Thanksgiving is upon us. A time for family members from every corner of the country to reunite, give thanks and talk politics. But for some, Thanksgiving might be bittersweet. When families are joining together, others are wondering where some relatives are even located – or alive at all.

Here are three true stories of family reunions that are sure to warm your heart this Thanksgiving:

40 years after tragedy, a baby sister is found on Facebook

In 2013, Tessa Ferguson decided she had suffered enough from the pain of the memory of her little sister being taken away some 40 years earlier. The baby girl looked at her big sister, crying with arms outstretched.