Search for Birth Mother | Adopted Daughter Meets Mom
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Found my birth parents who actually got married shortly after giving me up for adoption. Best day of my life❤️ We celebrated 40 years of knowing each other this past Valentine's day which is the day I finally was able to talk to them on the phone for the first time ❤️
As a birth mom - I did love my child enough to give them away to have something better than what I could give that child. I loved them enough to tell myself the truth.
There is absolutely nothing wrong with that. It makes you brave in my book. Giving up your child to give them a better life Is also an act of love.
@@violettaazul Thank you. It's been a journey, as the years have become decades.
@@elenas9857 You did what worked for you - I did what worked for me. Don't judge me. You have no idea how my life unfolded or what issues I was dealing with or have had to deal with enroute.
@@Coach.KallistaI can’t imagine being decades in. My son is 2.5 and it has taken me a hell of a fight to even make it this far. 😅 I wish people would stop saying things like “she didn’t want me” because the pain of placing a child is absolutely unlike anything else most will ever experience. It’s no small feat to give birth and watch your newborn leave with someone else.
oh geez she looks like her mum in that school year book. wow!
Sheree Bee She sure did. Wow that's awesome.
Looks like her adoptive family did well though. She seems like such a good person, so sweet!
I am searching for my birth mother maybe one day I'll be lucky enough
Amy J Knox I wish you all the luck
good luck in your search
Good luck
Have u tried to find her on the Facebook or instagram
Join a support group. We need to open the birth records for adoptions. You'll find your mom!
I'm so glad you got to meet your biological mother. I was also adopted and met my birth mom in 2000 and also my birth father plus my young brother. I had a daughter in 04 and gave her up but the parents who adopted her couldn't have kids. I was able to meet my girl and her dad but her mom passed away in 2016. I met my girl in 2017.
OMG I'm bawling my eyes out! Please I wanna see the part where Teresa finally meets her birth mother!!!!
So do I ! This was a clif hanger ,such a beautiful lady her mom too I hope there's a continuation !
Amazing and the love when the mom touched her heart ❤️
She looks SO MUCH like her birth mother in those pictures
I got a story for yall I was adopted my whole life thought my birth mom sold me. I found my birth family and found out my brother and I had been kidnapped
Omg....Tell me this ends ok.....
Props to all adopted ppl who searching for their parents that strength I would not ever have
Wow I love the story, please post the continuation of the story very touching.
anna Thank you so much. I'd never have found that on my own.
Damn does not work anymore
Jane it does. I clicked on it and it worked.
@@cluvsonjplease share the link with me, I can’t find it either😢
I found my parents when I was 17. And my 5 siblings, now I have 6 and 3 step brothers plus my adoptive brother! I searched for my family my whole life, since I knew what adoption meant. I would skip lunch every day in school and go to the computer lab or the library and just search and search, with nothing to go off of. Finally I got I social worker at 17 who contacted the social worker who did my adoption and she agreed to give me my records if my parents agreed, since I was still a minor. They did, they wanted to meet me, and we’ve been part of each other’s lives since. I wish I could have found them sooner, or better yet had never been adopted, but at least I have them now.
Great story looking for my daughter 20 years you give me hope
I'm also a bio mom and really need a support group to open birth records in all 50 states. Massachusetts family court wouldn't let me cause go to trial and was supposed to have an open adoption which I think is closed as if I'm such a horrible person. An evaluation determined I'm neurodivergent. I have a good therapist now. I'm waiting patiently for reunification. We should organize for reunification
No wonder how good people have it, they always find something to be unhappy about.
Don't leave me hanging when I'm crying my eyes out!!! Post the next part!!!
I teared up! 😂
Irene that link leads to this video
Laura Scott Bell 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂👍🏼
Laura Scott Bell
Thank you, RapidDecisions, this link worked!
My husband found his birth parents. His birth mother wanted him, she was not able to take care of him.
They look just alike 😭😭😭😭😭❤❤❤
😥 a mothers love is forever 💗
I want to look like her. She looks pretty when she talks, when she smiles and her teeth is so good 😁
I met my Mom for the first time in 50 years. She was in a nursing home. I walked up to her and she hit me on side of my head with her cane and told me to help find her dentures. :(
Trkn56. omg ease tell me more .i lobe this story
Trkn56 sorry
Trkn56 8
I know that's not meant to be funny, but sometimes you have to laugh at life.
@@kathleen7849 life is hilarious @ times. Screw it...go with the flow🌹
Those giant teeth gave her a beautiful smile. God is good, all the time 🙌❤
And all the time God is good!
I'm confused. I don't see what "God" did here. Allowed Teresa to grow up feeling "not good enough", made it difficult for mother and daughter to find each other, but cared enough for her to have been named the same by both parents? 🤷♀️
@@VioletJoy THANK YOU THANK YOU!!! God AIN'T SHIT ANF AIN'T REAL! If he were he would be quite the asshole! I HATE IT when people keep on saying good is good when he does not even exist 😠
This is one that lit up a room
I wasn’t adopted but I never felt loved or wanted in my family. My mother was a deeply wounded rejected by her mother. She did it to us as well except for my youngest sister.
Break the cycle when you have your own children. x
I feel it is the most selfless thing to give up a child. They want better for their child.
She is beautiful
She has such a beautiful smile
shes beautiful
The girl who got adapted looks like my old 2nd grade teacher
What a beauty...
