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Post by Lightning » Mon. Feb. 15, 2021 2:49 pm

My Mom was very young when she had her first child. He was put up for adoption, not by her choice.. It was one of those double blind deals, even his birthday was changed by a couple days, I guess to stump anyone trying to find him. I was told about him roughly 15 or so years ago. Since then, I've tried to find him but kept running into dead ends.

He submitted DNA to ancestry dot com and it pinged a cousin here. Then thru that cousin he found my Mom. So just a few days ago I get a call from my Mom saying that he had contacted her. It's all been quite the revelation! We are all so very happy :D He's 3 years older than me and lives in Texas. He's making plans to come meet us soon. In the meantime we've been on the phone, texting and video chatting. It's like the missing puzzle piece that has been put in place. It's all so exciting, I've been completely consumed with all of this lately.
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Post by KingCoal » Mon. Feb. 15, 2021 3:38 pm

so so cool Lee. hearing more and more of these stories lately, very satisfying to know there are still good, positive things happening in the world.

don't forget the pics

all the best,
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Post by Lightning » Mon. Feb. 15, 2021 4:09 pm

Thank you Steve! I tried for like 10 minutes to come up with a topic title but... still don't know lol.

Here's a side by side.

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Post by CapeCoaler » Mon. Feb. 15, 2021 4:22 pm

Perfect topic...
Modern technology...
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Post by Lightning » Mon. Feb. 15, 2021 4:26 pm

CapeCoaler wrote: ↑
Mon. Feb. 15, 2021 4:22 pm
 Perfect topic...
Modern technology...
Thanks Cape, that'll work!
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Post by Holdencoal » Mon. Feb. 15, 2021 4:30 pm

Wow that’s so awesome, since they are in a cold spell hopefully you can teach him about the warm of coal heat.

Here is my co workers back yard this morning in the San Antonio area. They were all saying how cold it was and they are having rolling black outs because the power grid is over taxed.

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Post by warminmn » Mon. Feb. 15, 2021 4:33 pm

Very cool! Once in a while something modern is good and this is one of them.
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Post by franco b » Mon. Feb. 15, 2021 4:40 pm

Damn! Obviously a super hero too
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Post by Lightning » Mon. Feb. 15, 2021 5:31 pm

Holdencoal wrote: ↑
Mon. Feb. 15, 2021 4:30 pm
 They were all saying how cold it was and they are having rolling black outs because the power grid is over taxed.
Yep, he's running a generator for the basic stuff. He lost power around 2:00am last night.
warminmn wrote: ↑
Mon. Feb. 15, 2021 4:33 pm
 Very cool! Once in a while something modern is good and this is one of them.
franco b wrote: ↑
Mon. Feb. 15, 2021 4:40 pm
 Damn! Obviously a super hero too
Yes! Quite overwhelming! We look forward to meeting in person very soon :D
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Post by Benny » Mon. Feb. 15, 2021 5:44 pm

Congrats Lee, great story!
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Post by fig » Mon. Feb. 15, 2021 6:38 pm

Man I always wanted a brother. You lucky dog. Congrats.
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Post by Lightning » Tue. Feb. 16, 2021 8:22 pm

Thank you Benny and Fig :D
We've been talking every day. I feel so lucky that we've connected.
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Post by KLook » Wed. Feb. 17, 2021 7:17 am

I felt this way about finding some cousins, a brother would be amazing, or a sister....Great story!

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Post by tsb » Wed. Feb. 17, 2021 8:00 am

Good story. Hope it continues to be a happy one. You don't look anything alike !
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Post by freetown fred » Wed. Feb. 17, 2021 9:25 am

Yeah really-----ya sure he's not just after your money??????????????????? LOL
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