By February of this year, Gibb had suspected the singer might be her mother and got in touch with Mitchell’s agent. Since their reunion, mother and daughter (a former model who is now a computer student) have spent several joyful weeks together. “There’s a definite umbilical cord that was never cut,” Gibb told the Los Angeles Times. Mitchell found more family than she expected: a 4-year-old grandson, Marlin (Gibb is separated from his father). “Kilauren and I get to watch him grow up now,” says Mitchell. And to sing him her songs…