Two sisters who have been searching for their long-lost brother have finally been reunited with him after they were separated for 60 years.
Linda McCloskey, 71, and Betty Jean Musselman last saw their brother, Robert Barwick, 64, when he was a baby only before the state removed them from an unsafe South Carolina household in the 1950s.
While the sisters reconnected, they could not find Barwick and made a post on Facebook on April 19 appealing to the public to help with their search.
The photo went viral and with the help of police and a forensic historian, they were led to their brother, who never even knew he had sisters, in an emotional reunion in Florida on May 7, according to WPBF.
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Linda McCloskey (left), Betty Jean Musselman (right) and Robert Barwick (center) were separated after the state removed them from an unsafe South Carolina household in the 1950s. The sisters were reunited shortly after, however for years they could never find Barwick
On May 7, the two sisters were finally reunited with their long-lost brother after they were separated for 60 years (above the sisters in the picture shared on Facebook). The picture was shared more than 280,000 times to date
'Last time I saw him, he was a baby and I was holding him,' Linda McCloskey told WPBF after seeing her brother. 'And to hold him again, I felt complete.'
Barwick, who was born deaf, was nearly one year old when the siblings were split up after child services put them into homes of different family members.
This was after they were taken from their South Carolina home where they lived with alcoholic parents, according to the Palm Beach Post.
'We were just shipped away,' McCloskey told the Palm Beach Post. 'But God knows what would have happened to us if we stayed in that home.'
The sisters eventually reconnected but they were not able to find their brother.
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