88 year-old Genevieve Purinton lives in North Tampa, Florida, all alone. She had seven siblings, but none of them are still living. She remembers giving birth to a child in 1949, but that child is no longer living either….or so she thought.
She was just 18-years-old when she gave birth to a little girl, but she never got to see or hold the baby. Doctors told her that her baby had died. But that wasn’t the truth. Her daughter was adopted by a family in California and had spent her entire life looking for her biological mother. She says she can remember even as little as five wishing that she could hug her mom.
Finally, she got that chance after a 69 year wait. Connie Moultroup found out about her mother thanks to a gift she received last year for Christmas. That gift just keeps giving her everything that she had been dreaming of. The gift was an Ancestry DNA kit that led her to a name she believed to be that of her mother. She also found a phone number that she thought might be a new cousin.
When she phoned the cousin she gave her the name of her biological mother. Her cousin responded with words she will never forget. “That’s my aunt and she’s still alive.”
Connie couldn’t believe what she was hearing. She immediately reached out to her mother and made plans to meet her for the very first time. She traveled all the way from her home in Vermont to meet the mother that she’d never known.
Genevieve was as excited as her daughter was. She had never seen or been able to hug her daughter, but now she was going to be able to do both. Their reunion was nothing short of a miracle.
As soon as they laid eyes on each other, they burst into tears. Genevieve couldn’t believe her daughter wasn’t dead like she had been told. The two hugged even more.
Since their meeting, Connie has spent a lot of time with her long lost mother and has even introduced her to her daughter and grandchildren. Genevieve couldn’t be happier.
Check out the long over due meeting between this mother and daughter and be sure to share it with your family and friends.
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