Carmen Rita Wong

Let's check. Let's check the results. Nina says her tests are in, right? We click and we're all seeing the same screen. And all you hear is us going, it says I'm half siblings to all of them.

Let's check. Let's check the results. Nina says her tests are in, right? We click and we're all seeing the same screen. And all you hear is us going, it says I'm half siblings to all of them.

I couldn't help but marvel at the life she led to put me in that moment.

I couldn't help but marvel at the life she led to put me in that moment.

I couldn't help but marvel at the life she led to put me in that moment.

I didn't have anything beyond third and fourth cousins on this genetic test. So that started my quest. Wow. I had to find out who this guy was. My father. My real biological father.

I didn't have anything beyond third and fourth cousins on this genetic test. So that started my quest. Wow. I had to find out who this guy was. My father. My real biological father.

I didn't have anything beyond third and fourth cousins on this genetic test. So that started my quest. Wow. I had to find out who this guy was. My father. My real biological father.

He felt very much that it was his responsibility as an older sibling to make sure that I found this other family.

He felt very much that it was his responsibility as an older sibling to make sure that I found this other family.

He felt very much that it was his responsibility as an older sibling to make sure that I found this other family.

She was aging and ill, but he was like, you've got to ask her. She may have answers. Nothing. So I asked my godmother in the Dominicans. Nothing. Everyone said Lupe was always quiet and protective. You know, she held things very tightly. She didn't share much. We don't know. I hired a genealogist, even.

She was aging and ill, but he was like, you've got to ask her. She may have answers. Nothing. So I asked my godmother in the Dominicans. Nothing. Everyone said Lupe was always quiet and protective. You know, she held things very tightly. She didn't share much. We don't know. I hired a genealogist, even.

She was aging and ill, but he was like, you've got to ask her. She may have answers. Nothing. So I asked my godmother in the Dominicans. Nothing. Everyone said Lupe was always quiet and protective. You know, she held things very tightly. She didn't share much. We don't know. I hired a genealogist, even.

A few months into this process, I got that dreaded phone call like I got about my mother, this time for my sister-in-law about my brother. He'd had a cough that was lingering and wouldn't go away. He had stage four non-smoking lung cancer.

A few months into this process, I got that dreaded phone call like I got about my mother, this time for my sister-in-law about my brother. He'd had a cough that was lingering and wouldn't go away. He had stage four non-smoking lung cancer.

A few months into this process, I got that dreaded phone call like I got about my mother, this time for my sister-in-law about my brother. He'd had a cough that was lingering and wouldn't go away. He had stage four non-smoking lung cancer.

I think as he got this diagnosis, he realized that I would be very much alone.

I think as he got this diagnosis, he realized that I would be very much alone.

I think as he got this diagnosis, he realized that I would be very much alone.