I looked at everyone and wondered if I should even burden them with my suspicions. But a weight shared is a lighter load, so I prefaced my confession with an oath of silence from them.

"I don't want this going any further than those at this table," I said. They all looked at one another and nodded. "Okay, here goes, I think I may have figured out who my birth parents are."

Brenda seemed pleased but the others were in the dark about this particular subject.

"I was adopted," I said. "I think my Aunt Carlotta may in fact be my mother."

"I didn't know you had an aunt," Kevin...