{"id":82876,"date":"2023-12-10T14:38:34","date_gmt":"2023-12-10T14:38:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/posterboyedit.com\/?p=82876"},"modified":"2023-12-10T14:38:34","modified_gmt":"2023-12-10T14:38:34","slug":"woman-is-left-stunned-to-discover-she-has-77-secret-siblings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/posterboyedit.com\/lifestyle\/woman-is-left-stunned-to-discover-she-has-77-secret-siblings\/","title":{"rendered":"Woman is left stunned to discover she has 77 secret SIBLINGS"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1><span>EXCLUSIVE<\/span> Woman, 26, who discovered at age 20 that she was conceived using a SPERM DONOR is stunned to learn she has 77 secret SIBLINGS &#8211; after a stranger got in touch to reveal the identity of her biological father<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><span>Sheena Holland-Dolan, 26, discovered\u00a0she was conceived with a sperm donor\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>She has discovered\u00a077 siblings\u00a0 so far on ancestry website, 23andme<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>She is close to many of her siblings and they even travel together\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>A woman who thought she was an only child was shocked to find out she has not only a secret sibling &#8211; but 77 of them.<\/p>\n<p>Sheena Holland-Dolan,\u00a0from Cleveland, Ohio, has met dozens of family members &#8211; even becoming so close to one half-sister they went on their honeymoons together.<\/p>\n<p>Sheena, 26, spent the first 20 years of her life thinking she had no siblings &#8211; until she found out her mom and disabled father had used a sperm donor to have her after struggling to conceive.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;To say it was a shock was an understatement,&#8217; Sheena admitted. &#8216;I was left shaken.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/09\/10\/78751051-12838103-Sheena_Holland_Dolan_right_from_Cleveland_Ohio_she_was_an_only_c-a-18_1702118984291.jpg\" height=\"846\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Sheena Holland-Dolan (right) from Cleveland, Ohio,\u00a0she was an only child was shocked to find out she has not only a secret sibling &#8211; but 77 of them<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/10\/13\/78751049-12838103-Sheena_26_spent_the_first_20_years_of_her_life_thinking_she_had_-a-98_1702215927677.jpg\" height=\"618\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Sheena, 26, spent the first 20 years of her life thinking she had no siblings &#8211; until she found out her mom and disabled father had used a sperm donor to have her after struggling to conceive (pictured with some of her siblings)\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Sheena&#8217;s parents were told not to tell their daughter about her genetic father, but when she was 20, her parents ended up divulging the truth.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;It was a tricky situation, I was initially so upset that I\u2019d been lied to,&#8217; Sheena recalled.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;I understand that back then, there was maybe an element of shame, and they would worry about what other people would think,&#8217; she reasoned.<\/p>\n<p>Sheena felt a pull to find out if she had any relatives out there, so went\u00a0looking for answers on the ancestry website 23andme.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;The prospect of siblings hadn\u2019t even crossed my mind when I went hunting on family tree sites,&#8217; she admitted. &#8216;But someone reached out to me and said: &#8220;I know who your dad is.&#8221;&#8216;<\/p>\n<p>It was there, Sheena found out she was the\u00a047th sibling from the same donor to be found.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;There are now 78 of us, and I\u2019m sure a lot more out there waiting to be found too,&#8217; the family orientated woman said.<\/p>\n<p>Sheena was then invited to join a Facebook group set up by her older half sibling, Kianni Arroyo, who was trying to track down as many siblings as possible.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/10\/13\/78751359-12838103-Sheena_pictured_found_out_she_was_conceived_with_a_sperm_donor_w-a-95_1702215927596.jpg\" height=\"789\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Sheena (pictured) found out she was conceived with a sperm donor when she was 20<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/10\/13\/78751045-12838103-Sheena_felt_a_pull_to_find_out_if_she_had_any_relatives_out_ther-a-94_1702215927594.jpg\" height=\"655\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Sheena felt a pull to find out if she had any relatives out there, so went looking for answers on the ancestry website 23andme &#8211; finding she had more than she ever could have imagined\u00a0\u00a0(pictured with some of her siblings)<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/10\/13\/78751043-12838103-Sheena_loves_finding_new_siblings_to_add_to_the_group_and_has_ev-a-96_1702215927596.jpg\" height=\"849\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Sheena loves finding new siblings to add to the group, and has even found new relatives as young as five &#8211; and has\u00a0 connected with their parents.