Quest for cookie jar leads to long-lost brother

The Orlando Sentinel ^ | September 17, 2003 | Pamela J. Johnson

[tdadams]

Bob Kunath recognized something in the way the pixie face of the vintage cookie jar winked at him. It was like it had a secret.

What he didn't know was that he had come upon a secret that would change his life.
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It wasn't until the package arrived last week that the secret was revealed. The man who sold Kunath the cookie jar was a brother he has never met.

Kunath, adopted when he was an infant, has often wondered about his biological parents.

He knew from his adoption papers that his mother's name is June Shaw and his father's name is Harry Saylor. His adoptive parents told him that he had two siblings, a sister and brother. But he never attempted to contact them.

"I've never had a burning desire to meet these people," Kunath said. "I had really great parents. I'm who I am today because of them."

But looking at the receipt that accompanied the cookie jar, he found something curious. The eBay seller's name was Harry Saylor.

[Lion in Winter]

Interesting turn of events.

[tdadams]

I thought it was an interesting story, unfortunately it wasn't written in a way that lended itself to excerpting.