A brother and sister who both serve in the U.S. Navy and have been separated for the past 30 years were finally reunited. 
 
 In an emotional reunion, long lost siblings Cmdr. Cindy Murray and Chief Aviation Ordnanceman Robert Williamson came together at Naval Medical Center San Diego (NMCSD) on Friday. 
 
 The siblings, originally from Denver, lost contact in the late 1970s after their parents split up and went in opposite directions. Williamson, about 6 years old at the time, remained with their father in Denver. Murray, about 14 at the time, moved away, losing touch with both her father and little brother. 
 
 The brother and sister lost all contact and for the next 30 years searched high and low for one another. 
 
 Navy Siblings Reunite After 30 Years Apart 
 
 A brother and sister who both serve in the U.S. Navy and have been separated for the past 30 years were finally reunited at Naval Medical Center in San Diego (NMCSD). NBC 7's Chris Chan reports on the emotional reunion. (Published Monday, Sept. 30, 2013) 
 
 Little did the siblings know that they had both enlisted in the U.S. Navy and were serving in the same state, less than 320 miles away from each other. 
 
 Murray, a senior nursing officer, is assigned to NMCSD's Military Health Center. Williamson is assigned to Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 122 at Naval Air Station Lemoore, Calif. 
 
 Finally, on Friday, the siblings got the reunion they had long been dreaming about. 
 
 Navy Sailor Siblings Reunited After 30 Years Apart 
 
 As Williamson and Murray reunited, Williamson greeted his sister with a Navy salute fit for a commander followed by a long, heartfelt hug. 
 
 “It’s my brother!” Murray screamed through tears. 
 
 The pair were speechless as they embraced. They then walked hand-in-hand, both visibly overcome by emotions. 
 
 Murray said she and her brother had tried for so long to find each other but, despite technology and social media, the pair just couldn’t connect. 
 
 “I tried looking on Facebook, but there are a million Robert Williamsons. There are a million Bobby Williamsons. Without pictures, I wouldn’t have known what he looked like anyway,” said Murray. 
 
 After their parents separated Murray took her mother’s maiden name – a reason why it was difficult for Williamson to also find Murray. 
 
 About two months ago Murray called her father, whom she hadn’t spoken to in decades, and he told her that her brother was a chief in the Navy. 
 
 Murray gave her brother’s name and information to her leading chief petty officer (LCPO), Chief Petty Officer Hospital Corpsman Jeremy Simon, and he made the siblings’ connection possible. 
 
 “I got my chief and said, ‘Find his name, this is my brother!’ said Murray. 
 
 Within 15 minutes, the two were connected on the phone. 
 
 Williamson said the phone call from Murray’s LCPO came as a complete shock. 
 
 “He said, ‘Well, I’m pretty sure my boss is your sister. Do you have a sister named Cindy?’ I went silent and said, ‘Yes, I do,’” he recalled. 
 
 “That first call we both cried,” said Murray. “I still cry. I still look at pictures and get really emotional.” 
 
 “He was like my live doll,” Murray said, remembering her childhood with her brother. “I would cook in my Easy-Bake-Oven for him. I remember holding him in my arms when he was just a tiny baby.” 
 
 After that first phone call two months ago, the brother and sister have called each other frequently, catching up on decades of lost time. 
 
 With each phone call, the two learn more about each other and the similarities in their lives. 
 
 For instance, they both have more than 20 years in the service. 
 
 They also have a few other, smaller things in common. 
 
 "We both love Goldfish crackers and we both love the same types of TV shows," said Murray. 
 
 Following Friday's reunion, Williamson said he and his wife planned to spend the weekend in San Diego with his sister. 
 
 Moving forward, the siblings plan to see each other as much as possible. 
 
 They plan on spending the holidays together this year, possibly taking a family vacation to Cabo San Lucas. 
 
 The siblings said they’re thankful to Simon and the Navy for being the conduit to find each other. 
 
 Simon said his role in making the long-awaited reunion possible was one of the “proudest moments” of his career. 
 
 "Our Navy is awesome and to find out that they are both serving does not surprise me. There is a bond among siblings and where one is serving you can usually find another," Simon said. 
 
 Williamson said he’ll forever be grateful for his sister’s determination to find him. 
 
