Raudhatul Jannah was aged just four when she and her brother were swept out of their house and away by the waters which engulfed their island of Sumatra in 2004.
He rparents Jamaliah and Raudhatul Jannah, who live in the West Aceh district in Aceh province, searched for them for a month before they gave up hope.
Not long ago her uncle spotted a girl who looked like Raudhatul and told his sister.
The mother, found out that the girl has been living with an elderly woman in the Aceh Barat Daya district of Aceh province and that is defiantly her daughter.
As she stated : after their reunion this week “My husband and I are very happy we have found her”.
“This is a miracle from God. If anyone is in doubt, I’m ready for a DNA test”, she added.
The now teenager Raudhatul has told her mother that her brother may be alive as they were stranded together.
“We will look for him on Banyak Island because we believe he is still alive,” the mother said.
A total of 230,000 people were killed by the tsunami, with 170,000 left dead in Aceh.
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