My long lost transsexual sibling

David Waters was shocked to find out that his mother had given up a baby, born before her marriage. But there were more shocks to come

    * David Waters
    * The Guardian, Saturday 10 April 2010
   
http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/2010/apr/10/transsexual-adoption-multiple-sclerosis

I had two shocks when I found out about my adopted half-sister. The first was that she existed. I was 15 in the late 70s when, during the course of my parents' bitter divorce, I found out that Mum had had a child with another man when she was 17, and that this daughter, Lisa, had been adopted.

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This is what they said: your daughter is no longer your daughter – she's your son and his name is Stephen. He has been living as a man for the last 10 years. He has multiple sclerosis (MS), which he has had since his teens.