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/10\/13\/78751039-12838103-Sheena_found_out_she_was_the_47th_sibling_from_the_same_donor_to-a-97_1702215927597.jpg\" height=\"370\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0Sheena found out she was the 47th sibling from the same donor to be found<\/p>\n<p>Sheena discovered that her biological father had signed up to donate sperm when he was in college to earn extra cash and to help couples conceive.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;I have kind of a morbid fascination with it, especially at first,&#8217; she admitted.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Sheena loves finding new siblings to add to the group, and has even found new relatives as young as five &#8211; and connecting with their parents.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Everyone has different levels of involvement, which is fine, but there are a lot of us who regularly meet up and we have such a great time,&#8217; she explained.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Each time I meet a new half sibling, I\u2019m looking for similarities \u2013 do they have the same dimples as me, or the same sense of humor?&#8217; Sheena asked.<\/p>\n<p>Despite not growing up knowing her siblings, Sheena said she &#8211; and her husband Andrew &#8211; noticed they share similar mannerisms.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;I first met up with Kianni after she invited me to visit her in Florida. I don\u2019t like to say no to an adventure, so off I went,&#8217; she said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;We instantly clicked, and I was so thrilled to have a sister,&#8217; she gushed.\u00a0 &#8216;We discovered we were both getting married at similar times, so we arranged to go on honeymoon together. It was so special.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/10\/13\/78751027-12838103-Sheena_said_her_siblings_have_different_levels_of_involvement_bu-a-100_1702215927761.jpg\" height=\"477\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Sheena said her siblings have different levels of involvement, but there are a lot of them who regularly meet up and we have such a great time<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/10\/13\/78751037-12838103-Sheena_said_she_d_love_to_meet_all_her_siblings_eventually_calli-a-99_1702215927679.jpg\" height=\"480\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Sheena said she&#8217;d love to meet all her siblings eventually, calling it an &#8216;exciting journey&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Although she feels there should be tighter controls and more regulations\u00a0around sperm donation and clinics, she&#8217;s thrilled to have found a whole family.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;I\u2019ve been able to travel a lot and meet so many interesting people,&#8217; Sheena said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;It does worry me slightly that if I go on to have children, I will have to warn them that they need to be very careful when choosing their partners,&#8217; she added. &#8216;They will have so many close relatives out there who they will know nothing about.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019d love to meet all of my half-siblings, eventually,&#8217; she gushed.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s such an exciting journey.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/femail\/article-12838103\/Woman-26-discovered-age-20-conceived-using-SPERM-DONOR-stunned-learn-77-secret-SIBLINGS-stranger-got-touch-reveal-identity-biological-father.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>EXCLUSIVE Woman, 26, who discovered at age 20 that she was conceived using a SPERM DONOR is stunned to learn she has 77 secret SIBLINGS &#8211; after a stranger got in touch to reveal the identity of her biological father Sheena Holland-Dolan, 26, discovered\u00a0she was conceived with a sperm donor\u00a0 She has discovered\u00a077 siblings\u00a0 so&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Woman is left stunned to discover she has 77 secret SIBLINGS - posterboyedit<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/posterboyedit.com\/lifestyle\/woman-is-left-stunned-to-discover-she-has-77-secret-siblings\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Woman is left stunned to discover she has 77 secret SIBLINGS - posterboyedit\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"EXCLUSIVE Woman, 26, who discovered at age 20 that she was conceived using a SPERM DONOR is stunned to learn she has 77 secret SIBLINGS &#8211; 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