January 22, 2022, Alva woman Peggy O'Neil, a resident of the Homestead, got her mail and sat down with a cup of coffee to open it. "I saw a letter hand addressed to me and I didn't recognize the return address."

She started reading the letter, "Dearest Peggy, Not sure how I should begin this narrative, but I think you should sit down, grab a cup of coffee and take a deep breath." Lucky for her she was already sitting down with a cup of coffee.

As it turned out, the letter was written by her sister Julie who told O'Neil she had four brothers and two sisters that she never knew she had.

"I knew...