Meeting biological family

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I met my biological sister about six years ago. Since then, she has filled my life with love. There's quite an age gap between us of 16 years but we have so much in common. We both have the same quarky styles when it comes to fashion and basically she's a younger version of me! When my husband and I got married last September I asked her to be a bridesmaid for our wedding and she happily accepted. I thought she was a very important person and one of my best friends and it was indeed a great idea. There's still one part of the picture that we're missing... our biological brother who we know somethings about but not everything. Back in 2002 I met our biological mother and realized where my sister and I genetically got our anxiety and depression from. Our mother spend a percentage of her life in mental institutions. One night my sister and I were on the phone and decided to look up our mother's phone number and we found it for my sister. She called our mother and they set up a time to meet. Our mother kept giving excuses after excuses why she couldn't meet up with my sister. My sister received a letter from the adoption agency to basically leave our mother alone from now on. My sister was devastated. I tried my best to reassure that she wasn't missing anything and filled her in on all our mother's issues. My sister wasn't giving up. She looked for her biological father and found him and met him and found out a lot more about our mother. I asked my sister if she could find out about who my biological father was but she mentioned that her father had no idea who he was. I was the oldest child who our mother gave up for adoption at a young age. Our mother then had our brother (who we're searching for still) but our grandmother brought him up and took care of him. Then she had my sister who she also gave up for adoption. Meeting my biological mother didn't change my life in anyway, but meeting my sister sure has! I love her Are you adopted? What's your experience?