A Canadian woman searches for her biological roots and discovers a handful of siblings.. Here's the story

An adopted woman who was searching for her biological roots using specialized DNA websites has found 6 of her siblings, 5 of whom were also adopted by families in Canada and the United States, according to the British newspaper, The Times.

And Risa Speer, 67, who lives near the Canadian city of Vancouver, also discovered during her research that she has 3 other brothers from her mother, and 8 more from her biological father.

Her inquiries also revealed a deeper secret: that she and her other adoptive siblings may have been sold to desperate people to become parents at a time when the sale of infants was governed by lax laws.

Speer's journey to discover her roots began 5 years ago, where she discovered one secret after another;

Including the fake birth records of all six of her siblings put up for adoption.

"I can't tell you how many times I've told people DNA doesn't lie. People lie," she says.

Speer knew from a young age that she was adopted by Jewish parents, but she never thought of tracing her biological family until she was diagnosed with breast cancer at the age of 51, as she wanted to know if she had mutations in one of the genes for fear of passing it on to her daughter, but she was denied the examination. official because it was adopted.

"I had to prove that I had a first-degree relative who also had breast cancer, and I didn't know any first-degree relatives," she said.

Risa Speer: DNA doesn't lie. People lie (Getty Images)

When Speer received the results of a DNA test through a specialized commercial website on the occasion of her 62nd birthday, she was able to discover that she did not carry the mutation, and also learned that she had a full sister, Renee Holm, who lives in Rutland, Massachusetts, USA.

Using a different website, DNA research linked them to a third brother, Bob Brentwick, 73, who lives near Toronto, who told her about growing up in Montreal with four other siblings, how their mother gave birth to them between 1949 and 1957, and that every time one of the sons disappeared, their family grew more money.

"I was young and did not understand it," Brentwick added, confirming that his older brother told him that their brothers were sold at the time for a thousand Canadian dollars each.