Denver (KDVR) – one of the best (or worse) parts of being a brother is the moment when they learn to get a brother or sister. For a woman in Colorado, this surprise did not reach until seven decades after her birth.
71 years later, PEGGY will go to Denver International Airport to meet her two young sisters, Heidi and Janet, who we contacted after discovering the discovery.
Heidi communicated and spoke to Fox31 about his meeting in a phone and an email interview.
The story begins in 1953 in Germany after World War II. The sister of the mother of the sister, Maria, wanted to escape countries that are still dealing with the repercussions of the war. She asked for new opportunities and moved to Canada when she was 20 years old. She arrived in Hamilton, Ontario, and cleaned her and cook her for a residing family.
She had a brief relationship with a German migrant colleague as a butcher. When Maria was pregnant, the man disappeared, leaving the child who would be soon. Maria in the end Diana, now known as Peggy, gave birth to adopting because she thought she would not be able to care for the new baby.
After several years, Maria met another man who married him and gave birth to two children with: Heidi and Janet.
Heidi said that one day, her father revealed that his mother had put her daughter to adopt before marrying him. Heidi shared the information with Janet, and asked their mother about it.
“The pain was still raw, and its emotional wounds were not available, and only a little emphasis on the truth was provided,” said Heidi.
She held the identity of her missing sister for a long time, Heidi tried to raise information from her mother, who only gave heavy hints such as the birth year and the name of the hospital in which she was born. Heidi searched the records of the local church and communicated with the Association for Children in Hamilton. She and her sister also learned that they could not reach adoption records because Canadian law restricts access to their mother and their unknown sister.
After an official request, Heidi received a specific file without specifying the information. Heidi also said that she had received information, as she may have got anywhere because she learned that her sister had changed her name when she was adopted.
Close to 2020, Heidi presented her DNA to Ancestry.com. It was years before her cousin continued in Texas and said he was doing his DNA test for dancers. After nearly a decade after her father revealed the secret, and her mother died at the time between them, Heidi gave all the information she collected to her cousin.
To turn her attention, Heidi went on a single adventure in Costa Rica as she spent time climbing volcanoes. Upon returning to Canada, she saw the email that will finally confirm her work contract – the DNA test revealed an identity and sister.
She took the weekend to collect herself and called her sister on Monday.
“Hello, Peggy? This is Heidi, calls from Canada. Have you been born in Hamilton, Ontario, and were you going to test DNA?” Heidi asked.
Biji said yes to both of them.
“I think we are sisters,” Heidi said.
Heidi said that the enthusiastic response of Peggy had melted the distance between them, and they spoke like ancient friends who are caught after years.
In April, Heidi and Janet fly from Toronto to Dia, where they will meet Baiji, who lives her life as a resident of Colorado.