Carmen Rita Wong

And I said to him on those last few days, as I was holding his hand in the hospital, I was just like, man, you've got to go up there. You've got to talk to mom. You've got to, you've got to find me answers. And unfortunately, my brother passed away a year to the day of his diagnosis. The biggest devastation of my life is the loss of him.

And I said to him on those last few days, as I was holding his hand in the hospital, I was just like, man, you've got to go up there. You've got to talk to mom. You've got to, you've got to find me answers. And unfortunately, my brother passed away a year to the day of his diagnosis. The biggest devastation of my life is the loss of him.

And I said to him on those last few days, as I was holding his hand in the hospital, I was just like, man, you've got to go up there. You've got to talk to mom. You've got to, you've got to find me answers. And unfortunately, my brother passed away a year to the day of his diagnosis. The biggest devastation of my life is the loss of him.

I just wanted to get at the bottom of it. And frankly, though it was very important for me to find who my biological father was, More importantly, in some ways, was figuring out why my mother kept this secret. Why didn't she tell me?

I just wanted to get at the bottom of it. And frankly, though it was very important for me to find who my biological father was, More importantly, in some ways, was figuring out why my mother kept this secret. Why didn't she tell me?

I just wanted to get at the bottom of it. And frankly, though it was very important for me to find who my biological father was, More importantly, in some ways, was figuring out why my mother kept this secret. Why didn't she tell me?

So I write the book. I hand in my first edits. I hadn't checked my genetic sites in a while because I felt very, I don't know, just discouraged. I mean, there's only so much. You can only wait until the right person takes a test. And maybe that never would happen. I couldn't pin my hopes on it anymore.

So I write the book. I hand in my first edits. I hadn't checked my genetic sites in a while because I felt very, I don't know, just discouraged. I mean, there's only so much. You can only wait until the right person takes a test. And maybe that never would happen. I couldn't pin my hopes on it anymore.

So I write the book. I hand in my first edits. I hadn't checked my genetic sites in a while because I felt very, I don't know, just discouraged. I mean, there's only so much. You can only wait until the right person takes a test. And maybe that never would happen. I couldn't pin my hopes on it anymore.

I just hit refresh. And it happened. The right person took the test. My niece, my paternal niece took the test. Right away, she sent her a message. And I sent just a nice kind of basic note saying, here's who I am. And I understand if you don't want to know me or you don't know who I am, or I understand if you don't have anything to do with me. I just want to know who he was.

I just hit refresh. And it happened. The right person took the test. My niece, my paternal niece took the test. Right away, she sent her a message. And I sent just a nice kind of basic note saying, here's who I am. And I understand if you don't want to know me or you don't know who I am, or I understand if you don't have anything to do with me. I just want to know who he was.

I just hit refresh. And it happened. The right person took the test. My niece, my paternal niece took the test. Right away, she sent her a message. And I sent just a nice kind of basic note saying, here's who I am. And I understand if you don't want to know me or you don't know who I am, or I understand if you don't have anything to do with me. I just want to know who he was.

I got a response within hours. I got an email from my real biological half-sister the next day.

I got a response within hours. I got an email from my real biological half-sister the next day.

I got a response within hours. I got an email from my real biological half-sister the next day.

He lived right up the street. Right up the street. from when I was a kid in Manhattan.

He lived right up the street. Right up the street. from when I was a kid in Manhattan.

He lived right up the street. Right up the street. from when I was a kid in Manhattan.

Unfortunately, my biological father passed away many years ago. I cried as if my father died. That's what it felt like in that moment. Like I got the news my father was dead. Another father. A father I never knew, but it still was my father died.

Unfortunately, my biological father passed away many years ago. I cried as if my father died. That's what it felt like in that moment. Like I got the news my father was dead. Another father. A father I never knew, but it still was my father died.