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Post by JosephD on May 19, 2018 15:20:31 GMT
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Post by Punkin on May 30, 2018 22:56:06 GMT
About 50 years ago my SIL gave her daughter up for adoption. The story she told was that the child was stillborn due to an AB Neg type situation. The real reason was that the father, with whom she lived, had two children with another woman and didn't want any more. My SIL had no job and already had a 16 month old daughter. The father promised to marry her if she gave it up. She gave it up, he married her, and two months later she had it annulled because she hated him for making her do it.
Years later she admitted the truth to her mother and daughter, so she and her daughter sent their DNA to Ancestry in hopes her daughter would one day want to find her. Two months ago it happened! Her daughter had a very happy upbringing, is a project manager at Chevron in the Bay Area, and is happily married with three children.
They have met and sooner or later we'll have a big family party and all meet each other! My SIL told me about this last week when we had the graduation party for my granddaughter. I was still believing the "stillborn" story so I was blown away and so happy for her. It makes me wonder how often this is happening these days with DNA?
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Post by Eastcoastmom on May 31, 2018 2:07:29 GMT
Wow, Punkin, that is an amazing story! I'm happy for your SIL that her daughter has welcomed her into her life. It's wonderful that she was adopted into a happy home and had a happy upbringing.
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Post by Punkin on May 31, 2018 4:04:05 GMT
It wasn't even the daughter who was looking for my SIL. It was a friend of hers who bought her the Ancestry DNA kit. She only looked at the ethnic and area of origins report. The friend was the one who investigated further. He was the one who found my SIL, and after agreement with the lost daughter, called My SIL with the news. I think there must be some trepidation on the part of the adopted tat, "What am I opening myself up for?" When my SIL and her daughter connected on the phone and decided to meet, my SIL offered to drive to the Bay Area to meet her, but the daughter insisted on driving up to the Sacramento area to meet with my SIL at her home. Understandable precaution.
My widowed SIL and 91 yo MIL live in a beautiful well decorated home and have manners and no drug convictions (LOL). I guess the new lost daughter felt comfortable and they, including my niece - her half-sister, have gotten together a few times and exchanged family pictures. It's just the happiest story! Her daughter has some answers, my niece has a sister and my SIL has three new grandchildren! Win, win, all around. More family for all of us! What could be better>
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Post by Imperfect1 on May 31, 2018 10:47:02 GMT
Wow, Punkin, that is amazing! I'm so glad it ended well for your family.
It's such a good idea to do the DNA testing. In addition to finding "lost relatives," I've heard so many stories in recent years of people finding relatives they never knew they had!!!
And nowadays, with so many sperm and egg donors, there are stories of SIBLINGS finding MULTIPLE half-siblings, who are the result of the SAME sperm or egg donor that they were conceived from.
Fascinating times we live in!!!
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Post by AZChristian on May 31, 2018 13:18:17 GMT
It's such a good idea to do the DNA testing. In addition to finding "lost relatives," I've heard so many stories in recent years of people finding relatives they never knew they had!!! Fascinating times we live in!!! And now we have reports like the case of the Golden State Killer. Police are checking against DNA test results that are submitted to at least one of the Ancestry-type search pools which is public record. They narrowed the search down from millions of potential killers to just one extended family. From there, they figured out the age and location of family members when the murders were being committed . . . and BINGO! Yep, fascinating.
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Post by mika06 on Oct 8, 2018 22:01:28 GMT
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Post by nennie on Oct 9, 2018 16:46:23 GMT
Was sad for Monika. Did hear from her mother and then her dad wasn't really her biological father. If she lets herself it seems her real dad's family will be a great one to bond with. It was a little strained when meeting them but hope it works out. Lisa's turned out really well. SHe has such a positive attitude about life.
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Post by mika06 on Oct 9, 2018 17:30:57 GMT
Was sad for Monika. Did hear from her mother and then her dad wasn't really her biological father. If she lets herself it seems her real dad's family will be a great one to bond with. It was a little strained when meeting them but hope it works out. Lisa's turned out really well. SHe has such a positive attitude about life. Yeah Monica went through a lot. I do wish there was some updates. But I did find some in the Facebook comment on the show page.
