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  • čas přidán 13. 03. 2018
  • Megyn Kelly TODAY welcomes siblings Laurie White, Christine Gottschalk and Brian Gottschalk, who were separated from their youngest sister at a very early age. Now, for the first time in decades, they have a heartwarming reunion with Amber Lenehan live on Megyn Kelly TODAY.
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    3 Siblings Reunite With Their Long-Lost Sister | Megyn Kelly TODAY

Komentáře • 296

  • @kristiworld
    @kristiworld Před 5 lety +305

    This Brian was clearly happy he found a sister who is more similar to him too.

  • @itsjustmyopinionbut1671
    @itsjustmyopinionbut1671 Před 5 lety +554

    Dude, I live for these reunion shows. Am I weird?!

  • @JessieArmy
    @JessieArmy Před 5 lety +571

    My biological mother had at least SEVEN children by SEVEN different men! She raised none of us. I am the only one who wasn't born out of wedlock as she was married to my father. She had five children after me, all placed for adoption. My brother found me and I found a sister but I have yet to find the other 3. I have tested with every DNA company out there hoping that one day they will do the same...
    Update 04/30/2019: I found two more. I have found two more but I am not sure they want contact.

    • @marsworld7513
      @marsworld7513 Před 5 lety +28

      JessieA I have a similar situation. But it's the bio dad that had a ton of kids. It's sad we all have never known each other. I'm 48 I'm the 5th born of the ones I know about.

    • @itsjustmyopinionbut1671
      @itsjustmyopinionbut1671 Před 5 lety +10

      JessieA You’re a beautiful girl! I hope you find your other siblings ❤️

    • @TK-ij2xi
      @TK-ij2xi Před 5 lety +16

      My bio father has an indeterminate amount of kids. I was the first, my sister came 5 yrs later & I met her when I was 37. He said once there was a boy too but he refuses to give me info. I did 23 & Me & I hope this "boy" does too. It's interesting how many of us are out there looking for our shared DNA. :)

    • @fay-amieaspen6046
      @fay-amieaspen6046 Před 5 lety +9

      Jessie A. Sweetheart, you also have to be fully physically and mentally prepared for knowing that even if you find your siblings they may not want anything to do with you.
      Same goes for anyone else searching for relatives online and biologically speaking. It's happened to me. I'm 41, the oldest of five biological siblings, (that I know of) four of which are half siblings so we have different mothers and fathers, but my full blood brother died as a baby. My Father's two children also have siblings that they were raised with and appear happy to be with and close judging by their Facebook photos. But they know that I'm also their Father's child, but want nothing to do with me. And that's hard, especially as they've got families of their own. So I'm an auntie too but never met their children and been part of their lives. Hey, I don't even know when my half Brother's birthday is. As for the two half siblings that I was raised with, their late father was prolific and obviously never used protection as they've loads of half siblings, too many in fact. So, I thought I should warn you, be prepared for possible rejection. However, I wish you luck. Best wishes sweetheart.

    • @gucciloafers3140
      @gucciloafers3140 Před 5 lety +2

      Mama wasn’t playing....hope u find ya fam

  • @rosepolanco4192
    @rosepolanco4192 Před 4 lety +22

    I also found a half sister on 23 and me. I didn't know she existed! Definitely my dad's daughter! All this happened while I was in Jerusalem! I believe it was divine intervention!!!

  • @angelahartley3212
    @angelahartley3212 Před 6 lety +241

    I sort of think it was selfish of the grandparents to not want to keep the siblings together....

    • @chicaarana1164
      @chicaarana1164 Před 5 lety +39

      Angela Hartley Well we don’t really know the circumstances as to why. Maybe taking care of all 4 of them was way too much, but atleast they should have kept Amber.

    • @BeachNanny
      @BeachNanny Před 5 lety +19

      Angela Hartley We shouldn’t judge, since we don’t know what the situation was.

    • @iamahat3870
      @iamahat3870 Před 5 lety +15

      It was her paternal grandparents

    • @melvawages7143
      @melvawages7143 Před 5 lety +9

      You do not know the story. I have a friend age 62 in bad health raising 7 (age 1 to 13) of her daughter's children. This daughter is 38 and never married and only the first 2 have the same father but none of the fathers have much to do with them. With each birth, the daughter dumped the baby on her by the time they were 6 months old/1 year old, so she has raised them. My friend is in bad heath, (early onset dementia) plus her husband (he was 15 years older than her, her second husband) passed away recently. She fears for what will happen to those kids as she will be 80 when the youngest is 18 but she doubts she will make 70 or if she does she will need someone to take care of her. Her youngest daughter is 30 and still single and has not left home, first to help care for her father, he was ill for a good many years declining health and now her nieces, nephews and mother . Granted that girl loves those kids but shouldn't she be free to have her own family? However, she can't as she is tied down with her sister's kids. Plus, early on this woman's son offered the adopt the first 2 but this selfish, no good daughter woudl not release her parental rights. so you

    • @melvawages7143
      @melvawages7143 Před 5 lety +5

      Nest of free birds,You are right they should have put her up for adoption too. I suspect perhaps, their daughter gave them the baby at birth but had custody of the other 3 which she later relinquished. You saw they were older when they were adopted. I know of a case like that. My husband's aunt lost her husband in a car wreck. (early 1940's) She had 2 children, a boy and girl and they went to live all of them with the grandparents/her parents. When she remarried, my husband's grandfather convinced her to leave the boy with them and take only the girl. In this case of these 4, in the end all 4 had good lives and the youngest one did say she had an adopted brother who she obviously loves. She did not seem bothered. It was the other 3 and it was more about they did not look alike so they knew they had different fathers. I thought the 2 older girls looked alike and then the boy looked like the youngest so I am thinking there were 2 fathers. If I were them I would want to do a DNA test to see if any are full siblings.

