and a healthy level of sodium. it s amazing what soup can do. shepard: oprah calls it a miracle a secret half sister she says she never knew about. her name it seems is patricia. they met this past thanksgiving and oprah introduced her on today s show with much fanfare. their mother gave patricia up for adoption as a newborn back in 1963. saying she couldn t take care of her. oprah was 9 years old at the time. and living with her father in another state. she says she never knew her mom was even pregnant. patricia recently got ahold of her adoption records and figured out she was oprah s sister back in 2007. it took them three years to finally meet. today, oprah fought back tears as she thanked patricia for keeping the secret. since i have been a person known in the public, there have been few times that i have been anywhere and not been sold out.