An Ontario senior citizen who was abandoned as a child has finally met her brothers and sister after decades of searching.
Jean Fish, 86, learned at age 21 that she had been abandoned as a baby, and began looking for her birth family. She was on the verge of giving up when, on her 85th birthday, Fish鈥檚 granddaughter found her relatives with the genealogy website Ancestry.ca.
Sandra Bonney, Fish鈥檚 daughter, told CTV Regina that she never thought her mother would find them.
Fish made the trip to Regina from her home in Ontario in the company of her daughter and granddaughters over the weekend.
Meanwhile, her two biological brothers and one sister journeyed from other parts of the country to meet their long-lost sister.
Faye Viergutz, Fish鈥檚 biological sister, said the meeting was surreal. 鈥淚t鈥檚 just amazing that this has happened,鈥� she added. 鈥淪ometimes I have to pinch myself.鈥�
Though Fish won鈥檛 have the chance to meet her biological parents, she said she鈥檚 thankful for the opportunity to meet her siblings. 鈥淚t鈥檚 a miracle I never thought would happen," she said.
Bonney agreed. 鈥淭here鈥檚 a lot of similarities between a lot of us, and there鈥檚 a bond that鈥檚 already there.鈥�
With a report from CTV Regina鈥檚 Madina Azizi
