After both of his adoptive parents had died in the same year, it left Paul with more questions than answers and left him feeling a little lost some days. Thankfully Kathy, Paul's wife, discovered his adoption papers and began a search for his family. After several years of hopeful searching, then grieving hope and finally getting to the path path of healing, a break in the search for family came. In 1993 when Paul discovered his biological Lakota family his homecoming was a happy one and he was reunited with a brother (Shane), sister (Nicole), aunts, uncles, nieces and nephews.