Dave Green, 60, was employed as a bus station supervisor at Manchester Airport when it dawned on him that Andrea Urmston – who regularly visited the station to restock vending machines – was in fact his sibling, according to the BBC.
Discovery after two years of friendship
The pair had bonded over a mutual passion for motorbikes and had been firm friends for two years before a conversation about fostering in 2007 prompted Dave to disclose that he had been adopted. Andrea, 53, mentioned that her brother had been placed for adoption, and as the two began piecing together the details, it became apparent they shared the same mother.
Dave told the BBC: "People don't meet like that, it's not what happens in everyday life, but ours are not everyday lives any more."
Meeting their mother
When Dave went to meet his mum – who had given birth to him at just 15 years old – he discovered he had regularly driven past her home in Altrincham, Trafford, during his time as a bus driver. Andrea described the first encounter between her brother and their mother as "amazing", adding: "It was just something she had wanted so much and she just couldn't believe it. It was a surreal moment, there was lots of tears and then we all just hugged. I couldn't believe that I'd got my brother and my mum together."
Shared tastes
Despite having grown up separately, the siblings have since discovered they have remarkably similar tastes – from how they take their tea to a shared fondness for "tomato sauce butties". Dave said: "I have always thought it's not what you have in your life it's who you have in your life. Somebody or something gave me the thumbs up that day and things will never be the same again, things haven't been the same for 20 years and they're not going to be ever again because I've got the one thing in my life that I need to make it special."
