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I always knew I was adopted. My parents told me I came from a family who already had children, living a few towns away. I was a \u201csurprise,\u201d and I never questioned it much.<\/p>\n
Three years ago, my wife suggested we take a DNA test. I agreed, thinking it would be interesting\u2014but nothing more.<\/p>\n
When the results came back, everything changed.<\/p>\n
I matched with a first cousin who had listed a public email. I reached out, we started comparing details\u2026 and suddenly, the truth unfolded.<\/p>\n
I wasn\u2019t born into a traditional family. My biological mother had been single. I wasn\u2019t a late addition either\u2014I had four sisters and one brother. I was the youngest, but only by a couple of years. Even more shocking? Most of them lived nearby.<\/p>\n
And none of them knew I existed.<\/p>\n
My biological mother had kept her pregnancy a secret from everyone. Before she passed away, she told just one of my sisters that she had given a baby up for adoption\u2014but no one believed her.<\/p>\n
Until me.<\/p>\n
When I finally connected with them, that sister laughed and said, \u201cI told you all! We have a baby brother!\u201d<\/p>\n
I sent in a DNA test out of curiosity.<\/p>\n
I got a whole family back.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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