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| Susan gives birth to twins. One of them is Clara and the other one died in Kardo's hands. Clara's twin sister was also mistaken for Mara. | Susan only gives birth to Clara. She only gives birth to a twin at the end of the series. |
| Gary's last name is Davis, the Del Valle couple's names are Amante and Almira, while Kardo is Gary's cousin. The surname of Enrico, Almira's adopted brother, is David | Gary's last name is David, the Del Valle couple's names are Amanthe and Alvira, while Karlo is Gary's brother. |
| Almira was forced to be in love with Gary. | Alvira was in love with Gary, but they are separated when she went to America. |
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| Mara learns that Gary was imprisoned upon his release. | Mara knew about Gary's imprisonment while he was in prison. |
| Susan is Amante's ex-girlfriend. | Susan and Alvira used to be best friends. |
| Gary and Kardo are cousins. | Gary and Karlo are brothers. |
| Gary's mother was mentioned as Ramona but did not appear in the series. | Lupe is Gary and Karlo's mother. |
| Kardo is alive throughout the series. | Karlo was killed in the middle of the series. |
| CG and Lagring are Susan's loyal friends and Mara's godmothers. | CG's character appears as Susan's loyal friend and Mara's godmother while Lagring's character was not included in the series. |
| Mara and Clara studied in different school when they are in high school. | Mara and Clara are classmates in high school. |
| Erris and Jepoy are the Del Valles' adopted sons. | Erris is Mara and Clara's classmate in school. Jepoy's character was not included in the series. |
| Carol is Clara's best friend and roommate during the former's stay in the Del Valles' home. Carol and Lester are also Clara's evil friends. | Desiree was Clara's evil partner in crime. |
| Karen, Jepoy, Erris and Denise are Mara's circle of friends. | Butch and Jin Jin are Mara's circle of friends. |
| Enrico was Almira's scheming adopted brother. He appeared as one of the final villain in the series. | Enrico's character was not included in the series, making Gary the only villain. |
| Gary's character was killed in the middle of the series (Eruel Tongco, who played Gary, died from an accident in real life while the show was still airing). | Gary was killed at the end of the series. |
| Mara and Clara both met at the Davises' house. | Mara and Clara both met in school. |
| Lola Binay, Querubin and Dado are the Del Valles' helpers. | Yaya Vonnel is Clara's nanny. |
| Amante and Almira are philanthropists. | Amanthe and Alvira run a realty company. |
| Susan becomes crazy because of Gary's wrongdoings like having an affair with Lenita, and her miscarriage. | This storyline was not included in this series. |
| Amante already knows that Clara is not his daughter. He thought that his real daughter died while Almira was giving birth to her. | Amanthe, along with Alvira, learns that Clara is not their real daughter when they take the DNA test. |
| Clara learns her true identity when she eavesdropped on the phone conversation between Amante and Gary. But Mara's identity was not yet revealed in this scene. Clara learns Mara's real identity because of his father, Gary, one year later. | Clara learns her and Mara's true identity because of Karlo. |
| The reason why the identity of Clara keeps secret is Almira's heart condition. | This storyline was not included in the series. |
| Clara fully accepts that her parents are Susan and Gary. She despises Amante because she was forced away from her real parents. | Clara doesn't fully accept her fate when she knew that Susan and Gary are her real parents. |
| Susan stabs Gary while defending Mara but he survives and only gets wounded. | Susan stabs Gary to death at the end of the series while she defends Alvira from being killed. |
| Kardo gets amnesia when Gary and his henchmen beat him up as part of their plan to kill him. | This storyline was not included as Karlo was killed in the middle of the series. |
| Clara only knows her true identity after her birthday party. | Mara and Clara already know their true identities on their birthday. Thus, Mara's birthday party was held at the Del Valles' home while Clara's birthday party was held at the Davids' home. |
| Lenita is revealed to be Sylvia who is Amante's ex-girlfriend (she also thought that Amante's real name is Raphael.) | This storyline was not included in the series. Thus, Lenita only had an affair with Gary . |
| Lenita had a son from Amante but he later died. She later gives birth to Lester. | Lenita has no son in the series. |
| Susan learns Mara and Clara's true identity through Kardo. | Susan learns Mara and Clara's true identity upon reading the diary. |
| Erris was thought to be Amante and Lenita's son. | Erris has no relationship with Amanthe and Lenita. |
| Susan became a temporary villain in the series while Gary went missing. She makes Mara's life miserable as she doubts that the latter's real father, Amante, was the one who killed Gary. | Gary becoming missing was not include in the storyline. Thus, Susan does not become a villain, but instead she is a loving mother to Mara even though she knows that the latter is not her real daughter. |
| Susan was paralyzed at the middle of the series. | Lupe was paralyzed from the middle towards the end of the series. |
| Risa was able to save the diary from being burned in the trash can by Kardo. | Susan accidentally picked up part of the burned diary when she put some trash in the trash can. |
| Clara's kidnapping incident was staged while Mara was intentionally kidnapped by Gary. | Mara is still kidnapped intentionally while Clara was accidentally kidnapped by Gary's henchmen because they were caught while they were about to kidnap Mara. |
| Susan gets pregnant at the middle of the series but later has a miscarriage. | Susan gets pregnant at the near end of the series. |
| Clara returned to her real family's home because she felt she was blamed for the previous rift between Amante and Almira, who only cared about Mara. | Clara hated being sent back to the Davids' home after her and Mara's identities were revealed. |
| Mara knew Clara's true identity first before her own, | Mara knew her and Clara's true identities at the same time. |
| Amante and Almira had an argument after he found Gary's letters in her cabinet. | Amanthe and Alvira had an argument after he found a bag with a picture of her and Gary in it, and thought they were on a date. |
| Erris has a crush on Mara. | Erris doesn't have a crush on Mara. |
| Christian and Mara first met in school. He met Clara at the Del Valles' home. She met Christian first before Clara. | Christian and Mara first met at a mall. He met Clara at school. She met Christian first before Mara. |
| Jepoy is Erris' best friend. | Christian is Erris' best friend. |
| Almira knew Clara's true identity through Kardo who had the certificate proving the death of the Del Valles' daughter. | Alvira, along with Amanthe, knew Mara and Clara's true identities through Susan, who had the diary. |
| Clara almost killed Mara after hitting her in the wall multiple times and breaking the vase into the latter's head. | Clara saved Mara after the former found the latter being trapped in a water tank. |
