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>>> PICTURE THIS -- FOUR
SIBLINSIBLING
S SEPARATED AS YOUNG CHILDREN
AND PUT UP FOR ADOPTION.
THREE OF THEM FOUND A NEW HOME
TOGETHER.
BUT THE YOUNGEST WENT TO ANOTHER
HOME, BECOMING JUST A NAME AND A
VAGUE MEMORY FOR THE OTHER
THREE.
FOR DECADES THEY DID NOT KNOW
HOW TO FIND ONE ANOTHER.
HAD NEVER SPOKEN TO OR LAID EYES
ON ONE ANOTHER.
BUT THAT IS ABOUT TO CHANGE
RIGHT HERE.
FIRST, THOUGH, A LOOK AT THEIR
JOURNEY.
CHRISTINE, LORI AND BRIAN SHARED
A BIOLOGICAL MOTHER AND LATER AN
ADOPTED HOME.
>> MY PARENTS DIDN'T KEEP IT A
SECRET WE WERE ADOPTED.
WE DIDN'T HAVE A LOT OF
INFORMATION.
A CLOSED ADOPTION DOESN'T OFFER
THAT OPTION.
WE DID KNOW WE HAD ANOTHER
SISTER.
WE KNEW HER NAME WAS AMBER.
>> WE DIDN'T HAVE CONTACT WITH
OUR BIOLOGICAL FAMILY.
IT WAS HANDLED SEPARATE.
WE HAD TO CONVINCE PEOPLE.
WE WOULD SAY, NO, THIS IS OUR
BROTHER.
THEY WOULD BE LIKE, NO.
HE'S NOT YOUR BROTHER.
YEAH, HE'S OUR BROTHER.
HE REALLY IS OUR BROTHER.
>> I ALWAYS -- PEOPLE DISBELIEVE
WHEN I SAY, THEY ARE MY SISTERS.
>> Reporter: BUT DECADES LATER,
QUESTIONS THEY COULDN'T ANSWER
STILL LINGERED.
>> ALWAYS GET THE QUESTION, WHAT
ARE YOU?
EVEN MOVING TO A NEW JOB THIS
YEAR, I GOT IT SEVERAL TIMES,
WHAT ARE YOU?
IN EXPLAINING THE BACKSTORY OF
OUR ADOPTION AND EVERYTHING.
I SEE THE 23 AND ME COMMERCIALS
ALL THE TIME.
ILL MIGHT AS WELL JUST DO IT.
>> Reporter: LORI'S RESULTS CAME
BACK REVEALING MORE THAN JUST
HER HERITAGE.
>> DIGGING INTO THAT WAS LIKE AN
OH, MY GOSH MOMENT.
>> JOINING US NOW, THREE OF THE
SIBLINGS, LORI WHITE, CHRISTINE
AND BRIAN.
GREAT TO SEE YOU ALL.
YOU DECIDE, LIKE A LOT OF
ADOPTED KIDS, WHAT AM I?
YOU FIND OUT ABOUT YOUR
HERITAGE.
YOU GO TO 23 AND ME AND GOT MORE
INFORMATION BACK THAN JUST YOUR
HERITAGE.
WHAT WAS THE SHOCKER ON THAT
PAGE?
>> WHEN YOU GO ON YOUR 23 AND ME
REPORTS, THEY HAVE SOMETHING
CALLED DNA RELATIVES YOU CAN OPT
INTO.
WHEN YOU DO THAT, IT WILL BREAK
IT DOWN BETWEEN CLOSE FAMILY
MEMBERS AND FIRST COUSINS.
AND THERE WAS A LITTLE ONE NEXT
TO A DIRECT FAMILY MEMBERS.
AND SO, I CLICKED ON IT.
AND IT PUT AMBER'S NAME UP.
I REMEMBERED OUR PARENTS HAD
ALWAYS TOLD US THERE WAS ANOTHER
SIBLING AFTER US.
HER NAME WAS AMBER.
AT THAT MOMENT, I COULDN'T EVEN
REMEMBER.
AND SO, I TEXTED MY MOM.
I WAS LIKE, MOM, WHAT WAS THE
NAME OF THE GIRL BORN AFTER US?
AND SHE SAID AMBER.
ALL OF THAT MATCHING WAS JUST SO
CRAZY.
>> THERE SHE WAS.
YOU HAD A LINE ON HER.
A DIRECT LINE ON HER.
YOU GREW UP KNOWING YOU WERE
ADO
ADOPTED.
A VERY LOVING FAMILY.
THE THREE OF YOUR ARE CLOSE.
TWO OF YOU LIVE TOGETHER, RIGHT?
>> WE LIVE TOGETHER, YEAH.
>> YOU'RE TIGHT, YOU LIVE DOWN
THE ROAD.
YOU KNEW ABOUT AMBER GROWING UP.
YOU NKNEW THERE WAS A FOURTH.
DIDN'T HAVE ANY TOUCH WITH HER
AND DIDN'T KNOW HOW TO FIND HER.
>> WE WERE CLOSED ADOPTION.
IT SAID IN OUR PAPERWORK.
AND THERE'S PICTURES IN OUR
FILE.
WE CAME WITH THREE FILES OF OUR
MEDICAL STUFF.
AND THERE'S PICTURES OF MY MOM.
SOMEONE SAID, WHO IS THIS KID?
THAT'S HOW THEY FOUND OUT ABOUT
HER.
AND IT'S WRITTEN IN THE MEDICAL
FILE, HALF-SISTER NAMED AMBER,
BORN.
>> AS I UNDERSTAND, YOUR PARENTS
SAID, WE WOULD HAVE LIKED TO
HAVE ADOPTED THE FOURTH.
A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE SAYING, WHY
WOULD THEY TAKE THREE AND NOT
THE FOURTH?
IT WASN'T AN OPTION.
>> SHE WASN'T AVAILABLE.
>> WE'LL GET TO WHY THAT WAS IN
A MINUTE.
SHE WASN'T AVAILABLE.
THEY TOOK THE THREE OF YOU.
DID YOU KNOW WHY YOU DIDN'T LOOK
ALIKE?
>> WE FIGURED OUT WE HAD
DIFFERENT DADS EARLY ON.
>> ALL THREE OF YOU HAVE THE
SAME MOM.
BIOLOGICAL MOM.
AND YOU HAD NO CONTACT WITH HER
AFTER THE ADOPTION?
>> NO.
>> AND THE DADS, NOT EITHER?
>> THEY WERE RULED OUT BY DNA
TESTS.
>> DO YOU HAVE STARKLY DIFFERENT
HERITAGE?
WAS IT A SHOCK TO FIND THAT OUT?
>> I'M THE ONLY ONE WHO DID THE
DNA KIT.
I THINK JUST LOOKING AT ALL OF
US, WE HAVE SUCH DIFFERENT
CHARACTERISTICS.
SO, YOU KNOW, I WASN'T SURPRISED
TO FIND OUT WHAT THE 23ANDME
RESULTS WERE.
BUT IT CONFIRMED ALL OF THE
GUESSING.
SO MUCH OF MY LIFE.
>> SO, YOU FIND OUT THAT AMBER'S
OUT THERE AND HAS GONE TO 23 AND
ME.
IS AT LEAST CURIOUS.
YOU CONTACTED HER.
NOW, THEY'VE NEVER SEEN EACH
OTHER.
THEY HAVE NOT SEEN EACH OTHER.