What happened to my sister? | DNA Family Secrets - BBC

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  • Опубліковано 19 жов 2023
  • "I always wanted a sister... and there it was I had one, but no chance of finding her."
    Viv grew up as an only child and discovered she has an older sister who was taken away from her mother. Decades later, can she find her sister?
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  • @Cozycountry1
    @Cozycountry1 6 місяців тому +97

    I love it that her sister's children embraced their new found aunt and met up plus still in contact.❤

    • @carolyndaughton3373
      @carolyndaughton3373 3 місяці тому

      I do too. Such sweet and loving people. That doesn't always happen. I'm happy it happened for all of them. Life is so short and seeing people embrace one another is truly a beautiful thing.

  • @rabuie
    @rabuie 7 місяців тому +71

    Such a touching story. So sad her sister died at such a young age.

  • @nicolad8822
    @nicolad8822 7 місяців тому +191

    The number of times these programmes come down to poor Irish girls being abused and taken advantage of is so depressing and sad.

    • @memorylane9557
      @memorylane9557 4 місяці тому +25

      Religions to blame. ( and men of course)

    • @Mejiaelis
      @Mejiaelis 3 місяці тому

      @@memorylane9557 🙄

    • @thewanderingamerican5412
      @thewanderingamerican5412 3 місяці тому +4

      Catholics.

    • @thewanderingamerican5412
      @thewanderingamerican5412 3 місяці тому +2

      @@memorylane9557 Mostly Catholicism. Christianity as a whole perhaps, but look what society has become when you try to take it away. Are we any better? Not.

    • @memorylane9557
      @memorylane9557 3 місяці тому +1

      @@thewanderingamerican5412 how do you know that? Example?

  • @khills
    @khills 4 місяці тому +25

    Oh, my heart. How lovely that both sides understood that it was a chance to connect to Veronica again. ❤

  • @invisiblue3212
    @invisiblue3212 7 місяців тому +41

    Its so beautiful to see this family reunite and fill the space left by the separation and tragic death of her sister. I hope this is a happy beginning for them🌞💝

  • @lynnecrocker5844
    @lynnecrocker5844 3 місяці тому +12

    It’s so wonderful to see a beautiful family connecting

  • @Denis-89
    @Denis-89 7 місяців тому +62

    I do not get easily moved by programs but whenever long lost family members meet I bawl my eyes out:❤❤

  • @markgreene1382
    @markgreene1382 4 місяці тому +60

    This is all very lovely. But it doesn't always end like this for everyone. I found my bio father through a DNA company. My bio father's side of the family. They want nothing to do with me. They basically want me to get lost. So I'm very happy for this lady but it doesn't always work out for those of us who are in a similar situation.

    • @FigaroHey
      @FigaroHey 4 місяці тому +11

      I'm very sorry to hear that. One hopes that eventually someone on that side comes to his or her senses. It's easy to say, "Why would you want to be accepted by such cold-hearted people?" But that's facile. You're not looking to be accepted by cold-hearted people. You're looking to complete your identity... I'm so sorry that the gap in your life is still there. To have found your family and them not wanting to find you must be such an ache.

    • @Sandra-tu7pl
      @Sandra-tu7pl 4 місяці тому +13

      I too had a half-sister who completely rejected me. It hurts.

    • @oceanstaiga5928
      @oceanstaiga5928 4 місяці тому +7

      It’s a shame that happens to you and many others. I’m still glad it can provide some answers, if one wants to know more than before it’s always a good chance to gain more knowledge. In some of these videos the relatives have passed away and nobody else connected to them reaches out either, it’s really a case to case basis.

    • @vickyb785
      @vickyb785 4 місяці тому +8

      Agree i have 4 half siblings don’t want contact

    • @rianamohamed300
      @rianamohamed300 3 місяці тому +7

      So sorry about that Mark. I hope they at some stage change their minds. You are not responsible for anything the parents may have done. You have a right to be. Take care ❤

  • @technoshaman001
    @technoshaman001 6 місяців тому +14

    Turi is such a loving soul.

  • @fjdoucet1465
    @fjdoucet1465 2 місяці тому +5

    Her newly-found niece resembles her a great deal.

  • @Live-life-to-the-fullest
    @Live-life-to-the-fullest 4 місяці тому +15

    did they ever say how het sister died so young?

  • @rb8289
    @rb8289 3 місяці тому +5

    Love these stories

  • @kathyaakananabluebird
    @kathyaakananabluebird 4 місяці тому +5

    beautiful results.

  • @thewanderingamerican5412
    @thewanderingamerican5412 3 місяці тому +5

    I had the best parents ever, but I sometimes wish I'd been adopted so I could find some other family that loved me. My parents are gone now. Sometimes I think these things that are painful are really blessings!

    • @ramonam9251
      @ramonam9251 3 місяці тому +2

      I prayed really hard for 2 years that if I had half siblings I would find out about it. Then, behold through DNA, I discovered a half brother.❤

  • @sowhathadhappenwas9687
    @sowhathadhappenwas9687 7 місяців тому +12

    I not cryin, you are. 😥😥

  • @ucup33
    @ucup33 7 місяців тому +9

    this is what's called love story

  • @whitevader007
    @whitevader007 2 місяці тому +1

    Good to see that a sister is found! May I share in this joy&happiness? Cause most of my far far family lives abroad, or left this world. I have some friends now. Miss me mom... *wave to the heaven, bye momsie I whisper*

  • @eej902
    @eej902 2 місяці тому +1

    A lot of poor souls are watching this thinking, "what a lucky lady, I could definitely use a new family" 😅

  • @tattii4u
    @tattii4u 4 години тому

    I can feel for her. I found out i had a sister at 30 years old and that i had nieces. 😢

  • @tinaanderson7283
    @tinaanderson7283 2 місяці тому +1

    I found out I had an older sister I never knew about by doing a ancestry DNA test.

  • @ktjamlex
    @ktjamlex 3 місяці тому

    At least in the other program they didn't show people when they were told of the death.

  • @Lily_of_the_Forest
    @Lily_of_the_Forest 2 місяці тому +1

    Did they say how Veronica died? She was so young.

  • @user-iz4dr1rx1t
    @user-iz4dr1rx1t 7 місяців тому +2

    😂😂good 👍 👌 👏

  • @meshal8washington659
    @meshal8washington659 7 місяців тому +1

    ❤🙏🫶🙏❤

  • @heathercarley8517
    @heathercarley8517 3 місяці тому +4

    Adoption is human trafficking. Listen to adoptees. Guardianship keeps identities & history intact.

    • @lijohnyoutube101
      @lijohnyoutube101 3 місяці тому +3

      It’s certainly not all good but so very many of those adopted would have otherwise grown up in total dysfunction/poverty/young parents etc. if the parents were set up to be capable parents in most situations they wouldn’t have been given up. Are there bad things, absolutely …however millions have been saved from vastly inferior living standards and would have had completely different lives. So many end up with far far far greater stability, education support, good education, happy childhoods and stable adulthoods.

    • @93tiny08
      @93tiny08 2 місяці тому

      Trafficking is dealing in something illegal. Adoption is completely legal and necessary.

    • @nicolad8822
      @nicolad8822 14 днів тому

      What rubbish.