  • @ItsMeTheSteph
    @ItsMeTheSteph Před 3 lety +5

    Holy Moly, That is Laurie White! She is my daughters school guidance counselor!!!! She is the sweetest person ever!!!!!

  • @TK-ij2xi
    @TK-ij2xi Před 5 lety +84

    I found my sister when I was 37...there was no mourning. Just curiosity & an effort to stay in touch.

  • @isabelle8836
    @isabelle8836 Před 6 lety +380

    It is really obvious that they all have different fathers lol

    • @melvawages7143
      @melvawages7143 Před 5 lety +33

      nope I think 2 fathers. the 2 older girls look alike and the son and youngest girl looks alike.

    • @peach8982
      @peach8982 Před 5 lety +32

      Melva Wages I don’t think so. the middle sister looks part Asian, she even talked about finding out about her heritage in the video.

    • @cluvsonj
      @cluvsonj Před 5 lety +3

      Melva it may not be 2 fathers. It could be 3 because the 2 older girls in the young photo are younger looking than the boy appears or at least one of them does. He could be the oldest or the 2nd oldest. If so that would make 3 or 4 dif fathers.

    • @lauriegottschalk6330
      @lauriegottschalk6330 Před 5 lety +11

      As far as we know us 3 girls definitely have different fathers, Brian hasn’t done 23&Me but we are pretty sure he has a different father as well

    • @lalahaha8508
      @lalahaha8508 Před 5 lety +5

      Izzfifteen22 one is Asian, Hispanic, White

  • @anitarodriguez2298
    @anitarodriguez2298 Před 5 lety +14

    Same happened to my sisters and brothers. The parent they where adopted by tried to hide that they had 8 siblings. I was adopted with 2 sisters and a third we grew up knowing and spending time together. But the last 2 weren't aloud to visit or see us. Once they turned off age. We found them

  • @VioletJoy
    @VioletJoy Před 4 lety +12

    What a story! I'm guessing there was a reason behind it, but I'm so curious why the biological mother wasn't mentioned. If Amber stayed connected with her grandparents, it would seem natural that she knew the whereabouts of her mother. I wonder what happened to her.
    Its nice to hear that they all had happy childhoods and that they are happy to know each other now. ❤

  • @Sarawrisrad
    @Sarawrisrad Před 4 lety +7

    I am so glad you found each other♡ such a lovely family!

  • @brenden6218
    @brenden6218 Před 5 lety +9

    One BIG happy family reunited ❤️

  • @codybrannen2649
    @codybrannen2649 Před 4 lety +6

    i'm almost 42 years old and my stepfather has raised me since i was 4 years old. my bio father was never there for me at all.i was never adopted but i understand the hardship from my stepfather telling me about himself being in foster homes

  • @kiaora224
    @kiaora224 Před 5 lety +120

    Just a huge 23 and me advertisement lol

  • @riturajsinghbais
    @riturajsinghbais Před 5 lety +34

    Their mom was definitely into floral prints.

  • @K8theGR8theGIGGLER
    @K8theGR8theGIGGLER Před 5 lety +14

    something similar happened to me... wish I could find my brother 💔

  • @glamchik23
    @glamchik23 Před 6 lety +52

    She said “23 and me” like 23 times! Lol

    • @mbell8588
      @mbell8588 Před 5 lety +2

      She always does! I guess that's paid advertisement!

    • @saraschneider6781
      @saraschneider6781 Před 2 lety

      Because it's an integral part of the story. Duh.

  • @sabrinag.2307
    @sabrinag.2307 Před 6 lety +12

    Awwww...🙂

  • @gelalim88
    @gelalim88 Před 5 lety +15

    Their heritage diversity reminds me of me and my siblings... We are not the only ones. :)

  • @onthehill3381
    @onthehill3381 Před 4 lety +3

    My mom, recently at the age of 84, told me she put a child up for adoption before she met and married my dad. Then she says that she does not want to be reunited. I wish she would have kept it to herself then instead of upturning everything at this point.

  • @elephant027
    @elephant027 Před 5 lety +9

    I love this! So precious!

  • @stephpowell7648
    @stephpowell7648 Před 5 lety +7

    This is cute. My siblings and I are similar to these guys except we all have the same mum and dad, but myself and older brother are dark skinned and my younger brother and sister and lighter skinned and fairer haired. Genetic are complicated lol

  • @JennRighter
    @JennRighter Před 5 lety +4

    Crazy how much she looks like her brother.
    My sister and I have different dads. My sister has perfect hair, perfect skin, almost lavender eyes (like Liz Taylor), great eyelashes, so many differences despite having the same mom.
    Some people still think we look a lot alike, which is great. It's just crazy looking at these four and looking at my sister and I and how different people can look despite coming from the same human.