 “The main thing is to never give up,” said Williamson. “Multiple times she looked and looked and one little phone call ended 30 years of no contact. Amazing. Outstanding.” ||||| We look alike, Cmdr. Cindy Murray whispered to her baby brother. 
 
 It was the first time the Navy nurse had seen him, her only sibling, in nearly four decades. 
 
 The two khaki-uniformed sailors stood looking at each other's faces. It was an emotional reunion at San Diego Naval Medical Center on Friday -- possible in part because these almost-only children both made the Navy their family. 
 
 And neither knew it, until very recently. 
 
 Murray serves at the Balboa Park hospital. After three decades of no contact, she spoke to her father in July. Murray's dad delivered a bombshell: You know, your brother is in the Navy, too. 
 
 It was a direct hit to Murray's center mass. She never forgot the little boy she last saw when he was six and she was 14. 
 
 The Navy nurse quickly turned to the chief petty officer in her office. Find this sailor, named Robert Williamson, she ordered. 
 
 It was nearly quitting time, but Chief Petty Officer Jeremy Simon fired up the Navy computer network and picked up the phone. 
 
 It took only 20 minutes. 
 
 Williamson, a chief petty officer aviation ordnanceman serving at Lemoore Naval Air Station, got a call. I think I have your sister here, Simon told him. 
 
 Moments later, the siblings were connected over the phone line. 
 
 But on Friday – finally – the brother and sister got to embrace. Williamson tried to salute his officer sister, as a good sailor would, but she quickly pulled him close. 
 
 “This is my brother!” she told the assembled crowd, including television cameras. 
 
 The siblings got to compare features. Both have brown eyes, narrow faces. 
 
 “It's just so emotional. It's the greatest thing,” Murray, 51, said, after wiping away tears. “I've looked for him for a long, long time. And now here he is.” 
 
 The hardest part? The missed years, Murray said. Williamson has three adult sons and a grandson. A single woman, Murray never got to be the aunt who cheered at Little League games or blew up balloons for birthday parties. 
 
 “He's been right under my nose all along. And I've looked for him forever,” she said. “We've had all this time we could have been together.” 
 
 Her brother never saw this day coming. 
 
 “It's undescribable,” Williamson, 44, said. “Never in a million years did I think I'd be standing here.” 
 
 The two siblings share a father but have different mothers. The two halves lost touch when Williamson's side of the family moved to Northglenn, Colo. Murray lived in Englewood. Only 20 miles separated them, but it was enough. 
 
 Murray moved West, attending nursing school at San Diego State. A Navy recruiter snared her with the promise of college money at age 26. She stayed and prospered, coming back out of the reserves after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. 
 
 Williamson went to automotive school and was drawn into the Navy at age 23 for help with his school loans. 
 
 Both of them apparently craved the framework that the military provided.
– Cindy Murray and Robert Williamson share the same father, but lost touch in the late 1970s, when they moved about 20 miles apart; Williamson was just 6, Murray eight years older, reports the San Diego Union-Tribune. Murray, 51, went on to spend years searching for her little brother and only sibling, but unlike other such similar stories, Facebook, and the Internet in general, proved to be of little help. Says Murray: "I tried looking on Facebook, but there are a million Robert Williamsons. There are a million Bobby Williamsons. ... I wouldn't have known what he looked like anyway." But a call to her father—who she also hadn't seen or spoken to in decades—revealed a surprise: Her brother was in the Navy, where he's known as Chief Aviation Ordnanceman Robert Williamson). Thing is, so is Cmdr. Cindy Murray. Crazier still, the two were both serving in California, roughly 300 miles away from each other, reports NBC San Diego. (At one previous point they were also stationed near each other in Maryland.) Murray handed her brother's Navy info to her chief petty officer. Within 15 minutes, Williamson explains, he got a phone call from him. "He said, 'Well, I’m pretty sure my boss is your sister. Do you have a sister named Cindy?' I went silent and said, 'Yes, I do.'" That led to many phone calls, and some tears. Two months later, the two reconnected at the Naval Medical Center San Diego yesterday. Upon seeing him, Murray screamed, "This is my brother!'" Williamson gave her a Navy salute ... and then a hug.