TMC
07-10-2026, 07:43 PM
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The Little House on the Prairie alum, 62, revealed on Instagram on Thursday, July 9, that she recently discovered (https://www.lipstickalley.com/threads/melissa-gilbert-discovers-she-has-3-older-brothers-after-being-adopted-at-birth.6158111/) — after “a remarkable few weeks” — that she has three older brothers she previously did not know about from her birth mother’s side of the family.
Gilbert, who was adopted at birth by Barbara Cowan (née Crane) and Paul Gilbert, wrote that she plans to detail the experience on Substack and shared an additional message from one of her newfound siblings.
“For those who don’t know, I was adopted at birth. For which I will be eternally grateful. 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,” Gilbert wrote. “A few weeks ago I connected, through an app with my fifth biological cousin on my birth mothers side.”
The Little House on the Prairie alum, 62, revealed on Instagram on Thursday, July 9, that she recently discovered (https://www.lipstickalley.com/threads/melissa-gilbert-discovers-she-has-3-older-brothers-after-being-adopted-at-birth.6158111/) — after “a remarkable few weeks” — that she has three older brothers she previously did not know about from her birth mother’s side of the family.
Gilbert, who was adopted at birth by Barbara Cowan (née Crane) and Paul Gilbert, wrote that she plans to detail the experience on Substack and shared an additional message from one of her newfound siblings.
“For those who don’t know, I was adopted at birth. For which I will be eternally grateful. 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,” Gilbert wrote. “A few weeks ago I connected, through an app with my fifth biological cousin on my birth mothers side.”