    • @emilia3310
      @emilia3310 Před 5 lety

      Me and my sister have the same mom and dad and still we look very different from each other..lol

  • @lenyadiamond1645
    @lenyadiamond1645 Před 5 lety +96

    Megan has no idea how to do interviews my goodness. She confirms every sentence like theyre on trial and talks over everyone.

    • @mbell8588
      @mbell8588 Před 5 lety +4

      I love the stories, but she never seems sincere.

    • @AcaciaVio1
      @AcaciaVio1 Před 4 lety +3

      True. The writer gives her the script but wenever she goes without it she gets lost and her questions becomes difficult in phrasing and weird

    • @cathleenmckay389
      @cathleenmckay389 Před 3 lety +1

      Well thank goodness she was fired. Don't understand how she got this show in the first place🤦

    • @judihardman321
      @judihardman321 Před 3 lety +1

      Kelly, is a great and lovely host. She just loves these reunions but if she didn’t talk and ask pertinent questions, they would never tell the whole story.

    • @saraschneider6781
      @saraschneider6781 Před 2 lety

      Actually yes, she's fantastic.

  • @shelle104m
    @shelle104m Před 5 lety +1

    Really heartmelting

  • @angelchild9375
    @angelchild9375 Před 5 lety +2

    Sad and turn into blessing siblings !

  • @selenamota8732
    @selenamota8732 Před 5 lety +10

    My three siblings and I have A sister we don’t know she was put up for adoption when born I hope to meet her one day. All I know about her is her name is Jenna and lives somewhere in Texas.

    • @jeanniefeaster4325
      @jeanniefeaster4325 Před 5 lety +3

      Sign up for the TLC show "Long Lost Family" very easy to send the info. Even limited info works. I encourage you.

    • @amberlenehan5798
      @amberlenehan5798 Před 5 lety +2

      I hope that you find her someday!

  • @ashleyl3699
    @ashleyl3699 Před 5 lety +9

    this reminds me a bit of a message i found once in a geneaology forum for people with my last name. it was a woman looking for a man and the details she gave indicated it was my uncle. it was never explicitly stated but it was clear she was looking for the father and family she'd never met. the message was already two years old at the time and i responded trying to get her connected to them but there was never a response and that forum has since been deleted so i don't know if she will ever find them now.

  • @llw53one
    @llw53one Před 4 lety +5

    I LOVE LOVE LOVE THUS SHOW! This show really made me start to like Megan then she went and messed it up, smh The energy of the show and the content has definitely been missed! Thanks for sharing! Peace and Blessings to all!

  • @janaabreu
    @janaabreu Před 5 lety +8

    Amber looks so much like the brother

  • @godisgood1463
    @godisgood1463 Před 5 lety +31

    Some ppl may think these DNA companies are ripping us off but they are legit. Ancestry has my half sister as my closest relative in the system, able to pinpoint where my ancestors settled in America and get my ethnicity correct even though I married a Hispanic man.

    • @bluegrasshack3810
      @bluegrasshack3810 Před 9 měsíci

      8/18/23: Same to a point. Half-sisters on maternal and paternal sides were proved to be my closest relatives. Met one. Good. Talked to the other by phone and email. Hope to meet her in person. That last one has another sibling who simply said, “Let sleeping dogs lie,” meaning not interested in knowing me. The one I have only chatted with said they think there are two more ‘outside’ children out there. Somewhere! Wow! “Papa was a rolling stone,” so the song goes! Good wishes to all of us! ❤

  • @K8theGR8theGIGGLER
    @K8theGR8theGIGGLER Před 5 lety +16

    I used Ancestry hoping to find my older brother but no results (yet!) 😭 if you’re adopted & born in 1983/4 from the Midwest/ east coast message me!!

    • @MsBhappy
      @MsBhappy Před 4 lety +4

      It's worth trying some of the other dna testing companies too! It adds millions of potential matches - myheritage, 23andme, etc.

  • @addiererecich2464
    @addiererecich2464 Před 5 lety +24

    I'm adopted from the UK. I live I the us now. All I know about my birth mother is she was an awful person. From what I know I'm onw of 9 children all 10 of us were born from different men. I was adopted when I was 11. I'm 19 now. I've been lucky enough to fine 7 of my 9 siblings. And my adopted mother and father are Amazing. I hope to adopt when I'm ready for children

    • @lorimav
      @lorimav Před 5 lety

      Good for you! I had biological children but then later on I adopted three older children ages, 7,9,12. The difference between them and children adopted at a very young age is that they do not have that birth mom fantasy. They want absolutely nothing to do with their birth mothers. I wish they were not so hostile towards their biological mothers but I think the opposite where the adopted child has some typical adolescent problem with the adoptive parents and becomes alienated because he is adopted and then begins to idolize the birth parents is not healthy either. Seems like open adoption with occasional visits with the birth family might prevent either extreme. No birth mom fantasies nor hostilities and smoother sailing with their adoptive families when getting into the teen years and young adulthood.

  • @melissafaulkner1083
    @melissafaulkner1083 Před 4 lety

    I love this!

