Who was it, and how did it go for you?
My mother left my biological dad when I was ~1 year old and took me home with her when she got discharged from the Navy. I didn't get in contact with him until I was 20, after I had accidentally encountered my older half brother online, and finally decided to ask my mum about him. They said they assumed I wanted no contact all these years...Now, my bio dad and I only exchange a few pictures and relatively meaningless words, given the circumstances, on the holidays. (He says "I love you" a lot, but like... we haven't really met so I don't know how he can say that? and I certainly don't feel comfortable saying it back. It's just awkward.)
Recently I took an Ancestry.com DNA test, and the site matched me with my paternal grandmother. I feel a lot more comfortable talking with her. She is encouraging me to come visit her and my father, all the way across the country. I kind of want to go, as she is battling cancer, and I'm worrying my window of opportunity to meet her is closing... It's just a long way and it'll be very expensive to go, and I have a lot of anxiety about this.
So I'm curious to hear about others' experiences with meeting long-lost relatives.