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"It's clear she was brought up in a good home," social service minister says of the teen

Cape Town, South Africa (CNN) A South African teen kidnapped as a newborn and reunited with her parents this month is "broken" after her ordeal, her father says.

Zephany Nurse, who is now 17, was seized from a Cape Town hospital in 1997.

Since then, she has been raised by the woman who allegedly abducted her, authorities say.

In a strange twist, she lived in the same city as her biological parents, who admit she's having a hard time adjusting to her new reality.

"She's broken, and we'll fix it," said her father, Morne Nurse.

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