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" When Duncan Cumming and Ron Cole posed for this photo on an Ottawa, Canada, beach in the 1950s, they thought they were merely pals from school. They remained close for a couple of years until Cole moved away. That&amp;#039;d be the end of the story if not for a fateful phone call.   Ron Cole (above), was adopted as a small child. More than 10 years ago, he gave his contact info to Parent Finders Ottawa, an organization that connects adopted children with members of their biological family \u2014 not that he remembered sharing his phone number. In fact, he almost hung up on them when they called him last November! But he stayed on the line after they shared details about his adoptive family that only a legitimate institution could possibly have. And then Cole got some exciting news: Parent Finders had figured out that Cole had the same birth mother as a man named Duncan Cumming.  The organization also reached out to Cumming (above), and after learning that his biological brother was a childhood friend, he contacted Cole. While their adoptive parents knew both boys, they didn&amp;#039;t have a clue they were blood relatives. Although the retirees live on different continents now (Cole&amp;#039;s still in Canada and Cumming relocated to his wife&amp;#039;s homeland of Guernsey, an island in the English Channel), the two plan on meeting in Ottawa in September. Coincidentally, Cole unearthed that old beach photo accidentally just days before Parent Finders contacted him. We bet he&amp;#039;s glad he hung onto it these past six decades. Visit Parent Finders Ottawa to donate and help them reconnect more families. via NationalPost.com Photos courtesy of Ron Cole and Duncan Cumming NEXT: Facebook Helps Reunite Sisters After 40 Years \u00BB This story originally appeared on WomansDay.com More from Woman&amp;#039;s Day: \u2022 A 70-Year-Old Single Woman Adopted This Little Girl \u2022 8 Things Never to Say to Adoptive Families \u2022 15 Celebrities You Never Knew Were Adopted "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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