"PRSRT.STD."
US
POSTAGE PAID
No. 486
SHAW
NEWSPAPERS
VOL. 4 NO. 17 Thursday, November 19, 2009
Family
ties
Family
ties
Four-year search brings adopted siblings together
By Donna Barker
dbarker@bcrnews.com
PRINCETON -- Four
years ago as she lay on her
deathbed, Elizabeth "Beth"
Lampkin told her daughter,
Ginger Freeberg of Princeton,
that she had a secret to share
with her.
Beth wanted Ginger to know
she had a younger brother,
whom Beth had given up at
birth for adoption.
Ginger was understandably
shocked at the news. She had
been raised as an only child.
Through the years, Ginger
had no clues about a younger
brother, no hints from her
mother, no slips from extend-
ed family or friends.
But the secrets weren't over.
Later that night, when Ginger
told her Aunt Linda (Beth's
sister) about what her mother
had said, Aunt Linda want-
ed to know if Beth had also
told Ginger about the other
babies. What other babies,
Ginger asked.
That story, about the other
babies, was best told by
Ginger's mother, Aunt Linda
said.
But the next day, after a
nine-month battle with can-
cer, Ginger's mother died at
the age of 58. Ginger never had
the chance to ask her mother
about the other babies.
As it turned out, Aunt Linda
knew quite a bit about Ginger's
See Reunion Page 3
BCR photo/Donna Barker
Ginger Freeberg holds a six-inch file she's collected on her research into her family, which includes newfound siblings. Raised as an only child, the Princeton woman
learned four years ago that she actually has brothers and sisters who were given up at birth for adoption. The siblings got together in August at Freeberg's home.
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