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In 2003, not long after Keall spoke to the Prince Rupert Daily News about her search, another woman came forward. In a brief article, the woman said that Keall had inspired her to come forward, for she too had been abandoned as a baby in Prince Rupert.

Keall has never been able to find the woman to speak with her, to see if she too shares those blue eyes. Keall and Kevin are now actively searching for her, on the assumption that she is their sister.

“It’s compounded now. It’s a bigger search. The cat’s out of the bag — there are two of us now … This is really big. This is heavy. This is a picture of serial abandonment.”

As for Kevin, he is not yet willing to share personal details about himself. He will say that he is happily married, a father, and living in the Lower Mainland.

His abandonment “has never been a secret,” he said, but for the first time he feels ready to join Keall’s search.

He has no hard feelings toward his mom, and would like to thank her for leaving him in that stairwell.

“I’ve had a pretty great life and judging by how her life was going, I wouldn’t have had a good life with her,” he said.

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Keall repeated her plea for information, for anything that can help.

“It’s time. All we have is love. We have no judgment,” Keall said.

“We are sitting back here waiting with open arms for a family connection, to know, to have our mystery solved,” she said. “It’s that longing to understand your identity, where you came from.”

Keall and Kevin will meet this week when Keall flies to Vancouver on a WestJet flight from Atlantic Canada, where she now lives.

They will meet each other’s kids, their nieces and nephews, the families that raised them. There will be tears and they will all get to know each other.

“I’ve hit the jackpot. They are all so amazing,” Keall said of her new relatives. “They have said, ‘You are family, come on in’.”

Any information that can help Keall and Kevin can be passed on through Keall’s website, Rupertsbaby.com, which Keall may soon change to Rupertsbabies.com.

lgrindlay@postmedia.com