Woman Discovers Who She Really Is After Seeing a Photo of Herself As a Missing Girl

Margaret has no memory of her life prior to being abandoned at an orphanage when she was 5 years old. For the next 40 years, she would be unaware of this until her daughter Nancy one day returned home with an old milk carton.

A milk container marked “lost girl” and with Margaret’s name and image! She wasn’t the only one on the carton, though.

The solution to ultimately understanding the truth about her background lay in finding the other child…

Finding Her Brother 

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Throughout the three-hour trip to meet him, Margaret was a nervous wreck. She had never been so close to discovering more about her enigmatic history. She had been kept in the dark for for 40 years, and now she was going to meet her brother Regan.

Discovering the Truth

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They were both at a loss for words as to how to start a discussion. They had a lot to talk about. It was inevitable, however, that the five years leading up to Margaret’s adoption would be one of the first points of discussion. Even more so than Margaret, Regan was an expert on the subject.

Suddenly, Everything Clicked Into Place

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Margaret heard what Regan said, with bewilderment. Everything was beginning to click into place in her mind…

When Margaret was five, why did her family decide to give her up for adoption? Also, why were she and Regan featured as missing persons on a milk carton only weeks later? To what extent does Margaret’s history conceal mysteries?

Inquiring Margaret

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Margaret was unable to recall any details from her early childhood, despite the fact that most people can recall at least a few events from this time period. Even if she lived forever, there would still be many mysteries surrounding her background, and she was okay with that.

The answers to which she desperately sought.