3 Siblings Reunite With Their Long-Lost Sister | Megyn Kelly TODAY

[ APPLAUSE ] >>> 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.

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Length: 10min 30sec (630 seconds)

Published: Wed Mar 14 2018