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Sometimes, the truth is hiding right in front of you.A Michigan man named Steve Flaig spent about four years searching for his birth mother after he asked his adoption agency for information at age 18. In 2007, he finally found the correct spelling of her last name and got an address near his workplace. Then came the shock: his boss recognized the name as “Chris” Tallady, a head cashier who already worked at the same Lowe’s store as Flaig, just outside Grand Rapids. Flaig had known her only as a co-worker. The adoption agency contacted her, and she learned the son she had placed for adoption years earlier was working with her at the store.Sometimes, the family you’re searching for is closer than you ever imagined.