Friends & bros

Walter Macfarlane and Alan Robinson were both raised in Hawaii and have been great friends for sixty years. This month they were surprised to find out that . . in addition to being friends, they are actually brothers.

Robinson had been adopted and was looking for his birth relatives. Macfarlane never knew his father. They made the connection through Ancestry.com.

Having been friends since 6th grade, they both say the news came as a shock - a shock they shared with their families last Saturday, Dec. 23.

“This is the best Christmas present I could ever imagine having,” Robinson said.

“It really is a Christmas miracle and we’re just so happy that we found it,” Macfarlane-Flores said."