This story could not have been thought up any better: two men from Waldoboro (Maine) had been working together at a furniture store for some months, where they had always laughed about customers’ comments about their striking similarity. When Randy Joubert (36) finally asked Gary Nisbet (35) about some details he had prepared from his own adoption records, the scales fell from his eyes: Nisbet was not just a co-worker, but a brother!

The brothers had been separated when the state took them from their mother, due to severe negligence. They lived in neighboring towns with their adoptive families, and attended rivaling schools. But the story does not even end there: days later, a woman walked into the furniture store carrying adoption records and other paperwork, she claimed that she was the two brothers’ half sister. Joanne Campbell did know her biological mother, in contrast to her brothers, but she was never really close to her.

Joubert only gained access to the state records about his adoption and origin due to a fairly new law, which was coincidentally supported by his boss at the furniture store – former Senator Dana Dow (R).

A truly amazing story, and certainly the warm side of genealogy, as described by Alejandro Druetta in yesterday’s blog post!

Read the whole story at Bangor Daily News.