(Mashable) -- We've heard of musicians finding collaborators via Twitter and reporters finding sources, but what about long-lost brothers finding each other? Well, that's what happened to Matthew Keys, online news producer for KTXL FOX40 News in Sacramento, California. "I have a routine of checking my e-mail, Twitter and Facebook before bed each night, just in case something happened during the evening that I didn't catch, " Keys told us. Well, at nearly midnight, Keys saw a message that would lead to a pretty big piece of news that he didn't previously "catch" -- a message from a man named Adam Smith reading: "Hey is your mom's name Jackie?"
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Two long-lost brothers, who reconnected on Twitter, previously met in a Web forum
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Keys received a message from Smith reading: "Hey is your mom's name Jackie?"
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As an online news producer, Keys knows the power of social media
Still, after seeing @placeholder's picture, which looked familiar, the young man recalled having spoken to his brother before.
According to @placeholder, the boys have even more siblings out there, waiting to be found.