught

To honor You, and to our gain

We bless this food in Jesus' name

Amen

This is just stupid

- Is it better if I speak even louder? - No

Mum

Mum was really down when she left Stord

So I knew that there was something going on

- It was obvious to me - What do you mean when you say "down"?

She was heartbroken after the break-up with Steinar,

to begin with

Steinar was

Mum's greatest love

Otherwise, we would not have moved here

It's as simple as that

Love makes us do incredible things

It controls a lot for most people, I suppose

And it wasn't long after the break-up

before the alleged embezzlement and her death?

It all happened at the same time

It was one thing after the other

I told you to stop filming

In regards to her supposedly having ended her own life,

with pills and whatnot

It wasn't true

It was heart failure

She had stopped at the beach,

and entered the water, but

I was told she had walked so far out that she had water up to her neck

But Mum never did that

Mum couldn't swim She was a terrible swimmer

So I found it very strange

Why?

What?

- God, it smells wonderful - Is it looking good?

- Yes Are you all here? - Good frying pan?

- Yes - Good pancakes, I meant

- All right, then - Is everyone here?

Happy birthday to you

Happy birthday to you

Happy birthday dear Kari

Happy birthday to you

Thank you

I'm going to take this opportunity to take my leave

- Are you leaving now? - Yes

- Oh - Yes, I am leaving

Goodbye Have a safe journey, and the best of luck in your life

- Likewise - Thank you

- Goodbye - Goodbye

Solveig, everyone I just have to say one more thing

One thing that I've learned from Olaug

When greeting a person I don't like,

I do like that and tighten my hand

"Don't come any closer" That's how she greeted me

Happy birthday to me Happy birthday to me

Happy birthday to Kari

Happy birthday to me

Do you think the biggest difference between you and the family is intellect?

Or that they are religious? What is the greatest dividing line?

Everything

Everything

Oh, God

[May] I told Kari that I don't know if I want to film anymore

because she is an awful woman

I shudder just thinking about her

[Maria] That's how it feels right now, but it started out well, didn't it?

It was great in the beginning

Shit

I'm a trained warrior

I have learned to kill people

I had a lot of responsibility in the military

I was made a lieutenant

And

if I hadn't been able to control my temper,

those people wouldn't be alive today

Nope

Do you know what we can do, May?

We can pray for Olaug

We can pray that Jesus makes our hearts soft,

both ours and hers,

so that there can be love between us

We can pray for it Anything is possible

You go ahead and do that, but I won't

Jesus Christ was on that cross for me, for you and for Olaug

- I will not suffer for her - That's not what I mean

I will suffer if I pray for her

She'll not get my compassion

Feel free to be a martyr, but I won't

There is an Atlantic Ocean between my life values and the family's

I feel that, emotionally, I don't want them to be my family

I do not want that

But to be 100% sure, I'd like us to do a new DNA test

- You can come in - Thank you

- You're very good at this - Thank you I do try

This gets stranger and stranger the more I read Look at this

Let's see here I have to find it again

Let's see

She had taken out three insurance policies at Storebrand

[Solveig] I see Storebrand?

Didn't her ex work there?

- No, that what's-his-name Steinar? - Yes

Well ask your questions, she's filming now

We have to get started before I have a fit

You worked at Storebrand?

Kari discovered that Astrid had taken out

three different life insurance policies with three different companies

The last one was taken out with Storebrand in June,

one month prior to her death

I don't understand how she could have three policies with different companies

I can't remember ever having arranged a life insurance policy for her

So I don't really have an answer for you

Three life insurance policies You knew her well

Do you have any idea why she'd have three of them?

No

She was stressed when she got here, because her relationship was breaking up

I asked if she was upset because of Steinar, and the break-up

She said that it wasn't that

It had nothing to do with him

Were you two still together when she was accused of embezzlement?

No, she had moved out by then, but we still had a good relationship

It came as a shock the day she called and said she had been asked to leave work

That was news to me

I never judged her I was just as devastated as she was

At least I remember that

She woke me up in the middle of the night

I think I made her tea

We were talking, and she said

she had discovered a betrayal of trust at work

I assumed

that someone had been with someone else's partner

I said, "Oh, have you been with someone?"

She said, "No, but they are pinning it on me"

"What?" I asked her to explain, but she didn't want to talk about it

"We can't talk about it"

And we never did

When I see that she had taken out three life insurance policies,

I feel so sorry for her

She must have been so scared

And if she was threatened I don't know?

