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The Other Me | Me, my half-sister and her biological mum

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Half-sisters Hazel Clery and Suzanne Burdon only first knew of each other's existence in June of last year(Supplied)

In 2017 Sydney woman Suzanne Burdon discovered she had a half-sister, Hazel Clery, living on the other side of the world in Jacksonville, Florida.

They both grew up in England, and for their entire childhoods, they were little more than a half hour drive away from each other.

But they didn’t know each other existed until they were in their late 60s, in June 2017.

This is a story of two half-sisters connecting late in life, a birth mother turned adoptive mother, and what can happen when biological relatives turn up out of the blue.

Credits:

Producer: Georgia Moodie

Sound engineer: Ariel Gross

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Community Organisations, Family
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