Avtar Singh grew up in Amritsar, India, raised by his grandparents. He heard whispers that his mother lived abroad, but he ignored them. His father had moved to Canada and left Avtar with his grandmother, who loved him deeply. When he was nine, he flew alone to Canada to join his father and new family, but he didn't speak English and felt like an outsideroutsider/ˌaʊtˈsaɪdər/L2外人，局外人a person who is not accepted by or does not feel part of a particular group or society.
However, as an adult, Avtar learned the truth: his mother was from a previous marriage. He searched for her for decadesdecades/ˈdekeɪdz/L2十年，数十年a period of ten years, especially a continuous period such as 1990–1999 using the internet and archives. He avoided DNA tests because he worried about his privacy. In 2025, he tried a new method. He typed a question into an AI chatbot and asked about a woman named Savinder Kaur.
The chatbot found an article written by Nicci Dhamu, which was a tributetribute/ˈtrɪbjuːt/L2致敬，悼念文章something that you do, say, or write to show that you respect and admire someone, especially someone who has died to her mother. Avtar emailed her, and during their first phone call, she asked, "Titu, is that you?" Avtar replied, "Yes, that's who I am," and they realized they were half-siblings. He flew to London to meet his new family.
The reunion was emotional. Avtar learned his mother had never stopped thinking about him. Nicci regretted not talking to her mother about the past. They did not take a DNA test because the strong connection was enough. "I just know," Nicci said. Avtar added, "If someone can call me Titu, I don't need any more verificationverification/ˌverɪfɪˈkeɪʃən/L2验证，证实the process of checking that something is true or correct."
