The world is such a crazy place right now. There’s so much negativity, conflict, struggle, suffering and uncertainty. It’s really nice to watch something pure like 2 brothers building something together and sharing lots of love and happy stories. Honestly, we all need more of this. It’s nice to see that amidst the insanity are pockets of simplicity (in a good way) and joy.
That’s really nice and we’re so happy to hear we’re contributing to the much needed love and positivity. Thank you for watching and for such a thoughtful comment!
I’m here on just a lazy day . Did a little yard work, came in and sat down with a glass of cold water and hit you tube. Oh wow! I’m so glad I saw your vide, Devin. You crying makes me cry! I am so happy for you all! What a wonderful story. I’m hooked! Question. Did y’all grow up in the same state? Did you move to Texas permanently? Can you tell us what you do for a living.? God bless all of you!!
Thanks for the kind words, Karen! We all grew up in TX, but I was living in NY when I found my birth family. I moved back to TX pretty quickly after finding them. I'm an energy broker now. Thanks again!
Just found your channel and my heart is jumping for joy to see you both together. My husband was also adopted and found his mother and two brothers later in life. You are so much alike and I can feel the love and appreciation you have for each other. How wonderful you got this land and have the chance to grow together even more and one day you wont even remember that you haven't been together all your lives. May God bless you and your future. ❤
Just finished watching your video , Devin, where you share about finding your biological family. You two brothers have so MANY similarities, you have the same mannerisms and truly look and sound like brothers! You seem like you've always been together! It's so neat to watch your story unfold, and this is real, not some staged story like they do in a TV series! Looking forward to seeing more of your story. Thanks for sharing with us. 😄
Always enjoy your story time portions of your videos. So glad you both decided to start this channel and share the story of Devon being adopted and how you came back together as a family. As you mentioned in another video I think the void in your lives when you didn't have each other, makes this time in your lives all the more special. Don't know if you both ever looked into the Live streaming feature on You Tube but it would be great if you could both go live so that your subscribers could interact with you both. Wishing you and your families all the best as you experience life as brothers.
Just noticed that you have done 2 Livestreams so hopefully you will do more in the future. I should have checked before making it part of the comment above.
Thank you for the kind words, Ben. This has been an amazing journey for all involved. We will be increasing the number of adoption videos we post, including two that will come out in the next six weeks or so. We tried Livestreams a couple of times, but it was more of us just screwing around. We've been interviewed on the Lives of other channels, but they didn't delve into the adoption side of our channel's story very deeply. They mainly focused on our plans for the property. Now that our channel is starting to gain a little traction from the adoption side, maybe we should think about scheduling a Livestream that focuses 100% on that issue. We both love taking questions, and the introspection the conversations bring about are very beneficial. Thanks again for your interest. We have a video coming out tomorrow that touches on two upcoming adoption videos, so keep an eye out for it. Take care.
Great question. My dad died a couple of months before I found my biological family. I haven't had a great relationship with my (adoptive) mom since my early teens. Ironically, finding my birth family actually drew my mom and I closer for several years, as I made an effort to make sure she knew her spot as Mom wasn't going to be replaced. But I eventually went back to my old stand-offish ways towards her, but it had nothing to do with the biological family reunion. She's been a huge supporter of the entire situation, and always asks how everyone is doing. She asks about each one individually (brother, sister, mother, father), and she truly cares about their wellbeing. Thanks for asking! Feel free to ask anything!! You and Greg are awesome!
This part of your story saddens me. It's always risky when people search for their birth families as no one wants to hurt anybody. It's difficult enough under good circumstances, the searcher is always faced with the possibility of being rejected, etc...In life we just want the best for everyone, including ourselves. You are a family of strength and courage to seek answers. No easy task. I wish you all you seek. 🙏
I'm both an adoptee and an adopter and I think I can see it from both sides. Some adoptees have a HUGE desire to know where they came from and some don't and are happy not knowing. I think it's when you get older you start to think about it more, usually after you become a parent yourself and that starts you thinking about your birth parents more, but often it's not until your adoptive parents have passed away that you become an "orphan" and you start to think about your birth parents and wondering if you have half siblings etc. A lot of adoptees do their search in secret for fear of upsetting their adoptive parents in case they think they weren't good enough or something, but usually it is not the case at all because IMO, my adoptive parents are, and always will be mum and dad as they were the people who loved me and brought me up from 3 weeks old. Finding my birth family is more about that final piece in the jigsaw to fill in the missing pieces. Every child birth or adopted wants to know who created them, or gave birth to them, or what they look like, where their ancestors come from, it's a natural thing to be curious about and my advice to any adoptive parents out there is to be open with your adopted kids. Be honest from the beginning from as young as possible, as I know not all adoptees have great, loving, secure backgrounds, but whatever the story, talking about it and being honest and letting your child know they can always talk to you about their 'other family' is always the best way to go and if they know you are open to discussion or to help them find out more, then that is a huge help and relief to them because they the don't feel they have to do their search in secret and can involve their adoptive parents in the search and hopefully reunion. Finding your birth family doesn't replace the love you have for your adoptive family, in fact in can increase it, because its not always a happy reunion as in Devon's case and sometimes adoptees can get really hurt and feel rejected by their birth families and need their adoptive family even more when it doesn't end well. Think about it as the adoptee extending their family and not replacing their family and always remember it wasn't their choice to be adopted or separated from their family in the first place, others made that decision for them.
