This was "his" mother, not "her" mother!! Wait, what? This was her mother and his mother? Well, after many emails back and forth with "Christine," they decided to meet to take a DNA test. Coincidence was that they both lived in CA and she only lived about 150 miles away. So off we went one day to meet for lunch. It was a nice meeting and a bitstrange that they were swabbing their mouths with these long q-tip looking swabs and sticking them in tubes to be shipped off for testing, in a restaurant!
After what seemed to be several years, but was really only about a few weeks, the results came back. Over 99% chance that they had the same mother!!! What? Pat is about 13 years older than her and was living with his mother at that age. He doesn't remember her being pregnant! Wait! How could that be? Well, it could be that he was already experimenting with drugs and doesn't remember. That must be it. So here we are, after 61 years of not knowing that he had a sister, here she is.
He has 3 brothers, all from different fathers but same mother, but never a sister!! A baby sister at that. They both served in the Marine Corp!!
They both grew up in Long Beach, CA. There are so many similarities, it's scary!
What a pleasant surprise and we couldn't be happier that we have a relationship with her and love her dearly. You never know what direction a life can take or what surprises lie in wait!! My heart is full!