  • @justmo4706
    @justmo4706 Před 4 lety

    Amazing

  • @CarminaTunes
    @CarminaTunes Před 5 lety +16

    She looks like Adele

  • @christina9265
    @christina9265 Před 5 lety +9

    The oldest sister and Brother look a like. It's not obvious because they dont have the same skin tone and hair colour.

  • @evelyntobias8081
    @evelyntobias8081 Před 5 lety +3

    I found a 1st cousin our family didn't know about. I am always tempted to say she is reunited with her brother and sisters. But technically, they are not "reunited". I make sure I say they are "united" because they had never known each other before.

    • @saraschneider6781
      @saraschneider6781 Před 2 lety

      Huh?

    • @evelyntobias8081
      @evelyntobias8081 Před 2 lety

      @@saraschneider6781 for me "reunite" means they know or knew each other but for some reason they lost touch or something similar and now they are REunited. My cousins never knew each other. Update since this comment, my male cousin who finally met his sister passed away last year. They were very close once they met with them calling each other every day. She said she was at least glad she got to know him well before he passed away.

  • @Biscoffbabe9
    @Biscoffbabe9 Před 5 lety +4

    Omg Amber is sooooooo pretty ❤️❤️

    • @amberlenehan5798
      @amberlenehan5798 Před 5 lety +2

      thank you that’s very kind!

    • @VioletJoy
      @VioletJoy Před 4 lety +1

      When she walked out, I was like "Wow! She's gorgeous!" Beautiful hair, beautiful skin, beautiful smile. They all are so different, yet all are beautiful.

    • @saraschneider6781
      @saraschneider6781 Před 2 lety

      @@amberlenehan5798 I hope your pregnancy went well. Do you have any more children?

    • @keyiascraftycorner5571
      @keyiascraftycorner5571 Před 6 měsíci

      She sure is.

  • @fay-amieaspen6046
    @fay-amieaspen6046 Před 5 lety +25

    Absolutely terrible to split up siblings especially twins and triplets. Identical Twins especially often share such a close bond with Twin Speak and ESP feelings that it's cruel and very wrong to separate them. Although we are not close as adults now, I know I'm richer for having been raised with two of my half siblings, I can't imagine what my childhood would have been like without them. I have more half siblings that I don't know and would like to know but they're not interested in me and I have to accept that. I know their names and can see how they are on Facebook but it's not nice knowing that they want nothing to do with me.

    • @SandyWolf-
      @SandyWolf- Před 5 lety +2

      Im so sorry i know the feeling of being unwanted.

    • @saraschneider6781
      @saraschneider6781 Před 2 lety

      There was literally no choice. Amber wasn't available initially.

  • @goldy496
    @goldy496 Před 6 lety +92

    Ahahaha I used to work with Brian at a pizza place lmao

    • @lauriegottschalk6330
      @lauriegottschalk6330 Před 5 lety +8

      Mansour Tchourtchaev it’s because our legal names changed and we didn’t know Amber’s last name.

    • @VioletJoy
      @VioletJoy Před 4 lety

      He sure seems like a really nice guy.

    • @cris928c
      @cris928c Před 4 lety

      @@lauriegottschalk6330 Does Amber know info on your birth mom?

    • @lauriewhite3483
      @lauriewhite3483 Před 4 lety

      cris928c yes she does. She chose to meet her when she was 18.

    • @raqad4642
      @raqad4642 Před 4 lety

      Laurie Gottschalk please all of you meet your birth mom or biological mom she loves you for sure there is no mom in this world hates her own children she puts in a foster care or adoption may she was a single mom and wasn’t able to provide you better live and what you need I hope you all do well

  • @merlefrye1702
    @merlefrye1702 Před 5 lety +2

    THESE VIDEOS ARE ALL VERY TOUCHING.

  • @bonnieedens7869
    @bonnieedens7869 Před 5 lety +3

    I read so many negative comments about Megyn but I honestly don't know why.. I think she is really nice.

  • @ellaalbarracin233
    @ellaalbarracin233 Před 8 měsíci

    Laurie,Christine,and Brian found out they’re a little sister, married, and now pregnant then she told her gonna be an uncle and two aunts

  • @shaanajuntunen
    @shaanajuntunen Před 5 lety +5

    I discovered that one of my great great uncles was put in an orphanage. He stayed in touch with one of his brothers (my great grandfather) but no one else. He didn’t tell his sons much of the family that he had been torn away from. His granddaughter took a DNA test and we matched. She knew her grandfather had been given up for adoption but he was in all of the family records I had, with no mention that he had been put into the orphanage. I then realized that their mother passed in 1930 and had left their father with 8 kids, the youngest under a year old. We don’t know why her grandfather was chosen (at 8 years old) to be given up or if there were other children who had been given up. But I think it profoundly affected my great grandfather as he went on to legally adopt the 2 kids his wife had from a previous marriage after they married in 1945. I think he wanted them to have a home even if he wasn’t their biological father because his brother had been torn from him.