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Post by psparks on Oct 10, 2018 16:14:52 GMT
They have done 'where are they now' episodes in the past. Perhaps Monica will be on one. She was in shock about the paternity situation. The woman who found her 93 year old mother - it was good fortune this woman was still amongst the living or else the mystery would never have been solved.
I recently found a relative I never knew about on 23andme.com - her father was my father's first cousin. I never knew my grandfather had a second sister but turns out he did and she had three kids. We may meet in the future.
My nephew's wife recently found a sister she never knew she had. Her father had a child he wasn't aware of that was born before he married his wife. They have all me and appear to get along great.
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Post by ktinpa on Oct 17, 2018 23:21:49 GMT
Just want to say I love this show. Waters my dry eyes every time - great rehab aid.
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Post by lizard on Nov 26, 2018 21:03:19 GMT
I am enjoying this season.
Many many good stories. Kudos to the producers of this series
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Post by Critical on Nov 27, 2018 5:10:06 GMT
Did anyone else feel like the one birth mother in last week's episode (I think it was last week) was kind of shady? Her daughter was told she'd been abandoned at a babysitter's house, but then the mother told Chris that she doesn't remember that. Then when she and her daughter finally met, the mother said something about "signing on that line." WTH? It just seemed kind of weird to me.
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Post by lizard on Jan 4, 2019 11:02:39 GMT
Yes. Hopefully it is clear to some of the adoptees that they were way better off being away from these unstable people.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 29, 2022 16:15:07 GMT
I was sad when they canceled this show. I had gotten hold of the producers hoping they could help me find my birth parents. They did reply back that they might use me on future episodes but never did. I was born in 1965 and I started searching when I was in my 20's. In 2020 I did one of those Ancestry dna tests and got 2 matches stating they were either 1st cousins or half siblings. I reached out to one of the matches and at first we thought we were cousins but after a little more research we realized we were half siblings. We have the same father. At that time she told me that our brother my half brother had nothing to do with me. My half sister then helped me find my birth mother and I mailed a letter to her and got a response confirming she was my birth mother. I also found out that I have 4 more half siblings. I sent my birth mother a christmas card with another letter but I have not gotten a response. In December of 2021 my half sister flew to where I live to meet me and we hit it off. I asked her if someday our brother would ever want to meet me and she told me that he wants to meet me now so we facetimed and was able to talk to him. We have since been texting back and forth and have had a couple of very long phone calls and we are very much alike. My wife and I are planning on going to where they are to meet him. This is a whole new experience for me and I finally feel complete.
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Post by Imperfect1 on Apr 30, 2022 8:39:49 GMT
I was sad when they canceled this show. I had gotten hold of the producers hoping they could help me find my birth parents. They did reply back that they might use me on future episodes but never did. I was born in 1965 and I started searching when I was in my 20's. In 2020 I did one of those Ancestry dna tests and got 2 matches stating they were either 1st cousins or half siblings. I reached out to one of the matches and at first we thought we were cousins but after a little more research we realized we were half siblings. We have the same father. At that time she told me that our brother my half brother had nothing to do with me. My half sister then helped me find my birth mother and I mailed a letter to her and got a response confirming she was my birth mother. I also found out that I have 4 more half siblings. I sent my birth mother a christmas card with another letter but I have not gotten a response. In December of 2021 my half sister flew to where I live to meet me and we hit it off. I asked her if someday our brother would ever want to meet me and she told me that he wants to meet me now so we facetimed and was able to talk to him. We have since been texting back and forth and have had a couple of very long phone calls and we are very much alike. My wife and I are planning on going to where they are to meet him. This is a whole new experience for me and I finally feel complete. Hi amulet, welcome, and so glad you finally got to meet several of your close relatives, and that it seems to have finally worked out pretty well for you. How great! And hopefully, you'll hear from your birth mother as well. I am really loving the show Long Lost Family! TLC is re-running all the episodes now, and they are really heartfelt. Happy tears!
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