A few months ago, after having a DNA test done, I discovered I have an older brother. Older than the older brother I had already.
Well imagine my surprise!
Plus I have 2 nieces.

Back in those days, babies would regularly be taken away from unmarried mothers and adopted by other people who probably had no children of their own.
That’s what happened in this case.

To grow up knowing that you were given away.. is an emotionally confusing experience, one which quite possibly scars you for life.

So now they know their family line.

I mean, you’d want to know if it was you, wouldn’t you?
There’s a whole series on TV devoted to it, hosted by Davina McCall. Tearful reunions are the norm. Of course that doesn’t happen every time in real life, but they only show the positive outcomes in the show.

Personally I think it’s brilliant, with nothing at all negative in it. In this my own case, it’s not even scandalous as my own parents hadn’t even met yet. If my new brother had been conceived after my own parents were together, that’s clearly far more tricky to explain. To be honest, even if he had been, it wouldn’t have been a big issue to me. Life isn’t straightforward. Well look what happened to me … 💥♿️

So big ♥️ to my newly discovered brother and nieces.

PS watch out if you submit your DNA to ancestry.com. You might just get a surprise!