    • @lorimav
      @lorimav Před 5 lety

      That was moving about your great grandfather. During the Great Depression, my grandfather, and his three daughters all developed rheumatic fever. My grandfather was bedridden and not working. My grandmother kept the 2 year old and the 7 year old daughter with rheumatic fever at home, but sent the 10 year old daughter to a children's home for a year or two, possibly to get care for her and maybe food too. There were 5 children all together. Times were difficult back then.

  • @cherylpgh9155
    @cherylpgh9155 Před 5 lety +4

    Interesting that she avoided the “heritage” question. She looks mixed race. Sad she couldn’t discuss that as well. I guess it’s a lot to deal with. I hope she warms up to this! Happy for them.

    • @lauriegottschalk6330
      @lauriegottschalk6330 Před 5 lety +1

      Are you talking about Megan avoiding it or us? I am nearly 1/2 Vietnamese...and I guess I have warmed up to that? Lol not sure, I must be missing something about the heritage question.

    • @lauriegottschalk6330
      @lauriegottschalk6330 Před 4 lety

      Princess Prattle Tales nope, Amber has her own account and has commented on here too. And yes I am missing something because I don’t even understand why you are commenting

    • @bubblybubbles4023
      @bubblybubbles4023 Před 3 lety

      She appears to be mixed with Asian or Pacific Islander.

    • @saraschneider6781
      @saraschneider6781 Před 2 lety

      Because this story wasn't anything remotely about heritage. Duh.

  • @indysilver_02
    @indysilver_02 Před 5 lety +29

    Idk why but Megyn Kelly kinda reminds me of Nancy Grace. I can't stand that woman. I love the content of these shows, but it would be so much better if it had a different host.

  • @fadi5503
    @fadi5503 Před 3 lety

    Which program do they use to know their relatives?

  • @katieleeward8326
    @katieleeward8326 Před 4 lety +4

    I really love these types of shows but please get another host!

  • @thewrongshoes
    @thewrongshoes Před 3 lety

    Wow I never seen 4 siblings so different looking

  • @emilia3310
    @emilia3310 Před 5 lety +5

    It's a cool story! One sister looks Hispanic, the other one looks Asian, the brother looks Irish and Amber looks like a Germanic or Scandinavian type 😄 Diversity rocks 👍

  • @2friesshortofabigmac407
    @2friesshortofabigmac407 Před 5 lety +14

    where is bio mom

  • @kulrich10
    @kulrich10 Před 2 lety

    All are very attractive people….I m glad they are close

  • @aidelygarcia2722
    @aidelygarcia2722 Před 5 lety +2

    omg

  • @azusenasierra
    @azusenasierra Před 4 lety +1

    I have kids like that 3 first brown color and a red head 4th

  • @albertmondilla7925
    @albertmondilla7925 Před 2 lety

    GOD MORNING TO ALL I'M ALBERTO ALVERIO, MONDILLA, JR OF LUKBAN PROVINCE OF QUEZON PHILIPPINES CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL GOD GAVE US A CHANGE TO MEET YOUR BROTHER, AND SISTER, GOD IS GOOD ALL THE TIME COUNT YOUR BLESSINGS GOD LOVES YOU AND ME

  • @melindalehan2060
    @melindalehan2060 Před 5 lety +2

    they have similarities as siblings as well as differences they all have high hair lines ,broad shoulders a curved upper lip and 3 of them have longer straighter nose and fair skin coloring.

    • @amberlenehan5798
      @amberlenehan5798 Před 5 lety +5

      It’s been so fun as we get to know each other more and see our similarities (not just physical!) nature vs nurture.... pretty fascinating

    • @lauriegottschalk6330
      @lauriegottschalk6330 Před 5 lety +1

      Melinda Lehan wow! I never really thought of all of that. Cool observations. Christine and I both actually have more curly/wavy hair, it was just done for the cameras.

  • @PhilVerryChannel
    @PhilVerryChannel Před 6 lety +26

    Goooooood grief! What is going on with Brian's hair?

    • @firstchoice4527
      @firstchoice4527 Před 5 lety +2

      might be a direct descendant of the orange buffoon in office with that hair

    • @lauriegottschalk6330
      @lauriegottschalk6330 Před 5 lety +7

      Brian has worn his hair that way for years. I hope that no one ever makes a such a judgement on you publicly. To each their own.

    • @nicolel349
      @nicolel349 Před 4 lety +1

      @@lauriegottschalk6330 exactly dont judge someone by the way they look he is very handsome

    • @josefine9163
      @josefine9163 Před 4 lety

      Hahahaha I thought the same thing when I first saw him... I wanted to pat it down

    • @saraschneider6781
      @saraschneider6781 Před 2 lety

      What's going on with your attitude?

  • @yesidothecooking
    @yesidothecooking Před 4 lety +1

    looks like the mom took the 100 baby challenge too seriously

  • @christinaaquino1670
    @christinaaquino1670 Před 6 lety +18

    how can adults separate siblings

    • @alyssabeth6177
      @alyssabeth6177 Před 6 lety

      Christina Aquino they said why they couldn't take her in because she wasn't available,it wasn't her fault

    • @lauriegottschalk6330
      @lauriegottschalk6330 Před 5 lety +1

      We aren’t sure why we were separated. All we know is we were put into foster care and a closed adoption. To our knowledge we weren’t offered to our grandparents.

