Joanne McNally has shared her joy after meeting her half-brothers for the very first time.The Irish comedian was adopted in the 1980s.
She was born in Roscommon but raised in Killiney, Dublin by her adoptive family. The 41 year old - who hosts podcast My Therapist Ghosted Me with best friend Vogue Williams, tracked down her biological father Kevin a few years ago, leading her to find out she had siblings she never met in Australia.
Fast forward to now, and Joanne finally managed to meet up with her four half-brothers - Conor, Paddy, Finbar and Ronan - for the first time in her life.
She shared photos of the meeting on Instagram, revealing her excitement at meeting family members who share similar looks to her. "When you’ve never looked like anyone before meeting my half brothers was wild!" she began. "Adopted outta Roscommon in the 80s , (or 90s depending who’s asking) , found my birth father a few years ago , a sound man who had very understandably legged it to oz , to be fair to him he says he was goin anyway and sure I’d already upcycled myself to Dublin thank God." She went on to joke about her birth place, before adding: "Anyway Kevin bio dad had a rake of Ozzie sons and we hung out in Edinburgh and personally I think I’m the image of Conor and Paddy, mad to see myself as a man!
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