After taking DNA tests, half-sisters finally meet for the first time in their 50s. When 59-year-old Diane Ward was growing up in Pittsburgh, she knew she was adopted, but she didn’t know anything about her biological parents. So in 2018, Diane — who now lives in England with her husband — took a DNA test in hopes of finding her mother and father.
A couple weeks after taking the test, she got the results and saw that she matched with someone who was likely her second or third cousin. She reached out to them and they connected her with her half-sister Mary McLaughlin. Diane was surprised and excited. "I was focused on parents," she says. "For some reason, it just never occurred to me that I might have a sibling."
Unlike her sister, Mary, 56, was raised by their mother for a few weeks before being adopted by a neighbor and maintained a connection with their mother until she passed away years ago. But she also had no idea she had a sibling. When the sisters first made contact in 2019, they talked for hours and kept in touch via video chats and messaged each other daily. Then after only seeing each other over the Internet, the two sisters finally met face-to-face this summer. They spent a week together, and although they wish they’d have known one another earlier, they’re happy to have each other now.
Source: FOX News
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