    • @saraschneider6781
      @saraschneider6781 Před 2 lety

      @@lauriegottschalk6330 was Amber raised by your mom's parents initially? If so, it would have been nice if they had taken you all initially. I realize 4 kids is a lot for an older couple... or even to be placed together at all, but that way they could have done an open adoption and you could have all communicated the entire time, even if you didn't live together.

    • @lauriewhite3483
      @lauriewhite3483 Před 2 lety

      @@saraschneider6781 it’s pretty complicated. I have no court records but from what I know now I am not sure why we were not given to biological family first as that is the normal route for DHS. Amber was with our biological grandparents for a while but they felt they were too old to give her a good life so they chose an open adoption for her. We were in a closed adoption and our names were legally changed when we were adopted so we were unfindable even though they had our birth names and birth dates. Amber was still in the womb when we were put into foster care and I believe our bio mom was incarcerated. Bio mom was given many chances to prove she was a fit mother and could not, so then Amber was put in custody of our grandparents. I have thought of trying to figure out how to get court records from CA because it would be very interesting!

  • @christinaaquino1670
    @christinaaquino1670 Před 6 lety +2

    crazy can people separate siblings

    • @lauriegottschalk6330
      @lauriegottschalk6330 Před 5 lety

      Christina Aquino yes they can if they feel it’s in the best interest of the children! Apparently they thought it was.

    • @emilia3310
      @emilia3310 Před 5 lety

      I mean there are probably many people with paternal half siblings out there, and don't even know it...

  • @annaja6343
    @annaja6343 Před 5 lety

    The boy and the youngest are definitely full siblings

  • @josargor8179
    @josargor8179 Před 5 lety +5

    that mother got around

  • @rebeccahiggins2369
    @rebeccahiggins2369 Před 3 lety

    🌸🌸🌸🌸

  • @justmo4706
    @justmo4706 Před 4 lety +2

    There's no reason to morn. It's just time to move forward. Great ending.

    • @la381
      @la381 Před 2 lety

      Mourning is part of the healing. You've got to be honest about what could have been in order to move forward.

  • @servantoftheonetruegodalmi7212

    So they met before.

    • @amberlenehan5798
      @amberlenehan5798 Před 5 lety +2

      Yes, when we were very small. None of us remember it.

    • @lauriegottschalk6330
      @lauriegottschalk6330 Před 5 lety +2

      We do have pictures of us when we were young but no memory. This truly was the first time we saw each other. But we had been texting a lot beforehand.

  • @cabalenjay3804
    @cabalenjay3804 Před 5 lety +4

    Rob schenider must be one of the lost siblings

  • @AllThingsVon1277
    @AllThingsVon1277 Před 4 lety

    Wow they might feel some kinda way for the grandparents not looking for them. And why they couldn't keep the child that's a low blow to have her sent away when they could've kept her.

  • @godisforallnevergiveup9245

    Amber you pretty girl

  • @MAHispanos
    @MAHispanos Před 5 lety +22

    Honestly I dont think they like each other that much. Just didnt seem like they really wanted to be together there. I dont know maybe it was just my interpretation

    • @gokentucky7130
      @gokentucky7130 Před 5 lety +2

      Octavio Chavez well I mean it might be uncomfortable to meet a long lost family member on television but you might be right

    • @lauriegottschalk6330
      @lauriegottschalk6330 Před 5 lety +19

      We DO like/love each other! We took very late flights to be there as the today show asked us a week before hand to come on the show. Also, we had no idea what we were going to be asked and it’s kinda scary being on live national TV!

  • @sharonmcclendon3477
    @sharonmcclendon3477 Před 5 lety +41

    Megyn Kelly is a terrible interviewer... I have watched several of her interviews on You Tube and they are very jumbled and disconnected...

    • @Gina-jq8fc
      @Gina-jq8fc Před 5 lety +7

      Sharon Henning when she asked the youngest girl if she was sad “no one was at her wedding” I cringed. Of course there were people to attend on her behalf... she could’ve worded that better

    • @mbell8588
      @mbell8588 Před 5 lety +2

      She's disconnected!

    • @johnnylundberg9703
      @johnnylundberg9703 Před 4 lety

      She interviews to get the answers she´s already guessed., right or wrong. Ske´s not the only journo fallen into that trap.

    • @saraschneider6781
      @saraschneider6781 Před 2 lety

      Actually she's fantastic

  • @rebeccawhite8459
    @rebeccawhite8459 Před 4 lety

    I miss Megan's show on tv

  • @isadon
    @isadon Před 5 lety

    What happened to the mother?

    • @lauriewhite3483
      @lauriewhite3483 Před 4 lety

      Isa Don she died about 4 or 5 years ago apparently

  • @angelahartley3212
    @angelahartley3212 Před 5 lety

    Not judging!! Judt my comment!! If i wanted to think i could judge you would hear it from me!

  • @abbiecastaneda2955
    @abbiecastaneda2955 Před 5 lety

    So my biological family has to do 23 and me to?

  • @nevenagrue3023
    @nevenagrue3023 Před 3 lety

    Her questions are sometimes so insensitive and so obviously trying to provoke a reaction to make a good show.... It's kind of not cool.....