You guys got me today (totally bawling). As a mother and a cousin, this episode really meant a lot-very heartwarming. I am so happy you have SO MUCH FAMILY! I love seeing you create bonds with your new family as we all grow closer and learn more every day. ❤️
This is such a great story and you both seem like amazing, uplifting people. God bless you. And God bless your mom and dad for wanting to give Devon his best chance at the time, and God bless them for facilitating a positive reunion.
what a fantastic story you guys man had to get the tissues this is my third one I am binge watching had to stop and say something just wish your whole family the best and you guys just keep us informed .
Thanks a ton! The weather gets a little chaotic this time of year. We hit 87f yesterday, but dipped below freezing two days earlier. I hope things are going well with you and your property!
i can't imagine how you guys dealt with all the emissions. i love the story and thanks for sharing with all of us. take care and have a fantastic day the both of you
Your story is beautiful. As a grandmother, my question is should I include ALL of the children into my will? How would the bio children feel having their inheritance split with a new sibling? Might be a silly question, but I'm sure it enters people's minds from time to time.
Thank you very much for your kind words! As to your question, I would have to say each to their own on that one. I guess you would need to weigh a few items to find your answer. Is the adopted child getting an inheritance from their adopted parents? How will it make the adopted child feel if excluded? How would the other children feel if their share is split? How is the financial "need" balanced between all. It's a tough question, for sure. The fact that you are asking shows that you feel for all involved in your family. I'm sure you'll find a good way through the issue. Thanks again!
We both had dreams of doing it separately, then Devon through out the idea of going in together and being able to buy more. I loved the idea so we started looking. It’s already helped bring our whole family together, especially the kids, and that was a big driving force. Thanks for asking!
Thanks for watching, David. To answer your question, we might get our father to do a video with us. Our mother is definitely too shy, our sister is too private, but our father is a possibility. I will post a few recent pictures on Instagram of our father and us from our family vacation. We do plan on having a first cousin join us on a video in the fall. He's our half cousin, and a year older than us. We are all very tight with him and his sister. Thanks again for watching!
My Mom was adopted. Her story is not as amazing as yours as she promised her adoptive mother that she wouldnt do any search until her death. Grams lived to 94. So by then most all of the birth family was dead. It was not a fun search. I am anxious to know why you bought the land together--are you both married now or?
Hey there, B! I'm sorry it took us so long to respond to your comment. YT put it the Held For Review camp for some reason. We are both married now, and we each have two kids. Unbeknownst to each other, we were both looking for land to buy individually. The topic came up during a phone call, and we were like, "Let's buy a piece together!" We both loved the idea, and we were able to buy a larger piece of property. We wanted to buy raw land to give our kids experiences they were not getting while living in a big city. Growing up, Devon spent quite a bit of time on his adoptive family's farms, while Ryan spent time at his/our grandparents farm. We both grew up hunting and fishing. We wanted our kids to learn skills that we had been taught by our grandparents. We also wanted to slowly develop the property to become self-sufficient. We have food plots planted, are in the process of building a rainwater catchment system, have two solar setups in place, and plan on adding a large trophy bass pond. Thank you for your question, and thank you very much for sharing your story!
I really wish my ex-husband which try to find his son twin boys are 45 years old yeah he never wanted to go search for his boy very selfish my boys may not even know they have a brother somewhere this makes me want to tell them that they do I may have to do an override on my ex-husband that's selfish but he doesn't want them to know😢
I'm sorry to hear that, Debbie. I lived the first 30 years of my life wanting to know, so I can't relate to not wanting to know. Each to their own. Thanks for watching!
The world is such a crazy place right now. There’s so much negativity, conflict, struggle, suffering and uncertainty. It’s really nice to watch something pure like 2 brothers building something together and sharing lots of love and happy stories. Honestly, we all need more of this. It’s nice to see that amidst the insanity are pockets of simplicity (in a good way) and joy.