She didn't want her children to suffer

They were pinning something on her Didn't you ask her about it again?

No, because she died

- Hi - Hi there

- Hello It's good to see you - You look so nice and stylish

- Hi - Hi

How wonderful Let's go to the apartment

Okay

- Are you well, Trine? - Yes

Last time, there was only one sheet

It seems there are more now

I should really wear my glasses

Can you use mine?

I don't know

- Do you want to try them? - It says "a family investigation"

"The markers between Olaug Alvilde Bakkevoll Østby

and May-Elin Storsletten and Kari Klo in this case

First item, the result

of the test shows that Olaug Alvilde Bakkevoll Østby

is not the half-sibling of May-Elin Storsletten and Kari Klo"

What?

"Second item

Is Olaug Alvilde Bakkevoll Østby the aunt of Trine Prestsveen Gaustad?

The probability of Olaug Alvilde Bakkevoll Østby

is the aunt of Trine Prestsveen is estimated at 002%"

Oh

Thank you, universe

- But I still love you - Yes

- I'm not related to you at all - So where are you from?

I don't know

In one of the church registers, it says that I'm a foster child

I'm not adopted, but I'm a foster child I really have no idea

It was said that Dad gave a child up

Then that's not true

- Unless there's a - Then there has to be

Listen The way I see it

A pair of twins were most certainly born, but that twin was not me

- We'll just have to keep looking, then - We have to

- And you too? - No

- Don't you want to discover your identity? - Oh, yes

- But I now know who I am not - Yes

- And that's - But you have to find out who

I have to find out who I am legally Of course, I will

- Will you help me? - Yes

I feel like I have to interrupt I'm really upset

You're taking this so lightly

This letter says that you are not related

We can't just leave it at-- you had a DNA match

Born on the same day, look alike

But this says something else

And then, "Well that's it, then"

You approached me and said you had a fantastic story

What is true and what is not? Is someone lying? What is going on?

I don't understand, it's really upsetting

- It's actually appalling - Yes

How can this new result be so different from the first DNA test?

It still feels like you are my mum's sister

It really does

No matter what that piece of paper says, that's how I feel

I will believe that for the rest of my life

Okay, I look like her

You do look like Lita

I saw that I looked like her in a video

Watching that video, it was like seeing myself

Are the images manipulated?

I'm beginning to wonder

- No - What should I believe?

You are so much like Lita in many ways Is this really true?

- Can we trust it 100%? - I trust it 100%

The world cannot be that mad

Regarding this, I think

To me, you are still my half-sister

I don't know if you understand that

I understand that you believe that I do

Well

It's too low under my head

This turned out completely different than what we imagined

Could something have happened to make it inaccurate?

You just don't know

It becomes a mystery

I still think

meeting her was like a miracle

It was an even greater miracle to find out that Lita had not taken her own life

And

There's always something new

Someone is not telling the truth

But just to be clear

I'm not the one who is lying

I have nothing to do with the test results

Hello This is Maria Did you call me?

What are your thoughts on the last DNA test?

[Trine] I think she cheated

- [Maria] That Olaug cheated? - [Trine] Yes, I think so

- How do you - I said that

Maybe she had some other blood injected into her own

Message received at 4:25 am

[Olaug] Maria, listen carefully to what I say This is Olaug

They are liars

This is very serious

Maria, you have to believe me

- [Maria] Hello? - [Olaug] Can you hear me now ?

Yes, now I can

I can't believe in anything anymore

I just can't

I don't know who to believe

[Trine] I've thought about something, Maria

It's really quite special

If Mum died from acute heart failure

why did it look like she had committed suicide?

I think someone has

I don't know, it doesn't add up The story doesn't fit

Why was there lots of medicine around her

when she didn't have anything in her system?

The autopsy report showed us that

What really happened on July 29th, 1988

by Lake Sigernes in Kongsvinger?

I wish someone could tell me

My name is Kjell Hauger

I've lived here for 51 years

So you lived here in 1988?

Yes

I did

Let's go back to that July weekend

in 1988

I can't remember much from that Friday, I was working in the forest

But on that Saturday, I drove by on the old road here several times

I noticed a car

It seemed a bit strange,

because she sat in the car all day

It all seemed very suspicious

The car was still there on Sunday, but it was empty?

