Holiday season, millions of just back from reunions with families we know so well. Or do we . Thank you so modern science, some of russ discovering surprising addition or deletions to our family tree. As reat a brave will explain. Welcome. Come in out of the rain. Dna test kids are, test kits are revealing unexpected family members to many americans. I was in kind of shock at that time, realizing that, in fact, i did have a different mother and father. Reporter ahead on sunday morning he is like, oh, congratulations there is your brother. Reporter when dna test asking shake up your family tree. Pauley shes one of the legends of Country Music. Her name is tanya tucker. And this morning she is looking back and forward with our legendary bob schieffer. Delta dawn. She was once Country Musics wild child. A breakout star at the ripe old age of 13, tanya tucker has been riding high for five decades. Singing with a new album that is getting the best reviews of her career. If that 13yearold tanya tucker was sitting here, what would you tell her today . I dont know that i would tell her anything. I think she would probably need to talk to me and give me some advice. Reporter later on sunday morning, it is a new dawn for tanya tucker. Pauley setting the table may seem like a dull chore to you. But the folks Conor Knighton has been watching wowing beg to differ. Setting a proper table is more than just good manners. The forks. At the Los Angeles County fair, it is an event. For competitive table escapers like Bonnie Overman choosing the right theme is just as important as placing the silverware. I always create something that i think is going to be best of show. You are in it to win it . No doubt. Ready, set, table, ahead on sunday morning. Pauley from time to time, this new year we will be taking you off on one of our escapes. Escapes from the ordinary. Ben tracy starts us offer from cambodia. He is one of the most prolific Hotel Designers in the world known beforing before beiy over the top. You have been called crazy. Thank you. Reporter but crazy i would imagine goes a long way in your line of work . Of course it does, yes, because who wants to go on vacation to a serious place . Reporter the later on sundy morning. Pauley serena search search is on broadway for us this morning. Catching up with david byrne of the talking heads. Joel sartore raises an alarm as he takes stock of the worlds endangered species. And Steve Hartman has the story offer of cats best friend, and more. First here are the headlines for sunday morning, the fifth of january, 2020. The United States is bracing for irans next move. Its leaders have promised revenge for President Trumps decision to kill the countrys top general in drone strikes in iraq on thursday. Holly williams has the latest. General Qassem Soleimanis body was flown home to iran this morning, two days after he was assassinated by an american drone strike in baghdad. His remains will be buried on tuesday. Soleimani was the commander of irans feared quds force designated a terrorist organization by the u. S. Which holds soleimani responsible for the deaths and injuries of hundreds of americans. President trump claimed, without giving any details, the air ther strike was preventive. He was planning a very major attack, and we got him. Reporter irans supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has vowed to take revenge. It is a declaration of war by the Trump Administration against iran. Massive, reckless escalation. Reporter possible targets for iranian retaliation include the many u. S. Embassies and military bases here in the middle east. For sunday morning, i am Holly Williams in northern iraq. Pauley here at home demonstration in several cities, wisconsin, to los angeles, protested the Trump Administrations actions and any new war. We will have more on rising tensions with iran in just a few minutes. Australias already catastrophic wild fires are intensifying. Flames, fanned by strong winds, destroyed hundreds more homes yesterday. The death toll rose to 24. Some 150 fires are now raging, battled by tens of thousands of volunteer firefighters. Now todays weather. Its raining again across the northwest, while a mix of rain, sleet and snow is expected from the great lakes into the northeast. For the week ahead, temperatures fall across big parts of the east, but out west, california is golden. Pauley so whats next in the showdown between the United States and iran . David martin is watching developments from the pentagon while seth doane is following the story from israel. We will begin with david martin. Reporter seismic shocks set off by the drone strike which killed soleimani rippled across the u. S. As thousands of paratroopers from the 82nd airborne boarded planes for the middle east the department of Homeland Security warned of possible iranian Cyber Attacks and the mayor of new york stepped up security. We are now potentially facing a threat thats different and greater than anything we have faced previously. The troops are going to kuwait where they will be ready to reinforce u. S. Embassies and other locations where americans are based. General frank mackenzie, the commander 0 of u. S. Forces in the middle east, has told the pentagon he intends to hit back if any of the 5,000 american troops in iraq are attacked by iranianbacked militias. Until last week, u. S. Forces had