Who's quicker - WTM or google?

[Karen sn]

Are Sarah & Melissa Gilbert sisters or mother and daughter?
I say - they are sisters and one may be adopted.
What say you?

[Melissa B]

sisters

[j.griff]

I thinks they're sisters, what does google say?

[Stirsmommy]

Sisters. I think Sara is the adopted one.
melissa

[GothicGyrl]

http://www.saragilbert.net/_sara.php

Says they are HALF-sisters...she was NOT adopted
Grandfather Harry Crane;
Screen writer. Wrote and created the series The Honeymooners
Grandmother Julia Crane;
Dancer, former Miss Brooklyn
Father Harold Abeles;
Mother Barbara Crane;
Manager, Producer. Married and divored to Paul Gilbert who was an actor.
Siblings Melissa Gilbert;
Her half sister, they have the same mother, is also an actress. She played Laura Ingalls on the TV series Little House on the Prairie and is still active as an actress.

Jonathan Gilbert;
Her half brother, they have the same mother, Jonathan was also an actor. He also played on the TV series Little House on the Prairie; as Willie Oleson.
In 2003 it was reported that Jonathan was a stockbroker.

[sdWTMer]

IMDB (http://www.imdb.com)

[Karen sn]

WOW - that was quick. Thanks. I never checked google because I got into a tornado thread.
Had no idea about their relation to Honymooners.

[*anj*]

Melissa Gilbert was indeed adopted. I remember very clearly hearing her talk about it, and we're about the same age, so it made an impression on me.

Melissa was adopted as an infant, and another baby, the boy mentioned in Toni's piece was also adopted. The parents divorced when Melissa was 8, and her father died when she was 11. It is true that Sarah was not adopted, but from what I can find it seems that she was born to the woman who adopted Melissa, but her father is Melissa's step father.

Here's my source:
http://famous.adoption.com/famous/gilbert-melissa-ellen.html