Could It Be? Part II

Over the weekend, Kim put four pictures side by side so that all of us could compare all four at once. The first picture was of M and Lois' grandmother on their father's side. The next picture, we call the lady on the rocks was a picture that the nephew of my birth father (Everett Colwell) sent me. It is a picture of one of Everett's girl friends. The third picture was a recent one of me, and the last was one of me taken 16 years ago.

When I saw all of the pictures lined up like that, it appeared to me that the "lady on the rocks" and my sixteen year ago picture were a match. And it also looked to me that my recent picture and the one of Lois and M's grandmother matched through the eyes. But was that just wishful thinking? I didn't know, but maybe?

We emailed the composite off to M. She quickly emailed back and said she was sure she is my Aunt M. She saw the same similarities I did and she was absolutely certain that "the lady on the rocks" is her sister, Lois. She sent the pictures to her daughter, J and another daughter. J sent the pictures to her daughter who is now in Afghanistan. All of them reported seeing family in all 4 pictures!

Last night, I got a phone call from my very favorite cousin. She is the daughter of my guardian mom's sister. As we cousins were growing up, to me, it felt more like we were sisters instead of cousins. She had been following our blog and felt she just had to call. Her mom had told her over the years bits and pieces of how I came to my guardian parents. She asked "do you know the name..." and before she could finish, I said "Lois". She said "Lois" and her last name, "I was waiting for you to say Lois" she said. She went on to say that this Lois was who she thought her mom told her my birth mother was! My heart leaped. Could it be.............?

We're planning on a trip to Florida to see M and her daughter, J in November. Today, I got information and pricing on DNA testing. I plan to take a DNA test kit with me when we go.