Reunion of brother and sister from Moss

Life is sometimes complicated.
Things happen that we have no control over.
Bad things and good things.

I just read in the local newspaper how a brother and sister, both born in Moss, had recently been reunited.
Reading the article, I understood that this family had experienced more than their share of tragedies.

In 1950 a Norwegian seaman and a Danish woman married in Denmark.
Their first son was born there. He grew up with his Danish aunt, not with his parents.
Around 30 years later this son died in a fire.

In 1952 the couple settled in Moss and a year later their second son was born. This son lived with his paternal grandmother, not with his parents. He died of cancer, only seven years old.

In 1955 a third son was born, and for reasons not quite clear was given up for adoption in Norway , straight after his birth.

In 1959 a daughter was born. She grew up with her parents.
In 1961 a fourth son was born. He also grew up with his parents. Unfortunately this son died in 1993, only 32 years old.

The children in the family never heard about their brother who had been given up for adoption.

The family seems to have moved back to Denmark at one point.

In 1990 the father died.
In 2003 while the mother was dying , she told her daughter about the brother in Norway.

A year ago the chairman in Moss Genealogical Society received a letter from the sister in Denmark who by then knew her unknown brother was born in Moss around 1956.

In the end of January 2008 this genealogist from Moss located the brother in another part of Norway.

Now the two siblings have met and feel so good about being together, they know they will keep in contact.

Five children, all born after 1950, and only two still living.
One son died at the age of 32, one of cancer at the age of seven and one in a fire at the age of around 30.

I wish the Norwegian brother and his Danish sister many good years of positive contact.