Sisters reunite with brother after being separed for 60 years

A family is whole once again! Thanks to a lucky Facebook post, two sisters were reunited with their long-lost brother, who they hadn't seen since the state separated them more than 60 years ago.

"Last time I saw him, he was a baby and I was holding him," said Linda McCloskey. "And to hold him again, I felt complete."

McCloskey was living with her sister, Betty Jean Musselman, and infant brother in South Carolina in the 1950s when the state removed them from an unsafe household, according to ABC affiliate WPBF. The sisters reunited shortly thereafter, but they could never find their baby brother, Robert Barwick.

For 60 years McCloskey and Musselman searched for their brother, often thinking they would never find him. Barwick was born deaf and non-verbal, and was not even one year old when he was separated from his sisters.

But their search took a turn when they recently decided to post a picture on Facebook asking for the public's help.

In a few days, private investigators tracked Barwick to West Palm Beach, Fla. where he had been living for the last 30 years, and had no idea he even had sisters.

"It's just a big surprise. I don't know what to say. It's such a big surprise," Barwick said through a sign language interpreter.

On May 7, the three siblings reunited in West Palm Beach, Fla. for the first time in six decades, with hugs and tears.

"I told him that he has been loved since he was a baby," Musselman told WPBF. "He's been loved all this time, and it's sad that he didn't know that he had a family that loved him."

"No words can describe it," said McCloskey. "It was just unbelievable. It was just joy to see him."

The siblings were delighted to not only discover each other, but so many nieces, nephews, in-laws and an entirely new generation of family.

"I'm so excited!" Barwick said through an interpreter.

The siblings told WPBF that they'll take some time to finally get to know their brother, they still need to decide who will host Thanksgiving and Christmas.