There must be so many stories like this one, and with the advent of Facebook (it’s 14 years old now!), now they can end happily! Prior to social media, if you knew you had a long lost relative, it would be comparable to finding a grain of sugar in a salt shaker! And even with Facebook, these two had trouble finding each other. Sometimes life can really force a wedge between people, making it easier to lose touch than we ever thought possible. Thankfully social media has made finding long lost family not so difficult or traumatic. However, even still, technology can prove to be difficult.
This is the story of a brother and sister who were separated at such a young age. They only knew each other’s first names.
Shawny and Luke are siblings who were inseparable their first couple of years, until the age of 4. They grew up in different foster homes in New Mexico, but their caregivers made sure they were able to spend time together. Eventually, their respective adoptive families moved to different parts of the country, splitting them apart.
Both kids grew up in happy healthy families, living life to the fullest. They were each given opportunities and have grown to become functional adults. Luke even has a two-year-old son! It wasn’t until they were into adulthood that Luke took on the difficult task of locating his sister, who he only knew as Shawny. Luke, based in Baltimore, found someone on Facebook named Shawny, in Las Vegas, who could maybe be his sister. It was only after lots of back and forth that they realized they had found each other!
In this clip on the chat show The Real, the brother and sister are reunited after not seeing each other for 18 years and it’s a beautiful moment! Even better, the two were kept in separate green rooms and given two different menus, yet they both ordered the same thing! Apparently, they even order the exact same sub! That’s some serious sibling love. What a great ending to a long and painful story.
Click below to watch the teary reunion… and the gift the producers give to Shawny and Luke!
