I finally met my half-sister, Katrin, for the first time.I’m American and was raised sibling-less by my mother in New York. She had met my father through work but brought me up, devotedly and all-consumingly, as a single mother.
She told me a little about my dad but because she was there for me in every way, I never felt anything was missing.She contacted him again when I won a university place as she felt he should help with the fees.
We started a loose relationship but he had his own family, including a son and a daughter – Katrin – who didn’t know about me.
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