Melissa Gilbert has made an emotional discovery about her biological family more than six decades after she was adopted at birth.
The Little House on the Prairie star, 62, revealed via Instagram that she recently connected with three biological brothers on her birth mother's side after years of searching, calling the experience "an extraordinary adventure."
"Well, this has been a remarkable few weeks...For those who don’t know, I was adopted at birth. For which I will be eternally grateful," she shared via Instagram on Thursday, July 9. "Decades ago, I found my birth father’s family. Including my three older half-siblings. Those relationships were a bit fraught. Not very close and still full of secrets. Not what I’d hoped but ultimately an important part of my story and one for which I will always be grateful to them for."
Things took a positive turn, however, when Gilbert connected with biological family members on her birth mother's side.
View this post on Instagram"I’d always wished for a big brother, and I found out I have three," she rejoiced.
Her newly discovered older brother shared a post of his own, revealing that one of their siblings has passed.
"Well… this wasn’t on my 2026 bingo card," Matt Tuchscherer wrote. "It’s been an incredible few weeks of discovering family history, sharing stories, asking a million questions, and getting to know someone I never knew existed."
According to Matt, he and his brothers also share an adopted sister, whom he called his "rock."
"I’m incredibly fortunate to have both of them in my life," he continued. "I’m looking forward to seeing where this new chapter leads. Family has a funny way finding each other, even after 62 years."
The beloved actress went on to say that she and Matt are "becoming especially close."
"I’ve always said that I don’t have a family tree, I have a family shrub. It’s now more of a climbing rose vine. Covering an enormous wall with its many different shapes and colored blooms," she wrote. "I love my family. Both the family I grew up with and the biological family I have gotten to know and continue to get to know…apparently there is one more half-sibling (on my birth father's side) who we are trying to contact. Life is such an extraordinary adventure. Even at 62 years old, it continues to surprise me."
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