Ok so back to the story. Donna was matched to a list of people top of the list was my brother who is the only other person in our family who has done the DNA test. Next close match was a lady named Deon Huntsman. Part of the ancestry story is that they let you message people who you match with. So Donna got some nerve up and messaged Deon. She explained to Deon that they matched and that she was wondering if she was related to Donna's birth mom. Deon asked Donna a couple questions, first being when were you born, then how do you know thats your mom's name, last where were you born? Then she said that she may be Donna's mom youngest sister. She also explained that if this is your birth mom you have 1 brother and 5 sisters. Donna got very emotional when she received this message. It was a tear filled exciting moment. Donna promptly messaged her back and answered those questions. Deon messaged Donna back and yes in fact that she was Donna's aunt and confirmed that Donna was the middle of 7 kids! Whoa, so everything she thought was the deal with her birth was wrong. It was not a teenage mom. Donna let the info sink in that she had siblings. She Had sisters and a big brother. Aunt Deon told Donna about her siblings.
Roger Strom-Lives in Hurricane Utah
Janis Lunt-Lives in Nampa
Penny Peck-Lives in Pocatello
Cindy Radford-Lives in Rigby
Kelly Davenport-Lives in Nampa
Roxane Cornell-Lives in Pocatello
Holy cow this info blew her away. Not only does she have siblings but some of them live very close by. Then she started to evaluate each of their names and one sounded very familiar and so some Facebook stalking was in order and turns out her sister Penny Peck is someone she has known since she worked at A&W (told you info was important later)! So Deon gave Penny a call and talked to her about Donna and Penny remembered her from working at A&W. Penny was very excited to hear this amazing news. It was November 2017 when Donna received all this info and as luck would have it all of Donna's kids and most of all of her grandkids were coming home for Thanksgiving. So plans were made for Penny to Join our family and meet us at Outer Limits. It was a fantastic opener to the family she was about to all meet. It was all very easy. Surprisingly easy. Penny told Donna some about all of her siblings. After Thanksgiving Penny, Kelly, Cindy, Roxane all decided to get together to meet their new sister and go to dinner to meet. The meeting was set for Sizzler. Kelly and Cindy drove to Pocatello to meet their new sister. It was a fun meeting. There is a lot in common with the sisters. They told Donna many stories about their mom and the life they all had. Cindy was also adopted out when she was born a few years after Donna. Cindy found the family 20 years earlier(I think I am asking and will update if its wrong)! She did some Genealogy searching and found Roger and contacted him directly. She can add her part to this story later. So shortly after finding out she had a huge biological family Donna met 4 out of six of her sibling and they are all so amazing and loving.....................More on the next post.
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