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

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.