Anybody ever had that phone call?

[Nikolai]

Congrats NYE, must have been quite the shock I image.

My family shock was when my dad was discovered to have made a girl my age, now my step-mom, pregnant. They're expecting ANOTHER one now. He's obviously quite the stallion. We were four siblings before this.

[Sava]

Trust but verify.

Get a DNA test.

[notyoueither]

She's had one. Her father and his family were not as open to this experience as my brother and I have been.

[Sava]

So it's official?

Sorry TLDR

[notyoueither]

As far as I'm concerned, yeah it's official.

[BlackCat]

Not exactly the same, but close. We have always known that daddy had a child somewhere in sweden but had lost contact. Due to swedish bureacracy, my father couldn't find her until some 7 years ago. Due to modern tech and a little relaxation of swedish regulation, we got connected and had a reunion some 1 1/2 year before my dad died.

[VetLegion]

Wow.

Btw this seems more common than I thought, given everyone has a story to tell.

Nothing in my family, I think. Croatia was pretty traditional back in the days of my folks, shotgun wedding or emigration, you choose young stallion.

[Az]

Wow.

Btw this seems more common than I thought, given everyone has a story to tell.

Nothing in my family, I think. Croatia was pretty traditional back in the days of my folks, shotgun wedding or emigration, you choose young stallion.

That's not what my dad told me.

[notyoueither]

Not exactly the same, but close. We have always known that daddy had a child somewhere in sweden but had lost contact. Due to swedish bureacracy, my father couldn't find her until some 7 years ago. Due to modern tech and a little relaxation of swedish regulation, we got connected and had a reunion some 1 1/2 year before my dad died.

That is cool. Do you still speak with her?

[Uncle Sparky]

At my maternal grandmother's fathers funeral, my grandmother and her mother met my great-grandpappies other 2 wives and their kids. Great-granddad worked for the railroad and was out of town a lot, and obviously prefered staying with family rather than renting a room.

An adopted cousin of mine, when a teenager, was coaching a boys soccer team. Several kids and another coach commented on how much one of the kids on the team looked like my cousin. When Mark met the parents, she asked him his birthday, and they discovered their lost family connection. Mark's biological parents were in their mid teens and gave Mark up for adoption; then, years later they married and had two sons. He stayed in touch with them, but still stayed a part of our family too.

Oh, and NYE, I'll let your 'daughter' know she has a new auntie!

[notyoueither]

Your's are the best stories yet, Sparky.

Yes, Joe should be made aware of the situation.

[b etor]

Wow.

Btw this seems more common than I thought, given everyone has a story to tell.

Nothing in my family, I think. Croatia was pretty traditional back in the days of my folks, shotgun wedding or emigration, you choose young stallion.

I don't have a story, but I do find it surprising how many people have them.

[regexcellent]

shotgun wedding

Always makes me think of this:

[Dis]

Yes if someone asked me those questions I would say they are trying to scam me out of money. I'd refuse to talk to them. But I did find out fairly recently I did have a half brother, and I met him this year. But it was my mother who contacted him through the adoption agency. He didn't seem too interested in us, and while we are related by blood, we really aren't family. I doubt I'll ever see him again.