Alan Robinson (left) and Walter Macfarlane (right) have been friends for over 60 years. But the two men just recently discovered that they share more in common and are actually brothers. Photo / KHON
Alan Robinson (left) and Walter Macfarlane (right) have been friends for over 60 years. But the two men just recently discovered that they share more in common and are actually brothers. Photo / KHON
Two men who have been best friends for over 60 years discovered that they are actually brothers after taking a DNA test through Ancestry.com.
Alan Robinson and Walter Macfarlane recently made the shocking discovery after taking a DNA test through family history website Ancestry.com, KHON2 reported.
But the pair have actually known each other and been friends for the majority of their lives after initially meeting in the sixth grade while growing up in Oahu, Hawaii.
"He was the party-er, I never went to or did any partying in high school," Macfarlane said.
The two were both born and raised on the island and even played football together at Punahou, the MailOnline reported.
Macfarlane explained that he never knew his father and Robinson was adopted.
Alan Robinson (left) and Walter Macfarlane (right) have been friends for over 60 years. But the two men just recently discovered that they share more in common and are actually brothers. Photo / KHON
"I had a younger brother that I lost when he was 19, so I never had nieces or nephews," Robinson said.
"I thought I'll never know my birth mother, I'll never have any nieces or nephews."
Over the past few years, Macfarlane searched for answers about his father through the internet and social media, but he didn't have any luck.
He finally turned to DNA matching websites for families.
"So then we started digging into all the matches he started getting," Macfarlane's daughter Cindy Macfarlane-Flores explained.
The pair have actually known each other and been friends for the majority of their lives after initially meeting in the sixth grade while growing up in Oahu, Hawaii. Photo / KHON
At the top of the list was a person with the username Robi737 and the test showed they had several matches including identical X chromosomes.
"As a nickname everybody called him Robi and he flew 737s for Aloha Airlines, he was a pilot," Macfarlane-Flores said of Robinson.
Ironically, Robinson also used Ancestry.com to find out answers about his family.
The two friends then spoke on the phone and figured out they shared the same birth mother.
"It was a shock," Macfarlane said.
"Yea it was shock, definitely and then we thought about it and compared forearms," Robinson said.
Macfarlane (left) explained that he never knew his father and Robinson (right) was adopted. Photo / KHON
"Yeah hairy arms, that did it!" Macfarlane shouted.
