Uprooted and Untethered
Faith Morrow and Henry Stieg’s marriage didn’t last long, and Faith remarried Arthur Morrow in 1939. Arthur became the father Sharon Elliot never had, and the small family were happy as they built their lives together. But when Elliot was 55 years old, her adoptive mother sprung some shocking news on her: Elliot was not Faith’s real child.
Source: womensenews.org
Like any sane person, Elliot was shaken. She felt uprooted from what she had always considered family and suddenly felt estranged from the people she had known all her life. Their family traditions, history, and anecdotes were not hers to own anymore. She was left wondering about the circumstances of her birth, and it was then that she decided to dig deeper.