Angela and Dennis Laffin, from Upstate New York, already had a son, Nick, born in 1995, and after struggling with fertility for several years, they decided to adopt. They did extensive research, and looked into adopting from abroad to grow their family, but they agreed there are so many children here in America, they should stay local. Once they completed the training, medical clearance, home study and background checks required to become adoptive parents, they registered with a local adoption agency. Then, they waited for a call, which finally came on Sept. 10, 2002. They named their newly-adopted son Frank. Two years later, news broke that three newborns were separately abandoned in New York. At the time, the Laffins had their hands full with their two sons and had already decided they wouldn’t adopt another child. Then Angela heard that one of the three babies was found in a hospital bathroom, and suddenly their decision changed. Both Frank and Vicky, now 20 and 19 respectively, describe their childhood as loving, supportive and fun. What came next was a complete surprise. The Laffins supported their adopted children’s desire to learn more about their backgrounds and bought them each an Ancestry DNA test kit. It turns out that Vicky and Frank are full biological siblings. While the news that they are biologically related was bewildering in the beginning, the siblings said their relationship remains as it always has been. "Nothing has really changed between us aside from the newfound knowledge that we have the same blood, which, in our family, never really mattered in the first place," said Frank.
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