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Tom Gray grew up in Honolulu in the years after World War II, in a tight-knit island community that felt and operated much like extended family.
Jerilee Bennett, The Gazette
Tom Gray and his wife, Lee Gray, were surprised at all the national attention that their family story has circulated. Through Ancestry.com, Tom and his half-brother, Walter McFarlane found out that they have a half-brother, Alan Robinson. McFarlane and Robinson have been good friends for many years while living on the island of Hawaii and didn't know they were related until the DNA test. Tom grew up with both brothers in Hawaii and is looking forward to having both brothers come to visit him.Perhaps that’s why his wife is the one seemingly more over-the-moon about the recent family holiday update that’s gotten a global embrace.
“It’s amazing,” said Lee Gray. “I was lucky to marry into this wonderful family, and now it’s even bigger.”
The Colorado Springs couple is at the heart of an inspiring story of coincidence and kismet that’s gone viral this holiday season: Walter Macfarlane and Alan Robinson, two lifelong best friends in Hawaii, recently discovered they are in fact half-brothers.
And 79-year-old Tom Gray is big brother to both.
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