  • @SandyWolf-
    @SandyWolf- Před 5 lety +4

    23 and me ruined my life my brother at age 60 did this test to find out our father was not our father! He was killed in a plane crash in 1969 there are 5 of us and our whole life has been a lie. I had surgery 10 years ago and the blood type didn't match my mother said I was crazy but I saw it in her eyes. My brother asked her on her death bed she still denied it and I was the crazy one! I was always the one that didn't fit in I new from early age I was differant. This was a secret she took to the grave and now our whole family is destroyed

    • @iamlinda100
      @iamlinda100 Před 5 lety +9

      well it was your own brother's decision to take the test, so don't blame these DNA companies just because the results weren't what you expected or wanted to know. These DNA companies like 23 and Me have changed many people's lives, many for the better because they have helped to reunite families that they thought they never had. And yes, for some other people the experiences might not have been for the better. But it really depends on how you cope with the information you're given, some people take the results as a blessing because it has helped them find family members they never knew they had. And it's up to the people to choose if they want to take these DNA tests, it's not the company's problem if people get the results they don't want or don't expect. That's the point with taking these tests, to discover your ancestry, and a lot of these results can be surprising, it's the people's responsibility to be prepared for whatever results they get. If you did not want your family to change, then maybe your brother should not have taken the test. But you can take the results as a blessing because now you know that you have a whole other family out there, have you ever considered finding your biological family? You never know unless you try, you might gain a whole new family from this, you can turn it into a positive experience instead of a negative one.

    • @SandyWolf-
      @SandyWolf- Před 5 lety +1

      @@iamlinda100 ty for reply when I wrote this was still upset I'm just hurting for my brother who took it hard I don't care everyone dead

    • @giuseppesarto3657
      @giuseppesarto3657 Před 5 lety +3

      Wow, where is your empathy?? Not everyone takes these tests to find family members, some take it to know more about their cultural background, ethnicity, genetic makeup, etc... So, yeah, taking the test for that reason and then finding out that your dad is not your dad and having your relationship with your mom spoiled by lies and suspicion even to her death is absolutely traumatic. I agree that 23 and me ruined her life. I also agree that 23 and Me can't be liable for the lies of women but this is, nonetheless, a warning to all people to proceed with caution.

    • @iamlinda100
      @iamlinda100 Před 5 lety

      @@giuseppesarto3657 of course I know that not everyone take these DNA tests to find family members, some take them to find out more about their heritage and ethnic background and where they came from. I wasn't trying to be rude, but based on Sandy Wolf-Lit
      's comments, it sounded to me like she was blaming 23 and Me for her family being ruined when it's not the company's fault at all. The only thing these DNA companies do is test your DNA and give you the results, they are only responsible for giving you the facts about your DNA and heritage. How people react to the results is their own problem, not the company's. If people's lives were ruined by the results and they want to blame someone for the results then they should blame the people who actually lied and covered up secrets. The OP should blame her parents for being untruthful about her real identity, and not 23 and Me.

    • @mbell8588
      @mbell8588 Před 5 lety +1

      Prayers Going Up!!!

  • @stephpowell7648
    @stephpowell7648 Před 5 lety

    Why didn't they say what their heritage is?

    • @saraschneider6781
      @saraschneider6781 Před 2 lety +1

      Because they literally said in the video only one tested. Also this story had nothing to do with heritage.

  • @edotoole
    @edotoole Před 2 lety +1

    Give that poor starving waif a cheeseburger.

  • @PattyNicEochaidh
    @PattyNicEochaidh Před 5 lety +2

    Who would say that sentence to someone??
    "What are you ?"
    Rude. Especially at work??

  • @geneillebaker6986
    @geneillebaker6986 Před 3 lety

    Beautiful havebthem back withh baby

  • @steflondon88
    @steflondon88 Před 5 lety

    Sigh, I dunno. I feel like something this big shouldn't be on a tv show...

    • @amberlenehan5798
      @amberlenehan5798 Před 5 lety +5

      This was a big decision for us to meet on TV vs something private, but it ended up being a really fun experience that we can share with each other, and allowed us to share this excitement with the rest of our friends and family as well.

    • @lauriegottschalk6330
      @lauriegottschalk6330 Před 5 lety +5

      We didn’t either. But at the same time if we can put a smile on someone’s face or give hope to others that is worth something. Plus, what a story we can share with our loved ones!

    • @saraschneider6781
      @saraschneider6781 Před 2 lety

      Yet you watched the video and commented.🙄

  • @Michelle-jz8vl
    @Michelle-jz8vl Před 5 lety

    Why didn’t the two sisters that look alike share their nationalities?
    Strange!

    • @lauriegottschalk6330
      @lauriegottschalk6330 Před 5 lety

      Chelsea Bella Gallo they actually didnt ask us to share our nationalities and christine hadn’t done the DNA test yet. The only nationalities we have in common are from our mothers side, aside from that not much else!

    • @lauriegottschalk6330
      @lauriegottschalk6330 Před 4 lety

      Princess Prattle Tales I’m not a troll. I am actually the person in this interview.

    • @VioletJoy
      @VioletJoy Před 4 lety

      @@lauriegottschalk6330 Just out of curiosity, would you mind sharing your ethnicity? It's probably a mixed bag. Lol. Most of us are anyway. You are the one with the bangs, correct?

