do i have a sister?

[mongoloidbaby]

my dad artifically inseminated a woman, not my mother, who i don't give two shits about, but he had a child, and that child is a girl, and she seems to like me, albeit she is shy and fears talking to me on a direct basis, she's only a few years old though. One day she may come to want to communicate with me. Is she my sister? Half-sister (

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[brokenforgotten]

my mother had a baby when she was 19 and put it up for adoption. I didn't find out till I was 17 and that was because the woman had found my mother and contacted her. I've met her. It was odd but we didn't really develop a relationship. I also have half-brothers and sisters by my dad's other wives. Plus my mother was adopted and found her birth mother so i have a shitload of uncles and aunts and cousins I've never met.

It depends on what her parents have told her and what she wants to know. When she gets older she will be inquisitive and ask most likely. If her parents are open with her about the situation it may not be a big deal. you're biologically her half-brother but you dont' have to be her family if you don't want to.

[dracusoara]

"you're biologically her half-brother but you dont' have to be her family if you don't want to."

Yup, that was going to be the basic gist of my response. I have a half brother in Romania from my dad's second marriage. I don't really think of him as family beyond that we share the same father, whom I'm not close with anyway. Also, he's far away so we haven't really had a chance to meet each other and see if there's a relationship to be built there or not.

Then I had my half sister from my mom's second marriage, whom I loved like she was my own. But, I lived with her, so it's an entirely different situation.

So it all really depends on the situation, and on the people involved. It might turn out that your half sister, biologically speaking, is really cool and you two become good friends. There's also an equal chance that you two won't connect. But whatever happens, don't let your father's past behaviors get in the way of you getting to know her.

[leswainsleigh]

All of my siblings except for Nina have different fathers. Halfs count as wholes to me, I guess...
I don't know, dude. See what happens.