Adopted and raised as an only child, I found out when I was 20 that my adoptive family’s close friend, Dorothy Hensley, was actually my biological mother. Dorothy died when I was 10, but my family stayed in touch with her mother and other family members.
In time, I created a family tree on ancestry.com, listing my biological mother’s name and my birth name, Janet Sue Hensley. Some time later, I was surprised to receive an email from a Jon Blazek. In the email, he wrote “You don’t know me, but I think I’m married to your sister.” I called the phone number listed in his email, thinking, I’ll set this guy straight.
Jon’s wife, Karen, was born in 1947, several years after me, and was also adopted. Like me,…
