Search Algorithms Kept Me From My Sister for 14 Years

It was because of the letter K that I found my youn ger sister, but for 14 years, it was also the letter K that kept us apart. I'd been searching for her online under variations of the name Maria Christina Sugatan since we lost touch in 1997, after our mom refused to let me speak to her. She was Maria at school but Chris at home and, later, Chrissy. It became my ritual to search for variations of her name online. Meredith Talusan is a freelance writer focusing on minority issues.