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A governor's daughter 'finds' her dad - and forgiveness

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Emmy Award-winning broadcast journalist Kara Sundlun co-hosts daytime chat show "Better Connecticut " on WFSB 3, in a way that could cheer the dourest of spirits. And in a way, that gift would prove a precursor, if not the right recipe, for helping her travel the road from "love child" to the acknowledged and much-loved daughter of the man who'd abandoned her. Indeed, the petite blonde, who also works as an anchor at the station, has more to her story than it would at first appear, and a history of darker days belie her good cheer. Married nearly 13 years to fellow anchor Dennis House, Sundlun is the daughter of a former Rhode Island governor, Bruce Sundlun. Remarkably, her dad was also a World War II hero whose plane, "Damn Yankee", was shot down over Belgium - he was the only one to not be either captured or killed, and survived through a mixture of luck and pluck. A Jew, Sundlun's capture by the Nazis would have meant a tragic end. But mor