Continue Time Machine backup on MacBook Pro Retina

Yesterday evening I copied my Time Machine backup from my MacBook Pro to my MacBook Pro Retina. When this was done, the icon of Time Machine was gray. When I tried to make a Time Machine backup, it wasn't possible to continue with the (old) Time Machine backup; instead there was made a new (complete) backup (and I stopped that after a few seconds). I didn't get an opportunity to choose "inherit backup".
So my question: is it possible to continue a Time Machine backup of a (normal) MacBook Pro on a MacBook Pro Retina? (I don't need to use the backup on the normal MacBook Pro, but I want to be able to search in my old files using Time Machine, not via Finder and searching in the folders of the old Time Machine backup).

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