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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My father died recently and while going through his possessions I found evidence I have a half sibling that was never disclosed. Person was born before my parents marriage and is a few years older than me. Story was that father essentially abandoned the child with the mother and never really acknowledged the child's existence other than child support payments. Ok that was 30+ years ago. I did some public internet searches...Google, Facebook, etc. The mother and half sibling seem normal.

Question here is would you make contact? I have no idea if this person even knows about their past or what the mother has told the half sibling.

I am not sure what I hope to gain out of making contact, maybe it is just selfish.[/quote]

It happened to me, only in my case the older sibling reached out, saying that he knew about me all along but my father and mother were against us meeting. My Dad was not involved in his life other than child support. I insisted on a DNA test, he was somewhat taken aback but did it. Yes, we are siblings, but we are very different. We met exactly once, although he wanted more of a relationship. I just wasn't that interested, I was fine being an only child, with my own family and there comes this man with his big brood and "let's all vacation together, let's all hang out". He just seemed very pushy.[/quote]

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