not retaliated for fear of antagonizing the iraqi government, but as defense secretary mark esper told reporters off camera, the confrontation with iran and its militias has reached pa new level. The game has changed and we are prepared to do what is necessary to defend our personnel and our interests and our partners in the region. Reporter the game changed dramatically when two American Drones struck the convoy carrying soleimani after he had landed at the baghdad airport. Secretary of state mike pompeo says soleimani was hit because he was planning to kill americans. The American People can know that the decision that President Trump made to take Qassem Soleimani down saved american lives. Reporter iranian officials have called the killing of soleimani an act of war and vowed revenge. Yesterday evening President Trump upped the ante with an extraordinary tweet warning that if iran strikes americans or american assets, we have targeted 52 iranian sites, thats one for each of the hostages taken when a mob over ran the u. S. Embassy in tehran nearly 40 years ago. He then concluded the tweet in all caps saying iran will be hit very fast and very hard. Pauley david, are there signs iran is preparing to strike . Reporter a u. S. Defense official told me just a short time ago iran has brought its Ballistic Missiles to a higher state of reddiness. He told me and i want to quote this it is unclear whether Iranian Military movements are intended to better prepare to defend themselves or to be better prepared to execute strikes. When i said that sounds like we are on a razors edge he said, yes. Pauley david martin at the pentagon, we thank you. We have asked our seth done to, seth doane to tell i see more about Qassem Soleimani and help us understand his significance to iraqis. He reports from israel. Reporter Major GeneralQassem Soleimani was an architect of irans influence across the middle east, creating a shiite muslim stronghold in several countries, including hezbollah in lebanon, where one commander warned 35 u. S. Targets and tel aviv are within irans reach. Chants of death to the u. S. Have been a common refrain among protest in other words in iran since the 1979 hostage crisis, and soleimani has been seen as a fierce nationalist fighting for iran reaching cult like status she a hero in iran, se adored, there are posters of him everywhere, Everybody Knows where he is, dexter filkins, a staff writer at the new yorker pen add profile on soleimani and likened irans quds force which soleimani led to a sort of cia meets special forces. He is one of the most powerful men in the country. He is very close to the supreme leader, it would be like killing, you know, the Vice President or Supreme Court justice, i mean, it is huge. Soleimani is credited with employing socalled asymmetrical warfare tactics, using proxy forces to fight for iran, including against israel. How close of an eye did you keep on soleimani . Very close. Amos yadlin is a former chief of Israeli Military intelligence. You could see him in anyplace that iran tried to change the regime or to have a terror attack. You could see him in lebanon with hezbollah, in syria fighting for assad, in iraq killing american soldiers, and in yemen firing rockets to saudi arabia. Reporter yadlin told us he thinks iran is considering three options for retaliation, a strike on the United States which is risky, on an american ally, like saudi arabia or United Arab Emirates or israel, but ultimately he thinks iran does not want allout war, although many in the region feel we are now closer to one. Hi. Pauley next. I am really looking forward to knowing more about my real family. Pauley a family affair. Hey you dang woodchucks, quit chucking my wood geico. Fifteen minutes could save you fifteen percent or more on car insurance. Nyquifor your worst cold andrful relieflu symptoms, on sunday night and every night. Nyquil severe. 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Amidst the food and fun it a maid me tear up. It made me happy. Reibman and his sister sara reibman are meeting a relative named tom johnson for the very first time. I think we both had very loving parents. Reporter and this is no distant relative, tom and richard and sara, have discovered they are siblings. And it was just shocking, awesome. Where have you been all my life . [laughter. ] reporter it all began when the reibmans cousin, susan gronk did a dna test. So this is what came up. And found that someone named thomas edgar johnson, jr. Seemed to be her first cousin. And i initially thought thats a mistake, because i know all of my first cousins. Okay. This is my very first contact, january 2nd. Susan, who is partially of Eastern European jewish descent reached out to tom. Who was raised a fundamentalist christian of. And already puzzling over his dna results. It said that i was a descendant of Eastern European jews and french. And thats not at all my family that i knew. Reporter soon, susan figured out that tom had been born in dearborn, michigan. He is knew that sara and richards brother herbert, who died ten years ago, had been born there too. As it turned out in the same hospital within hours of tom. A bomb hit, caused the reporr t d 1941, pearl harb. And tom johnson suddenly realized that in what had to be nationwide chaos, he and Herbert Reibman may have been switched at birth. I was in kind of shock