Harriett:  Did he not provide for your children in his will?

Tina:  He provided for Bette and for me by name. Had we not survived until the distribution, our inheritance would have gone to our children both natural and adopted. So, in a way, he did. But it would have been nice to say something on the order which would have indicated a familial relationship and perhaps used the word grandchildren. It would have been nice to hear the words of acknowledgement that our children were a part of his family. But he said the opposite. They had no Porter blood; therefore, they could not be his grandchildren. It was biologically impossible.

Bette: I felt like my father was asking me to choose between my child and wife and him. Well, as far as I was concerned, he had made the choice for me. I would choose my wife and child. He then left Los Angeles for a few months. Tina and I lost the baby and we had some martial problems and then he came back to town. That is when we found out he was sick and that his days were numbered. He was in the hospital for a while and I brought him to my home for his final days.  Tina was pregnant with Angie and was near delivery. We were separated at the time but she helped me with Dad. Kit and I rotated nights staying with him until he died.  Tina and I reunited for the birth of Angie only to separate again about 6 months later. It was a rough time in my life. But I have since found out that he knew that my mother was alive and he kept that information from me. He had known that for some 20 years and even on his death bed did not tell me. I was what 40 years old at the time? And if it had not been for the randomness of the universe, I would have first found out about my mother and that I had an additional sister only a couple of months ago with the final distributions of the estate. Why do you think he would withhold that information from me even after I was well into adulthood?