Surprise! You have another sister!

THIS IS GREAT!!!!

what a story too...wow, I hope you get to meet her and give her that big hug sooner rather than later



this is very exciting...congratulations a hundred times over!

OMG! I feel so emotional right now! I really wish you all the best!

WOW, just WOW!!!

Wow! Congratulations! I'm so glad that this seems to be positive for all of you. An extra blessing!

'Hoping Sister did have the comfortable, loving home your Mother wished for her, and that you can All reunite happily!

It's a lot to wrap your head around.

When I was younger, my dad found out that he had a sister. It was a lot to take in.

Hopefully, it all turns out well and you get a chance to enjoy time with your sister.

Just think, you might have more neices and nephews and another brother-in-law too.

Wow! Hugs to you, your sisters, and your mom.

wow, how mind blowing. Wishing you all the best for a wonderful reunion.

And your mother sounds like such a strong, brave woman.

Wow! how exciting! I hope you guys get to make up for some lost time.

Hey, while you're at it, do you want my older sister? I got no use for her and she could use a nice family to torment... I mean.. I mean... to bring joy to.

Strangely enough, I can relate a little.

Before my parents got married, dad was seeing this other woman. Anyway, about 4 years ago, when I was 22, I found out that woman had gotten pregnant just before dad left her to be with my mum. The woman kept it a secret until 4 years ago, but she had had a daughter.

So I have a second older sister (well, half-sister) who I've met only once. She's probably about 10 years older than I am... my older brother, the oldest of me and my immediate siblings, is only 7 years older than me.

Anyway, dad, me and sis met this mystery relation once, and the new girl seemed to want nothing to do with me and sis, but seemed to think dad owed her something, when he had had no idea her mother got pregnant by him.

Needless to say, we haven't seen her since. I think she actually demanded money from dad after that first meeting.

Sis didn't like her straight away. I was kind of indifferent, the same way she was indifferent about me.

*shrug*

So yeah, I found out I had another sister when I was about 22. But it never came to anything.

Hopefully you get on with your new little sister straight off the bat.

Yeah, well, even though I've only met my half-sister once, and it didn't work out at all... I do get on pretty well with my step-sister and step-brother (and my step-mum, come to that).

Dad's been a busy boy... 4 children, 3 legitimate, plus now 2 step-children.

But yeah - my step-family are all really nice people. My step-mum is one of my biggest supporters of my writing (and the second-last smoker in the family, after me), my step-sis is hilarious and the life of the party, and step-bro is just a really nice guy.

Step-bro and step-sis both live in England, whereas me and my family (including step-mum) live in Australia... so I've only met the step-siblings once each, though for 3 or 4 days each time.

So it can work out for the best. Good luck with it.

Good luck with everything!

Wow that's just shocking. I hope it all goes well for you! Wow what a story!

Snowstorm, I can completely relate to how you must feel in many ways. My best friend was adopted and when I was 13, my mum, by way of trying to make my friend understand how or why some mother’s adopted out children told me that she had adopted out a girl who was older than me because she had no way to care for the child, and the child deserved more than she could provide at that time as their were no benefits available. That was that, the only explanation I had been given, and for years I would wonder where this older sister was.

When I was in my early 20s I received a telephone call from a woman who claimed to be my younger sister. Her name was Lisa. I soon started to ponder the date that Lisa was born in 1969, not as early as I had previously been told my mother had adopted out a girl. As it worked out my mum had this older daughter in the early 60s – fell pregnant with my brother to my father in 1965, married my father then I was born the following year in 1966. She left my dad and was having an affair with a married man, and fell pregnant to him, this was Lisa’s father but he wouldn’t leave his wife, and again my mother thought she was doing the best thing, and after 3 months of being in a hospital Lisa was adopted. Lisa’s father left his wife and my mum and him were together for 20 odd years. They had another daughter named Tracey 3 years younger than Lisa, and 6 years younger than myself.

Lisa and I instantly connected and formed a friendship that was to last until she was murdered about 9 years ago. She and our younger sister, Tracey, Lisa’s full blooded sister had lived a parallel life, which is beyond this post. But as many people know, our younger sister, Tracey has been missing since early 1993 and I have a website and facebook page for her.

Prior to Christmas I was contacted by a man who believed he was the father of a daughter Tracey had adopted out about six months prior to her disappearance. Although we had suspicions of such a matter, we were never sure if this had happened. He since has been trying to locate her, and yesterday I received an email from him saying that this girl, named Helen, lives near me, has grown up around horses as her father’s job is involved with horses. Tracey, her mother, had horses of her own and I have a hundred ribbons she won at carnivals, and also pictures of a younger Tracey with her horses. DNA testing needs to be done to see if this fellow is Helen’s father, but after that either way I am hoping very much to meet this young girl who is almost 19, so she can have some of her mothers belongings, and learn about her mother’s family.

Just prior to finding out that my younger sister had adopted out her own daughter, I was thinking about all the heartache my mother had experience and the great sense of loss that she has lived with, not only due to the children she adopted out, but for the loss of Lisa twice, and of Tracey. I started a new WIP about Adoption and the loss that is attached to both the mother and child forever, which is completely fictional and tentatively titled Unforgettable Sin. I soon discovered that in Australia, something was unique in that in a 40 year period unwed single women adopted out almost 100,000 children, spurred on by a cruel society, and a adoption industry that believed single mothers were not capable of looking after their own children and they were better off with adoptive parents. It would take until the 90s for a government inquiry to discover that the majority of these women were forced and coerced to adopt out their children against their will. They never made aware of government funds that were aviable to them or their rights in regard to their children. My mother had been brainwashed she was worthless and unworthy of being able to care for her children out of wedlock, and that she was truely doing the best thing for her children. With Lisa, my mum had been threatened with having my brother and me taken off her, if she tried to keep Lisa. With Margaret, the oldest daughter, she was really stollen from my mother. All very sad, really.

I’m sorry for the rant, but I truly wish you all the best with this new discovery. I would liken the experience of meeting my sister, Lisa, to one of being similar of falling in love, where every moment was taken with wanting to share time together and wanting to know more about each other.