Imagine going through your whole life not knowing whether you were an only child or had a sibling out there somewhere. Maybe even a couple… But three?
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That’s exactly what happened to a Washington state resident who just last month finally got to meet all three of her siblings, thanks to some online sleuthing and a Facebook post that went viral.
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Christina Housel was adopted as a young child and never knew her mother. The mild curiosity Christina harbored about her past grew as she got older, especially after she became a mother herself, and earlier this year she decided to do some digging.
Her search eventually led her to a brother in Arizona, Lyle James Berryman, who she traveled out to see in June.
“When I saw (her) photo, I knew she was my sister,”Lyle said. “She looks like me.â€
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While Christina had never met her mother, her brother had spent at least a little time with her.
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He not only showed Christina pictures he had of their mom but also dropped something of a bombshell: Before she died, he told her, their mom confessed to him he had more siblings. Somewhere out there were two twin girls.
The search was on. In a bid to track them down, the newly united siblings posted the photo below on Facebook and asked everyone to share it:
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It was just a matter of weeks before the photo reached the twins, Ashley Bo in South Dakota and Lauren Rutherford in Tennessee.
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“I was like, ‘Is this my older sister?’”Ashley said.
“It was like, ‘Holy cow, could this really be them?’”Lauren added.
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Watch the siblings meet for the first time ever in the video below. Share to spread the joy!
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