Smiling and happy, but there are claims the family’s reunion may be a lie. Picture: Matt Turner. Source: News Corp Australia

After emotional reunions both Raudatul, now 14, and her brother Arif, now 17, are back living with their parents and two other siblings in a village in North Sumatra.

Reunited after 10 years ... Jamaliah and Septi Rangkuti and their found children Raudatul Jannah and her brother Arif Pratama. Picture: Matt Turner. Source: News Corp Australia

Raudatul was found living in Blang Pidie, in Southwest Aceh. Arif was homeless, living and begging on the streets in Pyakumbuh, West Sumatra. He was found after publicity about his missing sister.

However News Corp Australia can reveal there are now claims the happy reunion is a lie. The family who cared for Raudatul as their own for the past 10 years denies she is a “tsunami orphan” and is demanding a DNA test to prove that she is in fact the missing daughter of Jamaliah and Septi Rangkuti.

Arif Pratama and Raudatul Jannah as children ... before they were lost in the tsunami. Picture: Supplied. Source: Supplied

Ida Maryam, who looked after Raudatul for five years, named her Weniati, and says it is “extremely necessary” her parentage is determined.

“She is not a tsunami victim. She is an orphan from a couple from Banyak Island. She lived with her grandmother in Pulau Banyak before being brought by my sister to Aceh. To us her grandmother never said she was a tsunami victim, only that she is an orphan. She actually has two siblings that are now still living with her grandmother in the Banyak Islands. I have no idea why people are saying she is a tsunami victim,” Ida said.

And she revealed the family had twice visited Jamaliah and Septi’s home to retrieve her but Jamaliah had refused to allow the girl to go.

“I feel that I have lost my child. In my opinion a DNA test is extremely necessary. Is she really their daughter? If she is we are okay that they take her,” Ida said.

Jamaliah in turn says she is ready and willing for the DNA test — but none of the parties involved has enough money to pay for a DNA test.

News Corporation travelled to the village of Padang Lawas, in Riau province, to visit the now reunited family.

Banda Aceh, Indonesia was one of the worst hit areas in the Boxing Day tsunami in 2004. Picture: AP. Source: AP

The saga began in June this year when Jamaliah’s family saw a girl who a strikingly similar face to Jamaliah and took a photo of her.

“When I looked at the photo I felt a pain in my womb,” Jamaliah says, crying as she recounts the day she learned her only daughter was alive. “I was emotional and felt very sure it was my daughter. She has the same facial features as the rest of the family.

“When I first saw Raudatul, I felt sure she is my daughter. Every mother will know her daughter. We hugged and cried,” Jamaliah says. On the day of our interview it seems the whole village has turned up to watch and listens enthralled as Jamaliah relates the miracle of finding her two children again.

After news of Raudatal’s reunion with her family made global headlines and photographs of her and her brother before the tsunami were circulated, in another part of Sumatra, Lana Bestari watched with interest. The boy in the photo looked similar to a homeless boy, who had lived on the street near her internet cafe since 2007 and who she often fed and looked out for and knew as Ucok

She took a snap of Jamaliah on the TV and showed it to him. “This is mamak (mother),” he said. “Mamak Liah”. He told her about the “big water” and about being with his sibling at the time. She then called Jamaliah and there was another emotional reunion.

Now both Raudatul and Arif are back living in Padang Lawas with their older brother, Zaharie, now 19, who also survived the tsunami and a seven-year-old younger brother, Jumadil.