That’s really nice and we’re so happy to hear we’re contributing to the much needed love and positivity. Thank you for watching and for such a thoughtful comment!
I’m here on just a lazy day . Did a little yard work, came in and sat down with a glass of cold water and hit you tube. Oh wow! I’m so glad I saw your vide, Devin. You crying makes me cry! I am so happy for you all! What a wonderful story. I’m hooked! Question. Did y’all grow up in the same state? Did you move to Texas permanently? Can you tell us what you do for a living.? God bless all of you!!
Thanks for the kind words, Karen! We all grew up in TX, but I was living in NY when I found my birth family. I moved back to TX pretty quickly after finding them. I'm an energy broker now. Thanks again!
I love your story and outcome! As a mom of two sons, I’m sure she feels so blessed to here your words ❤
Thank you so much, Bex!
I am so excited for you, really all of you.!! Hey, good luck with the fruit trees.
Thanks a ton, Sheila! We're excited to get going with our fruit trees! We've created an annual budget to spend on trees, and we are pumped!
So this is what a loving family looks like. Thanks for being a great example 🎊
Really nice, thank you!
Saw the adoption video, clicked this and I thought this was the older brother speaking, you are a lot alike!
Glad you found us! Yeah, we are very similar and it’s always been that way. Thanks for watching and for the comment!
You thought about your mother getting in touch but not your dad, so glad it’s going great!
Thanks, Tammy! I just never imagined it would be my father searching. Such a blessing all around.
So nice you're so close & sharing a farm ☺️
Thanks for watching, Karen!
Very cool story. I am glad you two found each other and hope the orchard comes together.
Thank you so much! It's been an amazing experience.
I can’t believe I just subscribed. I thought I already had, but I have now! Thank you for watching and listening to my podcast. @Our New Land
Thank you so much! Your shows are awesome! Powerful stuff!
@@OurNewLand Thank you!!! I appreciate you!
These videos are such a gift to us, but for your biological family they are precious..
Thank you so much, Patricia! We really appreciate it!
It is so great that everyone gets along so well. It seems like there was an instant acceptance into each others lives. Your story is so amazing.
It really is fairy-tale awesome! Like, almost too good to be true.
Glad you commented. This is so nice to see
Thank you so much!
Dylan, I love that you are so emotional and not afraid to show it-- BUT you must stop crying. Every time you cry, I cry too. lol
Ha! I'm right there with you! I've always worn my heart on my sleeve. That's just who I am!
You have such a unique story. I’m so glad that you all connected and are doing this great thing together.
Definitely unique! Thank you!
Great videos glad you all found each other
Thank you, Philip!
It is very interesting to understand the perspective of when you met your family For the 1st time
Thanks, Rebekah! It's wild, isn't it? Every time we do a video like this, either Ryan or I or both us learn something new. Such an amazing experience.
Just found your channel and my heart is jumping for joy to see you both together. My husband was also adopted and found his mother and two brothers later in life. You are so much alike and I can feel the love and appreciation you have for each other. How wonderful you got this land and have the chance to grow together even more and one day you wont even remember that you haven't been together all your lives. May God bless you and your future. ❤
Thank you so much for the kind words! We certainly have been blessed.
Just finished watching your video , Devin, where you share about finding your biological family. You two brothers have so MANY similarities, you have the same mannerisms and truly look and sound like brothers! You seem like you've always been together! It's so neat to watch your story unfold, and this is real, not some staged story like they do in a TV series! Looking forward to seeing more of your story. Thanks for sharing with us. 😄
Thank you!! More to come! We are putting out a video tomorrow that mentions some upcoming adoption video topics, so stay tuned!
Always enjoy your story time portions of your videos. So glad you both decided to start this channel and share the story of Devon being adopted and how you came back together as a family. As you mentioned in another video I think the void in your lives when you didn't have each other, makes this time in your lives all the more special. Don't know if you both ever looked into the Live streaming feature on You Tube but it would be great if you could both go live so that your subscribers could interact with you both. Wishing you and your families all the best as you experience life as brothers.
Just noticed that you have done 2 Livestreams so hopefully you will do more in the future. I should have checked before making it part of the comment above.
Thank you for the kind words, Ben. This has been an amazing journey for all involved. We will be increasing the number of adoption videos we post, including two that will come out in the next six weeks or so.
We tried Livestreams a couple of times, but it was more of us just screwing around. We've been interviewed on the Lives of other channels, but they didn't delve into the adoption side of our channel's story very deeply. They mainly focused on our plans for the property.
