. >> then he just out of the blue came out with -- he asked me if i knew a guy named dick halligan.that point i said, yeah, that's my father. >> i lifted up my sunglasses. i looked him dead in the eye and i said, you know, that's my father, too. >> reporter: dick halligan died nine years ago. while each knew of a half brother, that was all they knew. is fate something you believe in? >> fate. miracle. whatever words you want to use to describe it. yeah. absolutely, i believe in something beyond me. >> reporter: the pair continued catching up this morning on "today." >> every day we've talked at least once or twice. took us half our life to meet, but it's been exciting, to say the least. >> reporter: and what do you know? after 38 years of not knowing one another, they're already starting to sound like brothers. >> you know, he's got quite a bit of issues. he's got a face for radio. but, no. there are a lot of similarities. there's a lot of mannerisms that i see from my father that i see in him. and we do have a lot of stuff in common. >> except for the hair. i mean, if i had hair, i

. >> and then he just out of the blue came out with he asked me if i knew a guy named dick halligan. and at that point, yeah, that's my father. and i lifted up my sunglasses and looked him dead in the eye and said you know, that's my father too. >> reporter: dick halligan died nine years ago. and while each knew of a half-brother, that was all they knew. is fate something you believe in? >> fate, miracle, whatever words you want to use to describe it, yeah, absolutely. i believe in something beyond me. >> reporter: the pair continued catching up this morning on "today." >> every day we've talked at least once or twice. >> it took us half our life to meet, but it's been exciting to say the least. >> reporter: and what do you know? after 38 years of not knowing one another, they're already starting to sound like brothers. >> you know, he's got quite a bit of issues. he's got a face for radio. but there are a lot of similarities there is a lot of mannerisms that i see from my father. that i see in him. and we do a lot of stuff in common. >> except for the hair. if i had hair, i certainl