I haven’t met her or her brothers in person yet. I’ve corresponded with them and at some point my wife and I will probably go out to California to meet them. I’ll be honest it’s kind of an odd feeling to suddenly find out that you have sibling you didn’t know existed.
Especially since that sort of thing generally sheds a whole new light on Dad's unexplained "business trips" or why Mom's high school yearbooks are strangely silent when it comes to her junior year.
Did you have the opportunity to address this question to the "errant" parent?
Regards,