12 | MAY 26 • 2022 

ESTHER ALLWEISS INGBER CONTRIBUTING WRITER E
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At age 62, an “only child” 
meets her unknown siblings 
for the fi
 rst time.

ON THE COVER

ABOVE: Susie Simons Liebman (center) and her newly found siblings, 
Maureen Lefteroff and Marvin Katz.
RIGHT: A collage of love between the two “new” sisters, Susie and Maureen. 
OPPOSITE PAGE, RIGHT: Susie with her son Benji Tarockoff and 
daughters Halli Tarockoff and Abbi Emerson (daughter Mallory Tarockoff 
is not pictured). 
OPPOSITE PAGE, FAR RIGHT: Susie is flanked by cousins Tracey Morrison 
and Marcy Schulman who were instrumental in solving the mystery of her birth.

PHOTO BY YEVGENIYA GAZMAN