Now that our channel is starting to gain a little traction from the adoption side, maybe we should think about scheduling a Livestream that focuses 100% on that issue. We both love taking questions, and the introspection the conversations bring about are very beneficial.
Thanks again for your interest. We have a video coming out tomorrow that touches on two upcoming adoption videos, so keep an eye out for it. Take care.
Terrific absolutely terrific story
Thanks again, Debbie! We really appreciate you watching and commenting!
Love the stories. More please.
Thank you so much! We do plan on putting out more videos in the near future. Thanks again for watching!
Fascinating. Cheers.
Thank you so much! It's been an amazing ride!
As an adoptive mother I've gotta ask, how is your relationship with your adoptive parents now?
Great question. My dad died a couple of months before I found my biological family. I haven't had a great relationship with my (adoptive) mom since my early teens. Ironically, finding my birth family actually drew my mom and I closer for several years, as I made an effort to make sure she knew her spot as Mom wasn't going to be replaced. But I eventually went back to my old stand-offish ways towards her, but it had nothing to do with the biological family reunion. She's been a huge supporter of the entire situation, and always asks how everyone is doing. She asks about each one individually (brother, sister, mother, father), and she truly cares about their wellbeing. Thanks for asking! Feel free to ask anything!! You and Greg are awesome!
This part of your story saddens me. It's always risky when people search for their birth families as no one wants to hurt anybody. It's difficult enough under good circumstances, the searcher is always faced with the possibility of being rejected, etc...In life we just want the best for everyone, including ourselves. You are a family of strength and courage to seek answers. No easy task. I wish you all you seek. 🙏
I'm both an adoptee and an adopter and I think I can see it from both sides.
Some adoptees have a HUGE desire to know where they came from and some don't and are happy not knowing.
I think it's when you get older you start to think about it more, usually after you become a parent yourself and that starts you thinking about your birth parents more, but often it's not until your adoptive parents have passed away that you become an "orphan" and you start to think about your birth parents and wondering if you have half siblings etc.
A lot of adoptees do their search in secret for fear of upsetting their adoptive parents in case they think they weren't good enough or something, but usually it is not the case at all because IMO, my adoptive parents are, and always will be mum and dad as they were the people who loved me and brought me up from 3 weeks old.
Finding my birth family is more about that final piece in the jigsaw to fill in the missing pieces. Every child birth or adopted wants to know who created them, or gave birth to them, or what they look like, where their ancestors come from, it's a natural thing to be curious about and my advice to any adoptive parents out there is to be open with your adopted kids. Be honest from the beginning from as young as possible, as I know not all adoptees have great, loving, secure backgrounds, but whatever the story, talking about it and being honest and letting your child know they can always talk to you about their 'other family' is always the best way to go and if they know you are open to discussion or to help them find out more, then that is a huge help and relief to them because they the don't feel they have to do their search in secret and can involve their adoptive parents in the search and hopefully reunion.
Finding your birth family doesn't replace the love you have for your adoptive family, in fact in can increase it, because its not always a happy reunion as in Devon's case and sometimes adoptees can get really hurt and feel rejected by their birth families and need their adoptive family even more when it doesn't end well.
Think about it as the adoptee extending their family and not replacing their family and always remember it wasn't their choice to be adopted or separated from their family in the first place, others made that decision for them.
Love your videos.👍❤️🇨🇦
I was going to ask that question as I noticed Devon said very little about his adoptive Parents.
Doing a little binge watching today. Beautiful story! ❤
Thank you so much, Tish!
You have such a unique story.v Great job on your progress
Thank you so much!
You guys got me today (totally bawling). As a mother and a cousin, this episode really meant a lot-very heartwarming. I am so happy you have SO MUCH FAMILY! I love seeing you create bonds with your new family as we all grow closer and learn more every day. ❤️
Thank you so much Stacey! We are very blessed!
Thank you very much, Stacey! We are all very blessed for sure! -Devon
Awesome story and glad you reunited.
Glad you enjoyed it, thank you!
This is an amazing story!! Thank you so much for sharing this awesome story!! Blessings from Kentucky 🙌🏻🦋🙏🏻
Thank you for the kind words! We really appreciate it. It has been a wonderful experience.
This is the most amazing story!! 😊💗
Thank you so much!
This is such a great story and you both seem like amazing, uplifting people. God bless you. And God bless your mom and dad for wanting to give Devon his best chance at the time, and God bless them for facilitating a positive reunion.
