Finding Your Family

HELLO

IT TOOK ME 62 YEARS TO FIND MY BROTHER. I WAS 5 YEARS OLD WHEN MY MOTHER BROUGHT THIS LITTLE BABY HOME IN A BLUE BLANKET. SHE HANDED HIM TO ME. AND TOLD ME IT WAS MY BABY BROTHER GEORGE. I LOOKED INTO HIS BIG BLUE EYES AND FELL IN LOVE WITH HIM RIGHT AWAY. I GAVE HIM A KISS ON THE CHEEK. THAN MY MOTHER TOOK HIM AWAY FROM ME. AND I NEVER SAW HIM AGAIN. MY MOTHER GAVE HIM TO HER LAWYER. THAN 2 YEARS LATER SHE GAVE ME TO HER SISTER. AS I WAS GROWING UP I NEVER FORGOT I HAD A BROTHER SOME WHERE. AS I AM WRITING THIS MY EYES ARE FILLING UP WITH TEARS. I GOT MARRIED AND RAISED MY CHILDREN. MY DAUGHTER HAD A BABY BOY. SHE NAMED HIM GEORGE. NEVER KNOWING ABOUT MY BROTHER. NOW WITH THE KIDS OUT OF THE HOUSE I COULD START SEARCHING FOR MY BABY BROTHER. I SEARCHED FOR YEARS. ON THE INTERNET, IN THE PAPER, ETC. BUT WITH NO RESULTS. THERE WERE TIMES WHEN I WANTED TO GIVE UP. BUT I KNOW I COULDN'T. MY FRIENDS TOLD ME TO FORGET ABOUT HIM. BUT I NEVER COULD OR WOULD

FINALLY I GOT THE STATE INVOLVED. BETWEEN THE STATE AND I WE KEPT SEARCHING. I DIDN'T KNOW THAT WHEN HE GOT ADOPTED THAT THEY CHANGED HIS LAST NAME. I WAS LOOKING FOR A BABY BOY BROWN. I EVEN WENT TO A PSYCHIC. BUT SHE COULDN'T TELL ME ANYTHING. I CAME TO SO MANY DEAD ENDS. BUT MY MIND AND BODY SAID DON'T GIVE UP. I DIDN'T CARE IF HE WANTED TO SEE ME OR NOT. I WANTED TO SEE HIM.

WHAT A BIG SURPRISE WHEN I GOT A PHONE CALL LAST FEB. THE PERSON ON THE OTHER END SAID " HELLO THIS IS YOUR BROTHER GEORGE" I CRIED HE CRIED. THE SOCIAL SERVICES HAD FOUND HIM, AND WANTED TO SURPRISE ME BY GIVING HIM MY PHONE NUMBER. GEORGE NEVER KNEW HE WAS ADOPTED. HIS PARENTS NEVER TOLD HIM. HE HAD SO MANY QUESTIONS TO ASK ME. AND I ANSWERED THEM ALL FOR HIM. MY STORY WAS PUT IN THE NEWSPAPER IN MY LITTLE TOWN. WE THOUGHT IT WAS GOING TO GO AP BUT IT DIDN'T. WE MET LAST WEEK IN PERSON. HE LIVES IN OREGON. I LIVE IN MASSACHUSETTS. HE SURPRISED ME AND TOOK A PLANE TO SEE ME. HE STAYED A WEEK. WE LOOK SO MUCH ALIKE. I HUGGED HIM - MY BABY BROTHER AND LOOKED INTO THOSE BIG BLUE EYES.

WHAT I WANT TO SAY IS TO NEVER GIVE UP ON SEARCHING FOR YOUR FAMILY. THEY ARE OUT THERE. PROBABLY LOOKING FOR YOU TOO. KEEP ON SEARCHING. GET THE STATE INVOLVED. GET ANYONE INVOLVED. JUST KEEP LOOKING. ASK QUESTIONS WITH YOUR FAMILY. I COULDN'T ASK QUESTIONS BECAUSE THEY ALL TOOK THEIR SECRETS TO THE GRAVE WITH THEM. GET SOCIAL SERVICES INVOLVED. THEY WILL LOOK FOR YOU IF YOU ASK THEM TOO. ALL I HAD TO GO ON WAS A NAME AND BIRTH DATE. A NAME THAT GOT CHANGED ON ME BY HIS NEW PARENTS. BUT PLEASE, NEVER GIVE UP SEARCHING. GOD WILL LEAD YOU TO THEM. GOOD LUCK. GOOD LUCK TO ANYONE TRYING TO FIND THEIR LOVED ONES. AND GOD BLESS.

Submitted to INSIDERinfo by Alice Donatelli