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• Bullinger, who now trains other employees and works in the back of the store, for years worked as a customer service manager and greeted shoppers. Maixner said she greeted him at least six times in the last nine years since he moved to the town of 18,000 people, located about 60 miles from the Montana border line.
• All five siblings reunited for the first time at Handtmann's home in October. John Blankendall, 53, drove from Tennessee and Sandy Watkins, 54, flew in from California.
• "It gives me goose bumps," Bullinger said. "So many emotions -- you cried and you laughed. It's just wonderful. I haven't quit smiling," she said.
• They agreed to take a DNA test. The results showed they are full siblings, meaning they share the same biological father as well.
• Maixner's adoptive father passed away shortly before he got a call from the adoption agency. He spent Christmas with Bullinger, her husband and her adoptive parents.
• His unlimited-calls cellphone plan came in handy after meeting his siblings.
• "We talk every couple of days," he said.
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