A long-lost sister right next door
North Dakotan John Maixner spent years exchanging friendly hellos with Walmart greeter Buddine Bullinger, only to discover recently that she is his long-lost sister. Maixner, a brother, and three sisters were given up for adoption 50 years ago, and just last year he began searching for his birth family. When he tracked down a picture of his siblings, his jaw dropped as he realized that he knew Bullinger. The pair now speak by phone nearly every day, and Maixner has reconnected with his siblings and their children. “I gained a huge family,” he said.
How wonderful is this story? I can't imagine having my family split up in such a manner, but to then find them? What a blessing. It's too bad that the article doesn't mention how they found one another. I did find a third cousin through Ancestry.com DNA, though I am disappointed to report that she does not seem all that interested in connecting. I have heard stories about people trying to scam others through Ancestry connections. The scam goes something like this: people become close/connected and then the scammer asks their 'family' to lend them money. An alarming possibility which leads to a lot of distrust on the site.
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