Today, the two describe each other as “best friends.” “ whole again,” said Stiles of being reunited with her older sister, describing the first time the pair hugged again as “magical.” “It almost feels like there was no time lost between us,” said Bigley. Their connection was “instant” and they’ve been in constant contact ever since. “The rest is history.” That they look so much alike came as a shock. “We finally met in person one year to the day that I messaged her,” in March 2017, in Laguna Beach, California said Bigley.
The pair began talking every day and excitedly planning to reunite in person as soon as possible. “I started crying because we finally found each other,” said Bigley. “When I got her message, there were a million emotions running through my body all at once… It was one of the most exciting days of my life,” said Stiles, admitting she’d previously felt “defeated,” believing there was “no chance I was ever going to see her again.” Today the two describe each other as one another’s “best friends.” Amanda Stiles / CATERS NEWS Stiles responded, confirming she had a sister named Brittanny. “When I saw the first photo that popped up my heart stopped: She had the same big fake eyelashes, little button nose, lots of makeup. With the new info - including her sister’s post-adoption name - she was finally able to track down her now 29-year-old sister on Facebook. “I made a video talking about my story, and my dad’s ex-girlfriend reached out to me,” Bigley said. “She works in the foster care system and was able to help me with a lot of information that I needed.”
Then, when she was 23, her aunt brought her some paperwork “and it had court files and information about me and Amanda, which helped my search,” Bigley recalled. While her father often told her about her sister growing up, he passed away when Bigley was 10, landing her back in the foster care system, with only a few photos and vague memories of Stiles. Amanda Stiles and Brittanny Bigley, together in childhood and - despite the odds - once again in adulthood. Bigley, who works in management and is now a mother of one, maintained hope Amanda was alive, but eventually gave up the dream of ever hugging her again. In the 25 years since their 1993 separation, both sisters had tried to find the other, but to no avail. Stiles proceeded to grow up in California, Bigley in Utah. It was a closed adoption, so they changed her name.” “My dad got custody of me, and the foster parents we were staying with adopted Amanda. “When I was about 2 and a half and Amanda was 1, we got taken away our mum and her dad and placed into foster care,” Bigley, 31, told Caters of her biological sibling. Neither time nor space could keep these long-lost siblings apart.ĭespite being separated from her sister in childhood, Brittanny Bigley never faltered in believing that she was out there. I took a DNA test - and met my long-lost brother at 27īride’s brother roasts sister at her wedding: ‘She was a hefty baby’ Steve Irwin’s daughter faced ‘hellish’ health battle that ‘was going downhill fast’: brother School bars families from kids’ graduation: ‘Your baby can’t come in’
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