niamh geaney , a 26-year-old student and tv presenter , found her 29-year-old doppleganger after she teamed up with two friends to launch a project called twin strangers .
the aim of the social media experiment was to see which of the three could find their closest lookalike within 28 days and it attracted submissions to their website 'twin-strangers.com from across the world .
incredibly , miss geaney , of dublin found karen branigan in just two weeks - just an hour away .