Finding Long-Lost Family......On Facebook
I was born an only child to a teenage, unwed mother. I knew some very general information about who my father was, but I never felt the need to try and find him. That is, until my mother died suddenly on 2005, when I was 34.
I had a bit of a shocker then, and an identity crisis. I decided I wanted to find my father, and see what he looked like and find out about the other side of my family. I wasn't necessarily interested in beginning a relationship with him, though.
I left a post on Yahoo! Answers in early 2006 with as much info as I knew about my father, asking that anyone who new anything about this person please contact me. There was no response. That is, until May of 2009, when I was contacted via email by my half-sister and half-brother. They had come across my post on Yahoo! and wanted to help me out.
Turns out, they had no relationship with our father . He left them and their mother when they were very young, but they were very helpful in telling me as much as they knew about the man. Ever since, we've been emailing each other and getting to know one another. It's been amazing! I never would have imagined that I would have siblings!
Recently, I began to think more about wanting to actually contact my father. None of us had a definite email address for him, so my sister, my sister-in-law, and myself started combing the internet to try and find information on him. We soon uncovered a wealth of info, including his profile on FaceBook. So, on a whim, I sent him a friend request, and much to my astonishment, he friended me back.
So, in summary, after 39 years of zero contact with my biological father, I've finally found him and connected with him this week. On Facebook.
At least god seems to have a sense of humor.
Very, very weird. I'm still freaking out a bit. Kind of amusing though, huh?
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