WEBVTT ADOPTION RECORDS IN NEW JERSEY.JERE: NEWS 8'S HANNAH MCDONALDREPORTS.>> WELL, SHE'S THE FIRST TEXT IGET MOST MORNINGS.HANNAH: KAREN STUM AND YOUNGERSISTER VICKI KLEINER ARE GROWINGCLOSER EVERYDAY.>> SO THAT'S MOM AND DAD.HANNAH: UNTIL JANUARY, THESISTERS WERE STRANGERS.VICKI WAS A SECRET.>> MY ADOPTIVE PARENTS TOLD METHAT MY BIRTH FATHER DIED IN ACAR ACCIDENT A MONTH BEFORE IWAS BORN, AND MY MOTHER DIED INDURING CHILDBIRTH.HANNAH: IN REALITY, VICKI'SBIOLOGICAL PARENTS, ALREADYRESPONSIBLE FOR THREE KIDS, GAVEHER UP AT BIRTH.HANNAH: VICKI WAS BORN IN NEWJERSEY, AND A NEW LAW, UNSEALINGADOPTION RECORDS, ALLOWED HER TOTRACK DOWN THE TRUTH, AND KAREN.>> WE DON'T KNOW THECIRCUMSTANCE BEHIND THEREASONING.AND WE'LL NEVER KNOW, BECAUSETHAT PASSED WHEN THEY PASSED. HANNAH: THE SISTERS ARE WASTINGNO TIME BLENDING FAMILIES ANDLEARNING THEIR SIMILARITIES.KAREN WANTS TO BRING VICKI TO AFAMILY REUNION THIS SUMMER.>> I'VE LOST 55 YEARS ALREADY.