… until one day I got a message from someone saying, “contact me!”

Comparing some quick notes and realizing there’s more here than meets the eye, it looks like I’ve really gone on a wild goose chase. Let’s see, I was told about my father:

• He was French Canadian ❌
• He was the owner/operator/franchisee of Radio Shacks in Newfoundland ❌
• Enjoyed fishing and HAM radio – maybe?
• I was even given a name – a best guess based on someone my birth mother had been dating, who was married at the time. Frank, my bother, even has a letter from his wife telling my mother to stop seeing her husband.

Well, maybe my birth mother thought she got pregnant with me by who Frank and I thought but it turns out the story is more, well, different.

During the weekend of the 5th, I was asked to contact the person that could be my paternal half-brother – his daughter, who I matched with suggested we look a bit more into this match. We had a good chat and determined there’s definitely something there. We agreed that his sister would do a 23 and Me test to help triangulate and really confirm.

Today, September, 8th, another match happened. This time, with my potential paternal half-sister’s daughter, matching at 12% and showing up, on her side, as Half Uncle yet Great-Niece to 1st Cousin. On the initial match I show up as Uncle, and on my side 1st Cousin to 1st Cousin once removed.

So this pretty much triangulates it. My prospective birth-sister’s DNA test will prove it.

Exciting times! And soon, the conclusion of a 33-year journey!