Overview
- Gilbert announced this week that she discovered three biological brothers she did not know she had and has begun meeting them.
- She named the brothers as Matt, Laird Steven E. Paine and Mark, noting that Mark died years earlier and is survived by a son.
- The match came after Gilbert connected through a consumer genealogy app with a fifth cousin whose research identified the siblings on her birth mother’s side.
- Gilbert said she and brother Matt are becoming especially close as they exchange family history and that the reunion emphasizes family ties rather than her public profile.
- She has joined Substack to share a longer, which she described as “jaw-dropping,” account of the adoptions and reported family history while one outlet says a possible fourth biological brother has been identified but not yet contacted.