Two men were best friends for 60 years - then they found out they were brothers By Eli Rosenberg / The Washington Post Dec 27, 2017 Dec 27, 2017 Updated Sep 21, 2019 0 Facebook Twitter Bluesky WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save They've been best friends since the sixth grade, a relationship that for many would feel like family.kAmp?5 :E EFC?D @FE[ E96J 2C6i p=2? #@3:?D@? 2?5 (2=E6C |2472C=2?6[ 3@E9 7C@> w2H2::[ C646?E=J 5:D4@G6C65 E96J H6C6 3C@E96CD 27E6C <?@H:?8 6249 @E96C 7@C >@C6 E92? e_ J62CD] %96 EH@ =62C?65 E92E E96J 925 E96 D2>6 3:@=@8:42= >@E96C 27E6C :?56A6?56?E=J 5@:?8 s}p E6DED]k^AmkAm#@3:?D@? 2?5 |2472C=2?6[ @7 ~29F[ E@=5 E96:C DE@CJ E9:D H66< E@ =@42= E6=6G:D:@? DE2E:@?D :? w@?@=F=F[ 27E6C 9@DE:?8 2 A2CEJ @? $2EFC52J E@ E6== E96:C 72>:=:6D]k^Am kAm#64C62E:@?2= s}p E6DED 92G6 8C@H? :? A@AF=2C:EJ :? 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