at that time, realizing that maybe i had overturned a rock that ths pretty surprising to me, that, in fact, i did have a different mother and father and, than i grew up with. Sara reibman took a dna test too and confirmed that tom is her brother. Reporter how shocked were you . I thought that explains a lot because herbie, the brother who was probably switched, was just so different than we were. And we always kind of laughed about it. It was kind of a joke, you know, where do you come from . This is herbert and i when we were little tikes. Richard calls the discovery bittersweet. He says they love their brother herbert who died without learning the real story. But he also feels there is a reason to be happy. Certainly will enrich my life going forward. I think for tom, it is much more difficult because he didnt grow up with his biological parents, although he grew up in a loving family, but it is different for him. I have an aunt who is only three years older than me, and i talked to her and she said, you will you will always be our family. But, i am really looking forward to knowing more about my real family. Its really a joy to me. Growing up we were german, we danced in a german dance group, i wore liederhosen. Many of the commercials for dna kits make it sound like taking the test might yield some fun surprises about your heritage. A big surprise for us, we are not german at all. In fact, a recent survey shows more than a quarter of those who use mail indna tests discover close relatives that they didnt know about. I took the test. It is not always happy news. It was may of 2017 when the floor fell out from under me. That was the day catherine st. Clair learned it was devastating news. Reporter that she did not share any dna with the only father she ever knew. What i found was that my mother worked for a few months at this store that my biological father owned and i was conceived at that time. And i was raised as my dads child along with my siblings and nobody knew. With both the parents raised her and her birth father dead, st. Clair had no one to ask what happened. Feeling isolated, she started an Online Support group for others in similar situations. Not parent expected is what you call it. Yes, and before you know it we hit 6,000 members. Oh, thank you. The they even have meetups like this one. How are you . Where members talk about issues like the shock of finding out their biological father was not who they thought. Fall let bethel. And now i realize i was feeling betrayal, my mother had this secret. Bradley hall. Were you able to talk to your mother about this . Shes unapproachable about the subject. I discovered anatomy dad was not my dad. Tamera brooks says the hardest part was that the dad who raised her had no idea she wasnt his. I didnt want to tell him, and im sorry. At this point, he was sick. And i didnt want to upset him. You know, there were seven born i am sorry, i didnt know i was going to get emotional. So we are going to go through some phone support training of handling some difficult calls, difficult callers. At Dna Testing Companies like 23 me, so many calls come in from people who make shocking discoveries about that, as they showed us give them some time to process that on the phone. Employees get special training in how to handle delicate situations. Because sometimes people call in just wanting to vent or to have someone listen. Reporter the company Just Launched a new web page aimed at helping people cope with unexpected results. But there are a lot of happy endings. The young boxer in the ring is vidal rivera. The two men watching him are james inge senior and junior. Last year, james, jr. Took a dna test to learn more about his heritage. And was surprised when someone hed never heard of i was in initial like shock kind of. Reporter seemed to be a close match so he called ancestry. Com, the Testing Company he used. I talked to their Customer Service person. And hes funny because he is like, oh, congratulations. This is your brother. [ laughter ]. So i am like, okay. Did you call him first or did you call your dad first . I talked to my dad. He was still in kind of like, what . This kind of misty area mindset, you might say. Did you did the name ring a bell . Did you have a glimmer . I could remember nothing, and i felt really bad because i didnt remember. Like 27 yearo . 27 years ago, that was the eighties, that was good times. Dont remember that. Couldnt remember, like seriously couldnt remember. The but it was just what his newly found son had been dreaming of. Vidal had taken a dna test for one reason only. See if i could get a lucky shot in the dark and see what i have always been looking for, see if, you know, i could find my dad on there. Had you ever asked your mom who your dad was . A million times. And she didnt want to talk about it . Yeah, at times she didnt want to talk about it. I got different answers, things of that nature so i just knew i couldnt keep knocking on that door. But now, these three men say best times, it was a best day. They have formed a bond which will never break. And it asit. What doou say . What would your response be . You just have to get your feet wet and just do it. You cant be afraid of it and embrace whatever you get because, you know, its going to happen. Its just going to happen in its own way. 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