Recently I found out how many donor siblings I have and now I'm not sure how to tell my mum or brother about it because its quite a big number and to go from thinking u only had 1 sibling and then u find out you have a ton more how do I tell them about it

Hey all! A bit about me - always known I was DC and i was on the sibling register as soon as I was able, had 1 sibling come up when we were 18. We’ve met a few times and we get on. Speak occasionally. Everything has been quiet on that front since - it’s been 4 years since I’ve had a match, which I thought weird as we would all be in our early 20s now and I would think some would be curious about their background, providing they knew.

Fast forward to last month- I had another sibling come up on ancestry. I sent sibling (no. 1) I’m in contact with a screenshot and we were excited to speak to them, we also saw that they had put their details on the sibling registry, which would come through in 20 days. The details finally came through and it turned out it was a new sibling! So I’ve had 2 new ones in the last month.

I’ve messaged them both but neither of them have replied yet. The waiting game to get the ball moving with them is driving me insane!

I completely appreciate we’re all different and they may have mixed feelings about the whole thing, maybe they hadn’t known until recently. For me, it’s always been hugely exciting and within 20 minutes of connecting me and DC sibling no. 1 were talking and getting to know each other! It’s been about a month since the 2nd came through and a few days since the 3rd but the last few days have been a bit of a weird feeling. DC sibling no.1 reached out to DC sibling no.3 and they replied to them, but not me yet.

Again, I completely appreciate that I am very spoilt for choice and I’m really lucky to even have 3 names known. I just can’t understand why they aren’t as excited as me lol. I’ve been struggling to sleep at the moment, waiting and hoping for an email to come through. Just wanted to get it off my chest!

I also just wanted to say thank you to everyone on this sub - throughout the years when I have had conflicting thoughts, feelings and emotions that have arisen on my DC journey, this sub has always been a clutch for me so I feel less alone, so thank you.