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The reunion didn’t last long.

Carlina White, the baby kidnapped from Harlem Hospital 23 years ago and then miraculously reunited with her biological parents by The Post, has returned to Georgia, shattering her mother’s dream of a life together.

Joy White, appearing on the Today show this morning, said the pair squabbled over money White and husband Carl Tyson received in a settlement from a lawsuit they’d filed against the hospital.

Carlina wanted a portion, but the money was gone, White said.

And then, so was Carlina.

“I was on such a high when I first reunited with my daughter,” White said on the show.

“I was floating in air. I was so happy and that moment was so great.”

Now, she says, “It’s like we’re two strangers, we don’t know each other.”

But Carlina, now 23 and with a daughter of her own, flew back to her home in Georgia soon after the reunion and has not returned to New York since.

White and Tyson received a settlement of roughly $700,000. About $160,000 was set aside in trust for Carlina should she be found by her 18th birthday. When she remained missing, her parents got the money.

Carlina was raised in Connecticut and later Georgia as Nejdra Nance by Ann Pettway of Bridgeport, Conn.

Pettway has been charged with kidnapping and remains in federal custody at the Manhattan Correctional Center.

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