In an emotional reunion, long lost siblings Cmdr. It was an emotional reunion at San Diego Naval Medical Center on Friday -- possible in part because these almost-only children both made the Navy their family. The two halves lost touch when Williamson's side of the family moved to Northglenn, Colo. Murray lived in Englewood. Williamson, a chief petty officer aviation ordnanceman serving at Lemoore Naval Air Station, got a call. Finally, on Friday, the siblings got the reunion they had long been dreaming about. Navy Sailor Siblings Reunited After 30 Years Apart 
 
 As Williamson and Murray reunited, Williamson greeted his sister with a Navy salute fit for a commander followed by a long, heartfelt hug. Without pictures, I wouldn’t have known what he looked like anyway,” said Murray. About two months ago Murray called her father, whom she hadn’t spoken to in decades, and he told her that her brother was a chief in the Navy. Murray gave her brother’s name and information to her leading chief petty officer (LCPO), Chief Petty Officer Hospital Corpsman Jeremy Simon, and he made the siblings’ connection possible. “I got my chief and said, ‘Find his name, this is my brother!’ said Murray. Moments later, the siblings were connected over the phone line. “We've had all this time we could have been together.” 
 
 Her brother never saw this day coming. For instance, they both have more than 20 years in the service. It's the greatest thing,” Murray, 51, said, after wiping away tears. “Multiple times she looked and looked and one little phone call ended 30 years of no contact. And now here he is.” 
 
 The hardest part?
– Cindy Murray and Robert Williamson share the same father, but lost touch in the late 1970s, when they moved about 20 miles apart; Williamson was just 6, Murray eight years older, reports the San Diego Union-Tribune. Murray, 51, went on to spend years searching for her little brother and only sibling, but unlike other such similar stories, Facebook, and the Internet in general, proved to be of little help. Says Murray: "I tried looking on Facebook, but there are a million Robert Williamsons. There are a million Bobby Williamsons. ... I wouldn't have known what he looked like anyway." But a call to her father—who she also hadn't seen or spoken to in decades—revealed a surprise: Her brother was in the Navy, where he's known as Chief Aviation Ordnanceman Robert Williamson). Thing is, so is Cmdr. Cindy Murray. Crazier still, the two were both serving in California, roughly 300 miles away from each other, reports NBC San Diego. (At one previous point they were also stationed near each other in Maryland.) Murray handed her brother's Navy info to her chief petty officer. Within 15 minutes, Williamson explains, he got a phone call from him. "He said, 'Well, I’m pretty sure my boss is your sister. Do you have a sister named Cindy?' I went silent and said, 'Yes, I do.'" That led to many phone calls, and some tears. Two months later, the two reconnected at the Naval Medical Center San Diego yesterday. Upon seeing him, Murray screamed, "This is my brother!'" Williamson gave her a Navy salute ... and then a hug.