Woman discovers mother secretly gave two children up for adoption in 1960s Michigan

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"Shortly after she died, I got a message on Facebook from somebody saying, hi, this is your sister. I have been in touch with Mom for a few years, and I just want to know, like, where she's going to be buried so that I can visit."

Jessica from South Carolina learned after her mother's 2021 death that her mom had secretly given birth to two children in the 1960s—a daughter in 1966 and a son in 1964—and placed both for adoption through Catholic Social Services. Her grandfather, a Detroit police officer, forced the adoptions because his unwed Roman Catholic daughter had become pregnant with biracial children. The mother maintained a secret three-year relationship with one daughter before dying, asking only that her other children forgive her.