    • @lauriewhite3483
      @lauriewhite3483 Před 4 lety +2

      Violet Joy I am the one with the bangs! According to 23andMe I am 47% Vietnamese and a spattering of Chinese. The rest is like British, Irish, French.

  • @nillyk5671
    @nillyk5671 Před rokem

    She is so pretty but she needs to take better care of herself. I understand she is pregnant but that's no reason to be so overweight.

  • @blueb4829
    @blueb4829 Před rokem

    The mother was busy, 4 children with different men.

  • @impinkiepiuwu1832
    @impinkiepiuwu1832 Před 5 lety

    Adele????????

  • @comfortakpogol7507
    @comfortakpogol7507 Před 2 lety

    Will be forever grateful to DR. UMORU this great man help me out with my HSV-2 I am now negative after using the medications I got from him.

  • @kerstinklenovsky239
    @kerstinklenovsky239 Před rokem

    Shame on the system.
    Disgusting.

  • @charlieleo1884
    @charlieleo1884 Před 10 měsíci

    Megan should look up her ancestry tree, she could be related to 45😂😂😂

  • @raqad4642
    @raqad4642 Před 4 lety

    Where is their biological parents why they give up or their mom give up her children

    • @saraschneider6781
      @saraschneider6781 Před 2 lety

      The mom is dead. I don't know where the fathers are..that isn't our business.

  • @thejoshthat
    @thejoshthat Před 5 lety

    LIES! this is just an AD for 23&me. Boo!!!

    • @lauriegottschalk6330
      @lauriegottschalk6330 Před 5 lety +2

      thejoshthatviews I’m not sure why you think this is a lie. We shared our story with 23&Me because it is special to us and we know there are others out there like us. We were not paid to come on and promote it. I assure you I can show you the paperwork that this is all true.

    • @VioletJoy
      @VioletJoy Před 4 lety

      @@lauriegottschalk6330 It's really not worth responding to comments like that. Some people seem to enjoy trying to get a rise out of others. 😒

  • @cindy_9154
    @cindy_9154 Před 5 lety +1

    I'm curious about their biological fathers' ethnicity. Based on their appearance, I'm guessing their biological mother slept with two white men, one Hispanic man, and one Asian man. It's too bad that they don't know about their biological fathers.

    • @amberlenehan5798
      @amberlenehan5798 Před 5 lety +5

      Hi- I actually found my bio father (and 4 more siblings!) later in 2018. My bio father is European (Irish/British). We met late last year and keep in touch!

    • @lauriegottschalk6330
      @lauriegottschalk6330 Před 5 lety +4

      You are mostly correct, my father is Vietnamese according to my DNA report. I won’t fully disclose christines because it is not my place to do so, but not Hispanic ☺️

    • @VioletJoy
      @VioletJoy Před 4 lety +3

      @@lauriegottschalk6330 You are adorable and I think it's so cool how you and Amber are commenting here. I've never seen that before.

    • @lauriewhite3483
      @lauriewhite3483 Před 4 lety +3

      Violet Joy thank you! We didn’t really know these comments existed for a year. It’s good to be able to share accuracies of our story...but then also deal with mean people!

    • @saraschneider6781
      @saraschneider6781 Před 2 lety

      @@amberlenehan5798 I'm so glad!

  • @jelenabrozinic3524
    @jelenabrozinic3524 Před 5 lety

    That is so weirs

  • @verminwatch_out1283
    @verminwatch_out1283 Před 3 lety +1

    They all need to diet

  • @chetyoubetya8565
    @chetyoubetya8565 Před 5 lety +3

    Why don't people get that it's who raises you that is your family not DNA.Not to mention what host says to someone hey now you have a sibling that looks like you.Rubbish now I know why her show was cancelled. No class.

    • @lauriegottschalk6330
      @lauriegottschalk6330 Před 5 lety +2

      Chet youbetya we actually made a joke about it in the pre-interview. I think that is where she got it from. We have always joked that we look nothing like Brian and that is half the fun of telling people we are siblings!

    • @saraschneider6781
      @saraschneider6781 Před 2 lety

      Because that's literally not the way it works. I mean your adoptive family is also your family but it doesn't mean your genetic family isn't your family. Family by definition is actually a specific definition (DNA)... anyone else we consider family is cultural.

  • @patricialucious5091
    @patricialucious5091 Před 4 lety

    Esau who’s evil and wicked and r gonna burn in the lake of fire forever.

  • @lalawiko8296
    @lalawiko8296 Před 4 lety

    They all look nothing alike

  • @joyceanthony9526
    @joyceanthony9526 Před 4 lety

    Why are so many young women tubs of lard?

    • @lauriewhite3483
      @lauriewhite3483 Před 2 lety +1

      From a biological standpoint there is technically more than lard in my body. Tubs don’t really fit in there, so, yes I’m fat. Why are so many people unnecessarily mean to people they have never met?

  • @pickingwilddaisies945
    @pickingwilddaisies945 Před 3 lety

    This interviewer was awful.

  • @longyoa2070
    @longyoa2070 Před 4 lety

    Well the only resemblance is there all overweight...