![]() ![]() I told Jennifer it's great if she had at last found somebody. I don't think they are doing anything wrong. 'It's obvious Jennifer was looking for affection. Eventually Jennifer left Graham and he called me and broke down in tears as he told me the marriage was over. ![]() It's obvious the feelings she had for him were because he was her brother. I think she had been having marriage problems and when she met John she was clutching at straws. 'It seems when John and Jennifer met they were instantly drawn to each other. 'Then about 18 months ago my other sister Veronica and Jennifer went to meet him. I agreed to meet him and as soon as I saw him I knew he was kin. Mrs Grant's brother Jeff, 53, who runs a caravan site in York, said: 'Five years ago through a friend I heard John, my half brother, was trying to track down his real family. It seems that there was an instant bond between them. Mr Shannon, a fisheries team leader with the Environment Agency, decided to trace his lost family members about five years ago - and, 18 months ago, met his sister. How can a brother and sister leave their spouses and go and live together, I presume as man and wife? I am very much against what they have done.' ![]() For years the only people who knew what had happened were my parents and they took their secret to their graves. Now, after what they have done, I don't care if I never see either of them again. Christopher went to live with another family and I haven't seen him since. I was attacked while I was walking home one night. 'Christopher went looking for his family and fell for his own sister,' she said from her home in York. She told The Mail on Sunday that she had not seen her son - whom she called Christopher - since she gave him away for adoption. ![]() Last night Dorothy, the siblings' 75-year-old mother, spoke of her dismay and embarrassment. Experts last night repeated warnings that reunions of this sort can stir unexpectedly strong emotions and have unforeseen consequences. The case will provoke fresh concerns about the practice of tracing lost family members. He has now quit his position as an independent councillor and withdrawn from community life. The relationship between the brother and sister has scandalised the tiny market town of Pickering, North Yorkshire, where Mr Shannon has served as mayor. Mrs Grant, a 49-year-old mother of two, has similarly deserted her husband Graham, to whom she has been married for 29 years. Mr Shannon has left behind Rosamond, his wife of 23 years, and their six-year-old son. The couple have now moved into a rural cottage where they live in virtual seclusion. John Shannon, a 47-year-old civil servant and senior town councillor, tracked down his long-lost half sister Jennifer Grant 18 months ago as part of an attempt to find his family roots. ![]()
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