The Vance Twins are dedicated to teaching self-care and empowerment through writing and guided visualization, drawing on 60 years of combined professional experience. Comprised of international award-winning author Janine Vance and her twin sister, Jenette, who has served at the #1 hospital in Washington State, ranked by Newsweek for three consecutive years. The Vance twins are known for transforming lives through their compassionate, impactful work, both separately and together.

In November 2024, the Vance Twins launched a powerful new initiative to support caregivers and trauma survivors, offering meaningful tools for healing, self-care, and personal empowerment.

This initiative builds on the success of their acclaimed memoirs, Twins Found in a Box: Adapting to Adoption and The Search for Mother Missing, A Peek Inside International Adoption, written by Janine Vance, both of which are globally recognized works that offer a candid, deeply human look at their lived experience as adoptees. Their journey has shaped their lifelong commitment to uplifting others who have walked similar paths.

Together, the Vance Twins continue to make waves—creating real change, elevating voices, and inspiring healing in communities around the world.

Details of the Vance Twins’ Childhood…

Jenette and Janine were claimed to have been abandoned on a South Korean street in 1972.

Twins Found In A Box: Adapting to Adoption by Janine Vance, Story of the Vance Twins

They believed this assertion written in their adoption file for over thirty years. The adoption agency alleged they were ‘found by a stranger’ when they were discovered and, consequently, taken to be processed for overseas adoption. A couple from the United States with two young sons adopted the babies when they were six months old. The twins grew up in a typical American family fraught with unusual challenges and additional burdens…