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Sister and brother reunite after 61 years of separation
Norman Hickman, adopted as a child, locates his real family decades after being placed in an orphanage. Anna Hill Mathis, his sister, and Norman Hill Hickman meet in Lancaster California after a decade-long search aided by relatives and a Missouri postmaster. The tale highlights adoption-law barriers and the fragile, emotional return of a dispersed family.
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Lancaster
Calif
Nea
Anna Mathis
Norman Hickman
Anna Hill Mathis
Norman (Hill) Hickman
Mathis
Hickman
Henry A. Hill
Hill
Margaret
Seneca
Anna
Walt
Bert
Kenneth
Norman
Ralph
Oklahoma
The
Nazarene Church
Ft. Scott
Norman Hill
James and
Mosie Ellen Hickman
Alva
Oklo
Oregon
California
Kansas
Marcella
Modesto
Hickmans
Betty Riggs
Fresno
Missouri
Mathis-Hill
Marcella Hickman