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"As promised, Oprah Winfrey spilled the beans on her shocking family secret during her show, broadcast in Chicago Monday morning.\r\nThe big reveal: Winfrey, 56, discovered a half-sister she never knew she had. Named Patricia, the sibling was given up for adoption as a child in 1963, and now lives in Milwaukee, Wisc.\r\n\r\nThe talk show guru learned about the long-lost relative in November, and they met up in November.\r\nPatricia had long been searching for the identity of the mother who gave her up for adoption; in 2007, she discovered that world-famous Winfrey was her half-sister.\r\n\r\nAs for Oprah, she says she was 9 years old and living with her father, Vernon, when her mother gave birth to Patricia and gave her up.  Winfrey didn&amp;apos;t even know about her mom&amp;apos;s pregnancy, she says.\r\n&amp;quot;I thought I&amp;apos;d seen it all,&amp;quot; Winfrey teased about the discovery on Friday. &amp;quot;But this, my friends, is the miracle of all miracles.&amp;quot;\r\n\r\nShe added that the news &amp;quot;literally shook me to my core.&amp;quot; The mogul has been frank on her show about her difficult past: She was  born into poverty, sexually abused at a young age and lost a baby at age  14."^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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