Three siblings who were separated by the Sixties Scoop have reunited in Winnipeg after spending decades apart. Joseph Lambert, Melody Roberts, and Donna Morin met for the first time in 50 years on Sunday, following Roberts' arrival from Oregon. The reunion was made possible by a private investigator and DNA testing. The siblings were taken from their family as children and placed in non-Indigenous homes across Canada and the United States. Lambert and Morin had been searching for their sister for years, and finally located her through a combination of social media and genetic genealogy. The three have since spent time together sharing stories and reconnecting, with plans to continue building their relationship. The Sixties Scoop refers to the mass removal of Indigenous children from their families by child welfare authorities from the 1960s to the 1980s, a practice that has had lasting impacts on Indigenous communities.