Thank you so much, Cinnie! It's been an amazing experience. We will be sharing more about our parents in upcoming videos. Take care!
what a fantastic story you guys man had to get the tissues this is my third one I am binge watching had to stop and say something just wish your whole family the best and you guys just keep us informed .
Thank you so much, Rosie! That's so nice to hear! It's comments like this that really keep us going!
Great story. The weather’s looking nice there.
Thanks a ton! The weather gets a little chaotic this time of year. We hit 87f yesterday, but dipped below freezing two days earlier. I hope things are going well with you and your property!
Love catching up on you guys. Love from Australia.
Well thank you very much!
i can't imagine how you guys dealt with all the emissions. i love the story and thanks for sharing with all of us. take care and have a fantastic day the both of you
Thank you very much!
Your story is beautiful. As a grandmother, my question is should I include ALL of the children into my will? How would the bio children feel having their inheritance split with a new sibling? Might be a silly question, but I'm sure it enters people's minds from time to time.
Thank you very much for your kind words! As to your question, I would have to say each to their own on that one. I guess you would need to weigh a few items to find your answer. Is the adopted child getting an inheritance from their adopted parents? How will it make the adopted child feel if excluded? How would the other children feel if their share is split? How is the financial "need" balanced between all. It's a tough question, for sure. The fact that you are asking shows that you feel for all involved in your family. I'm sure you'll find a good way through the issue. Thanks again!
Great video guys
Thank you so much!!!
Following all your stories. Can you Pls inform us what jobs you two brothers choose to work?
Ryan leads a large team of software sales, and Devon is an energy broker. Thanks for watching!
So how and why did you two decide to get the land together?
We both had dreams of doing it separately, then Devon through out the idea of going in together and being able to buy more. I loved the idea so we started looking. It’s already helped bring our whole family together, especially the kids, and that was a big driving force. Thanks for asking!
LG Homestead sent me to your channel
We love Lorie and Greg! Thanks for visiting our channel. We really hope you enjoy it!
the grand parent thing me too
Right?! I really, really, really should have called them every weekend asked them questions about their lives. Thanks for watching!
Awesome video
Thanks!
You are like two peas in pod, so alike, even your ears are the same!
Haha! I don’t think we’ve ever noticed the ears! Thanks for watching!
Very precious?
Thank you so much!
Yall need a acre of plum trees deer love plums
We’ve talked about that as a possibility. Thanks for the suggestion!
Do you think that your biological dad will ever do a video?
Thanks for watching, David. To answer your question, we might get our father to do a video with us. Our mother is definitely too shy, our sister is too private, but our father is a possibility. I will post a few recent pictures on Instagram of our father and us from our family vacation.
We do plan on having a first cousin join us on a video in the fall. He's our half cousin, and a year older than us. We are all very tight with him and his sister. Thanks again for watching!
@@OurNewLand Thanks. I have enjoyed your journey. I'd like to know about his journey prior to getting you back in his life.
@@DavidJames-it8ne That would be an interesting video. I’d have to run it by my birth mother, as it might step on her toes a bit. Thanks for the idea!
My Mom was adopted. Her story is not as amazing as yours as she promised her adoptive mother that she wouldnt do any search until her death. Grams lived to 94. So by then most all of the birth family was dead. It was not a fun search. I am anxious to know why you bought the land together--are you both married now or?
Hey there, B! I'm sorry it took us so long to respond to your comment. YT put it the Held For Review camp for some reason.
We are both married now, and we each have two kids. Unbeknownst to each other, we were both looking for land to buy individually. The topic came up during a phone call, and we were like, "Let's buy a piece together!" We both loved the idea, and we were able to buy a larger piece of property.
We wanted to buy raw land to give our kids experiences they were not getting while living in a big city. Growing up, Devon spent quite a bit of time on his adoptive family's farms, while Ryan spent time at his/our grandparents farm. We both grew up hunting and fishing. We wanted our kids to learn skills that we had been taught by our grandparents. We also wanted to slowly develop the property to become self-sufficient. We have food plots planted, are in the process of building a rainwater catchment system, have two solar setups in place, and plan on adding a large trophy bass pond.
Thank you for your question, and thank you very much for sharing your story!
I really wish my ex-husband which try to find his son twin boys are 45 years old yeah he never wanted to go search for his boy very selfish my boys may not even know they have a brother somewhere this makes me want to tell them that they do I may have to do an override on my ex-husband that's selfish but he doesn't want them to know😢
I'm sorry to hear that, Debbie. I lived the first 30 years of my life wanting to know, so I can't relate to not wanting to know. Each to their own. Thanks for watching!
I Patricia Steele will like to find my grandmother Josephine oneale mother st Lucy Barbados
Good luck with your search!