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My dad was adopted as a baby. His parents were both teens, and they were promptly sent to boarding schools across the country from each other, and that was that.
Many years later, my dad was researching his genetics to look for potential hereditary health problems and decided to put out a search for his parents. He eventually contacted and met with them separately, but both his mom and dad also got in contact with each other. As it turns out, they both had grown kids and deceased spouses, so they decided to meet up and eventually started dating. What began as a search for medical history slowly turned into something no one expected—reconnection.
About five years ago, my brother and I went with my dad to a “family reunion,” where we discovered his parents were once again in love and had invited both of their families to my grandpa’s farm for a big weekend party. It felt surreal watching two separate histories merge into one.
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