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Given up for adoption, but not for lost

Meredith Kensington, center, in black top, poses with her nephew Nathan Robinson, 9, left, and her sister Marilyn, 19, right, and brother Aubrey Haynes, 18, far right, years after Marilyn and Aubrey were placed in adoption.

Meredith Kensington, center, in black top, poses with her nephew Nathan Robinson, 9, left, and her sister Marilyn, 19, right, and brother Aubrey Haynes, 18, far right, years after Marilyn and Aubrey were placed in adoption.   (Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)

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Spurred by a deathbed promise to her grandmother, a woman wins a 15-year battle with social workers to be reunited with her younger siblings.
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Meredith Kensington, center, celebrates a family reunion.   (Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)

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Meredith Kensington, center, hands out Valentine’s Day cards she had saved for more than 15 years for her brother Aubrey Haynes, 18, right, and sister Marilyn, 19, far right.   (Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)

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Aubrey Haynes, 18, looks over old Valentine’s Day cards and family photos given to him by his sister Meredith Kensington.   (Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)

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Marilyn Haynes, 19, left, is greeted by Peggy Turner Cansler, a family friend.   (Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)

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Meredith Kensington files a petition to seek contact information about her siblings Marilyn and Aubrey at the Edmund D. Edelman Children’s Court.   (Gary Friedman / Los Angeles Times)

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Meredith Kensington walks away after filing a petition to seek contact information about her siblings at the Edmund D. Edelman Children’s Court in December 2012.   (Gary Friedman / Los Angeles Times)

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