it s really hard to describe what it felt like being shunted before five different terms between the age of 18. it felt like being under a cloud of rejection, like no sense of family, no sense of belonging. check what happens in my mid to late 20s and i m still coming to terms with my own childhood i get a message from a man on facebook who tells me that he s my brother. it was completely crazy because for a long time, i thought that i was kind of isolated, in terms of family, that i didn t have anyone, but i ve got a brother, that s life changing. i find it difficult to understand why no one told me i had siblings while i was in care. there is one person who might hold some answers. oh, my days! oh, my gosh!
happens in my mid to late 20s and i m still coming to terms with my own childhood, i get a message from a man on facebook who tells me that he s my brother. it was completely crazy because for a long time, i thought that i was kind of isolators in terms of family, that i didn t have anyone, but i ve got a brother, that s life changing. i find it difficult to understand that no one told me i had siblings while i was in care. there is one person who might hold some answers. 0h, in care. there is one person who might hold some answers. oh, my days. roselyn! rosalynn was my social worker between the ages of 15 and 18. a few years ago, i had a brother get in touch with me.
i get a message from a man on facebook who tells me that he s my brother. it was completely crazy because for a long time, i thought that i was kind of isolated, in terms of family, that i didn t have anyone, but i ve got a brother, that s life changing. ifind it difficult to understand why no one told me i had siblings while i was in care. there is one person who might hold some answers. oh, my days! oh, my gosh! roselyn! roselyn was my social worker between the ages of 15 and 18. a few years ago, i had a brother get in touch with me. really? yeah. from where? he spoke to me on facebook. who? my dad s side.
in because i was so young. i went into care at the age of two and didn t leave until i was 18. i always wondered whether i was considered for adoption and never had the courage to ask about it as a kid. it s really hard to describe what it felt like being shunted before five different homes before the age of 18. it felt like being under a cloud of rejection, like no sense of family, no sense of belonging. check what happens in my mid to late 20s and i m still coming to terms with my own childhood i get a message from a man on facebook who tells me that he s my brother. it was completely crazy because for a long time, i thought that i was kind of isolated, in terms of family, that i didn t have anyone, but i ve got a brother, that s life changing.
named chris jones. heather went to a new year s eve party on 1999. and she came home, and we sat down and talked and giggled about this new guy that she had met, chris. reporter: diane recalls that heather found chris fascinating. he dazzled her with his knowledge of wine and just his his knowledge of the world. she liked that? she loved that. she absolutely loved that. reporter: diane was surprised to see how fast the new couple was moving. within weeks heather and chris were living together. not long after, diane noticed a change in her cousin. a big one. they got very involved in a lot of online gaming and some things like that. and so they had a very, very sedentary lifestyle. and so that s when she gained, i would say, about 250 pounds. 250 pounds over how much time are we talking about? maybe a year and a half. i mean, it was a very short amount of time. that s life-changing. it was tough. did she seem depressed about the weight gain? absolutely, yes.