^^^ thanks for the update, L&F. I'm glad that you had a good meetup with your bio mum. Another happy ending (or new beginning).

Funny about leading "parallel lives". I re-watched the episodes re: Boris Johnson. His Turkish great grandpa (Ali Kemal) was a journalist turned politician. Boris had the same path.

There's also an Amerasian lady from the 'Leah & Blair slog' . She's now 50+ and her dad was a US serviceman stationed in PH. Unfortunately, her dad has passed but they were able to connect her with some of her paternal cousins. Two of her cousins are nurses in the US and Elizabeth (the Amerasian) is also a nurse (in PH).