January 16th, 2012, 12:22 PM | #1 |
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Name: Chase
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Decided to get public with a personal story of mine.
You guys have always been great, so I figured I could post this here. I'll copy/paste only because I'm at work, but recently I've started being a little more open about how I met my sister
http://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comment...er_neither_of/ To start, a bit about my background. I was born both black and white, each side of my families being predominantly of one ethnicity only. My father's side of the family (white), was extremely horrible to us, especially my mother, and has always been very racist. My father was a bit of a troublemaker, and before I was even one year old, he was killed by two policemen in a prison. So, that being said, I've never had a relationship with him or that part of the "family". (Despite many attempts by my mother to forgive them, which failed). I grew up as an only child, to a single mother my whole life. I had always wanted a brother/sister, and envied my friends who did, especially the ones who took theirs for granted. We moved a lot when I was a kid, and I really didn't make any close friends until around high school. In 2008, I got a message on Facebook around 11pm at night. It asked me if my father's name was "____". - This was perplexing, because one, this was a stranger. Totally random name, person, etc, and two... well no one knew my dad or his name except my family... After saying "yes... who is this, and how did you know that?", I received, "Well, because he's my father too... and I think I'm your sister." We talked for hours, and quickly realized we had to meet. Her mother was only a teen when she was pregnant with my sister, and after finding out, never told our dad about having the baby. She put the baby up for adoption at birth, and my sister was raised many miles away in another city, along with another adopted child, her brother. My sister is about 6 years older than I, and has never been known of by anyone on either side of my family. She had found out she was adopted around 18, and after many years of searching, found HER mother. She was/is a wreck. My sister was lucky to get the family she had. Her biological, although said mess, did lead her to some contacts on our father's side... this also went terribly. She met up with those folks a few years before meeting me, only to be almost cussed out, mocked, and rejected immediately. Before leaving though, one of them had gave her some pictures, one having a picture of my mom and our dad. My sister asked about this mysterious black woman, and found out that she had a child to our dad (me). She got my name and hers, and kept searching. Years later... she finds me. Here's the crazy part: My sister and I look almost identical. Maybe not TWINS per-say, but everyone tells us how we look so alike. My mother cried when I told her the news, but almost passed out when she saw my sister in real life for the first time. My sister and I went to college in the same city, for almost the same degrees (art), both play almost all the same musical instruments, and even dress alike. We have almost identical personalities, senses of humor, taste in tv/music/movies. We even sound the same. and finally: My sister moved from the small town she was raised in, and lived in the city we both went to school at. We both lived in this city... THREE BLOCKS APART.... FOR YEARS. My kitchen window faced HER KITCHEN WINDOW, and to this day, I drive past either place and can barely fathom the odds. My sister helped change my life. I got not only a sister, but a best friend. We hung out almost every day, and even lived together after meeting, oh and better yet, she has two kids. I'm an uncle The boys, her mom and dad, and obviously her have helped my have a full family, and it's something I've always wanted.
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January 16th, 2012, 12:43 PM | #3 |
Eternal Noob
Name: Chase
Location: Pittsburgh PA
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Thanks man, I really appreciate you reading my story
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January 16th, 2012, 12:46 PM | #4 |
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What a very sweet story, I am glad that you feel whole now and that you have the relationship you always wanted. That you guys were so close yet didn't know shows that you were destined to be a part of eachothers lives.
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January 16th, 2012, 12:48 PM | #5 |
Eternal Noob
Name: Chase
Location: Pittsburgh PA
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Thank you, and thank you for reading!
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January 16th, 2012, 12:52 PM | #6 |
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good stuff
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January 16th, 2012, 12:55 PM | #7 |
Eternal Noob
Name: Chase
Location: Pittsburgh PA
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January 16th, 2012, 01:06 PM | #8 |
Dakine...
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to me, family is extremely important. any story about connecting with family after broken connections are a read worth reading no matter how long. once again, im extremely glad you finally got to meet your sister.
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January 16th, 2012, 03:20 PM | #9 |
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Nice!
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January 17th, 2012, 06:04 PM | #10 |
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Very good read. Thanks for sharing, OP. I'm honestly glad things worked out for you.
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January 17th, 2012, 08:00 PM | #12 |
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Wow, dude, freaking amazing! Read a bunch of the comments on Reddit, too - not the support I would expect from a place like that, but awesome!
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January 18th, 2012, 05:00 AM | #13 |
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it's crazy how the world works, glad you could reunite with your sister! Me being an only child, there are some times I wished I had siblings.
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January 19th, 2012, 11:24 AM | #14 |
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I have 4 siblings and 17 nieces and nephews. Don't know a one of them. I was a mistake and am much younger than the next oldest (a generation even). I'm the Ghost Brother/Uncle from what I've gathered, now handling my parents affairs, which does nothing in trying to endear myself to others.
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January 19th, 2012, 11:28 AM | #15 | |
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Name: Chase
Location: Pittsburgh PA
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Quote:
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January 20th, 2012, 02:13 AM | #16 |
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that's gotta be weird man, but really cool. makes u wonder
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January 20th, 2012, 02:49 PM | #17 |
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Amazing how small the world really is when you look through a window. Congratz to you both and be thankful for the time you share.
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