A Milwaukee woman who had been given up for adoption as an infant began seeking her birth family later in life, and through a 2007 coincidence, discovered that she and Oprah had the same mother.

CHICAGO - Oprah Winfrey recently learned she has a half-sister - a Milwaukee woman who was put up for adoption by Winfrey's mother nearly 50 years ago. On "The Oprah Winfrey Show" that aired Monday, a ...

The rumors are true. Oprah Winfrey has a half-sister she never knew about. Winfrey made the announcement on Monday’s episode of "The Oprah Winfrey Show." She said she met her secret half-sister, ...

She’s not the first long-lost celebrity relative to come randomly out of the woodwork, but where most of them are deadbeat dads or biological mothers seeking a coattail-riding boost to gaudy tabloid ...

CHICAGO /*Winfrey*/ made the announcement on "The Oprah Winfrey Show" episode that aired Monday. It was Winfrey's assistant that spilled the beans to the talk show host last fall, but her half-sister, ...

Oprah Winfrey, right, greets her half-sister Monday on ‘The Oprah Winfrey Show.’ Winfrey introduced Patricia, explaining how the woman’s search for her family culminated in a meeting with Winfrey on ...