By Kaitlyn S Ross, WXIA
ATLANTA, Ga. — It was a reunion 42 years in the making. A brother and sister had not seen each other for more than four decades when social media brought them together again.
Daniel and Janet hug for the first time in more than 4 decades apart. (Photo: 11alive)
Most people go on Facebook to look at pictures, or see what their friends and family are up to, but for one family, it was the lifeline that brought them back together after a lifetime apart.
It’s a phone call Daniel McLean didn’t think he would ever make: forty-two years after losing his sister Janet, he heard her voice.
“We called and…I found my sister,” he said.
His daughters and grandchildren knew all about Janet, but had never met her. She was born disabled, and Daniel was protective of his little sister. He called her Pug, and never left the house without her.
“He never went on a date by himself, she went on his back, he carried her with him,” said Daniel’s daughter, Laura.
After their parents died, Daniel and Janet were placed in foster care.
At 18, Daniel enlisted in the Marines, and went off to Vietnam.
Read the full story by Kaitlyn S Ross, WXIA.