Yes And then you get suspicious

I thought I'd better go and follow the nice path down to the lake

I went down there, and saw that someone had been sitting there

I found the bottle and the pills

To my right, I noticed a broken branch

It'd recently broken

I looked further in and saw some nice, clean, white socks

She was lying there in the swamp

The second I saw her,

I thought that she had been dragged there

Do you know how long she'd been lying there?

Let's see

The call came in on the 31st of July

Time of death is July 29th, according to this,

so two days earlier

The police report notes the time you called,

but the strange thing is

that the time of death is said to be on Friday

No, that isn't right

- It was Sunday morning - Did you want to say something?

- You can say it - The thing is

Our daughters, our son and I saw that car for several days

We saw her sitting in her car, but we thought she was waiting for someone

That happens

There is something horribly wrong here

I think

From what I've heard today, it's just not possible

She did not die of heart failure I think she was murdered

Are you okay, Kari?

Yes

Hello? We're on camera

Can you tell me what you remember about this lady?

[daughter] We saw her several times

Strangely enough, her hair color changed

Yes

One day she was blonde, the next day her hair was dark

We thought it was a wig

We felt very uneasy about it

Passing by her made us uncomfortable

Did you notice anything inside the car?

Yes, I am 100% sure that in the passenger seat,

there was a basket with roses and strawberries

Red roses

Mum never bought roses They were far too expensive

She must have been waiting for someone

Something must have been very important

for her to sit in a car in the middle of nowhere

and wait for two days

We have been living a lie for 30 years

And now we're told that even the date is wrong

The police didn't even bother checking that

- No one asked you to come to the station? - No, no

When the police came,

they told me this is exactly how they usually do it

Why didn't they investigate what had happened?

Why are we standing here, 30 years later,

trying to find answers?

They probably felt they had all the information they needed

Well

You're tough You said it, just like that It was great

Oh, my God

What happened? What was that?

- Don't step on the glass - Oh, my

What happened when we stopped watching that clip on the computer?

- Oh my Don't step on the glass - I won't

Oh, my

Thank You, dear heavenly Father, for protecting Maria from this

You grabbed her and made her stand up to turn the video off

If it weren't for that, her head would have been crushed

What a horrible ending

Thank You, Father, for looking out for her

A fraction of a second,

and all this would have fallen down on her head

God, if it is not Your will that we continue,

then let it come to a peaceful end

- Rest in peace - Rest in peace

How long has this lamp been here?

At least 10 to 12 years

Lie after lie after lie

We have been such idiots

This reminds me of the dream I had about Lita

It was the night after the last day we talked

She was standing alone in a burnt down house

Message received at 7:21 pm

Hi, Maria It's Trine I've made a decision

I'm going to live with what the autopsy report told us

The thoughts the others have regarding my mother's death--

I simply can't deal with a third cause of death, even if some believe so

I'm sorry

I want to spend the rest of my life thinking she died of natural causes

Goodbye

I am simply shocked

I have never been to this godforsaken place before,

and when I step out of the car I immediately know, it's there

- I am going down there - We all are

Amen Rest in peace

I hope we can find peace

We'll probably never get

the answers to our questions

We'll have to think

Perhaps we're not meant to have all the answers

Probably not

Always cheerful when you go

Roads only God dares to know

Even if the goal is reached

Not till the end of the world

Yes, this was the end of the world for her

Always cheerful when you go

Roads only God dares to know

Even if the goal is reached

Not till the end of the world

Never fear the power of darkness

The stars will shine

With a Lord's prayer in pact

You will never shudder

When you think about it,

it's sad that it turned out the way it did with Olaug

She didn't fit in with this family We were way too stupid

It's true We were

- Yes And religious - To say the least

It seems that was what scared her

I think Olaug did something to the test

to avoid a match

She may have done whatever

Maybe taken a blood sample from a cat

They told me I was the spitting image of Astrid, or Lita as she was called

We don't look anything alike in this picture

Not at all

It has been terribly difficult

But I don't hate them

And I'm not as furious with them anymore

But I decide who I want as my family

Yes That was the end of that story

And I'm done with Gullspång

FOR SALE

- Thanks - Good luck with the sale

- Goodbye - Bye

And this is something I've never thought about before

This is like the world

What does it mean, this globe?

I think it looks like a globe

Well, it's in the eye of the beholder

It's time to move on now

I'll put it here

Message received at 3:06 pm

Hi, Maria This is Olaug calling

I was thinking

Perhaps you and I should do a DNA test?

We might be related

So let's take that test

Okay I hope you are well Goodbye