Torn From Family Because Of Parents Leprosy Woman Reunites Brother 53 Years Storycorps Exclusive 8661113

During the 19th and 20th centuries, thousands of people believed to have leprosy were ripped away from their families and sentenced to live in isolation in kalaupapa, a remote peninsula on. Christina sadberry walked by raymond turner's office every time she visited cook children's hospital for seven years but the pair grew closer after learning they were siblings from a dna. It felt like the closest they could get to a family reunion.