God knows you by name🌹xxxxxspecial treasure!❤️🦋
I love your spirit..but you made me cry..happy tears for you...
Im crying with the mama
Beautiful lady with a beautiful smile
I am a Catholic Charities baby and my both adopted parents died 2017, every adopted child, wants to know who we look like, I was luved, and I luved. Every one of us wants to know why we were given up. But thank God I was loved. All I wish to know is my health history and who I look like?
I wish this had been possible many years before.
From the day I was born every week my 16 year old birth mother wrote me letters about how much she loved and missed me. My parents kept my adoption open and very known to me and my brother( he is Laotian we are all white haha) as well. My mother let me know how much they both loved me. My birth father was sent off to the navy. His parents cut him off from my birth and everything, but he found me and now we camp almost every summer. I have a close relationship with both my birth parents. I couldn’t be happier to have so many people who love me.
I love her 'Giant teeth', she's beautiful !
There are reasons why people give their children up for adoption and they're rarely good. I'm adopted and I completely understand the curiosity of wanting to know where we came from, who we look like, and getting the answers to all the question that we've struggled with our whole lives. That said, please be prepared for learning some difficult realities. Yes, you can find your parents and or family members and siblings but rarely do these things go beyond the initial meeting. I've got double digit siblings by the same two parents and several took very different paths in life. Just be cautious, meet them on neutral ground and don't share too much about your life until you know who you're dealing with.
Thank you for that but everyonez story is different.some people just take it upon themselves they want a kid and dont care about otherz involved or the reason their doing it.Its usually the adopted person that goes looking.not the other way around.If i had put a child up all i would want to know is if they had a good life.Seen enough of my friends and family die so if they had a good life.i would need to know nothing else.Good hunting to you.
This story is so close to my own search and turns out so very happily. I will say had my birth family say the wanted no contact I would of been okay with that. By this time after 27 years of searching I was ready to hear anything and will to just ask for medical records. My heart goes out to all the happy and sad endings in these searches.
Why didn’t you finish it? I wanted to see the reunion and now it’s not showing it.
A mother who chooses adoption makes that choice out of love. She loves her child more than she loves herself. I know that my birth mother loved me. I also know that she wasn't capable of raising a child. My mother had a hard life that ended when she was only 29 years old when she was murdered. I have met my biological family and it's easy to see why my mom lived the life she did and I feel blessed to have not grown up with those people. Could I make the choice my mother did? No. I'm not strong enough to make that choice, even if it was best for my child. I'm selfish and want him with me. It's not for him, it's for me.
Wow .I would love for her.im happy .Gave me more hope to keep looking for my sybiloms.thank you
Does the birth mom always have camera rolling when she is receiving calls?
They knew who the birth mom was and some how had some other family member film this wthout telling her the reason it was being filmed.
@@cluvsonj Nah. They were like "hey you let us do this story, and we give you some old candy to suck on".
She looks just like her mama
love this story. hope I can help someone find their biological family
This made me cry bc I adopted 4 of my kids I hope too see soon God bless u
My mother gave her baby up . She was 19 . Her daughter was nothing but Cruel to my mother. We lost out
mother to cancer in 94 . My mother had a hard life. Non the less . I wish she could have retired and had some peace for a while.
I am all teared up. Can't type.
I’m literally crying 😭😭
I cried..
It's too bad not all reunions are great like this.
How did they film it both side for first time if they did have contact before??
Sometimes you Which be adopted for a good mother ....when your biological mother ruin your life
I only wish Vermont and new Hampshire would follow. i know i got an older sister who was born in Vermont and given up. I also know i have a twin sister who's been looking for me. I eagerly await for the day my missing half and i are together again.
Did you meet
I'm adopted but i've never meet my birth mother i know her name what she looks like but i've never been able to see her face to face my mom says she lives on the streets but i dont really care i want to meet her it would mean the world to me to meet her. Constantly I think what it would be like to be able to hug her for the first time.The same for my birth father i dont even know his name i dont know where he his or who he is but i need to know i've never had a father not even in the house im in now.all I know about him is that he is a Fire Fighter and that he WAS in the military.The best Days of my life are still to come
// MSPZeabra // I'm adopted, never knew my father, I have an older sister that I have never met. but she knows of me threw mid West adoptions. She has declined contact. She is 9 yrs older than me. My mother has been homeless my whole life as well. She is an alcoholic.
Happy ending
Where is the rest of the videi
This was a wonderful story, and the slideshow was beautiful.......but u never mentioned your parents, and how they were involved. I hope that they were a part of your journey as well.❤❤❤
"that'll be 20 dollars," for something that belongs to them >
5:45 I been movin' calm, don't start no trouble with me. I hold back, sometimes I won't, yuh
Is there a part 2
omg!!!!!! love it!! im crying next part!!
How do I find the sequel to this?
wow they look alike
Wait.... noooooo, where is the reunion? My heart is way to invested not to see it! Lol
I helped my adoptive son find his birth mother and father. It was a mixed bag, but we wouldn't have done it any other way. I was with my son through the whole search, etc. Contrary to what others might expect, my son now feels closer to me than ever before. We took a risk and put it in God's hands. The questions had a weight to them that wasn't exactly accurate. Now, that they are answered, we are stronger than ever. Don't be afraid. The truth will set you free.
What happen
This is a very sweet story. Many don't have such nice endings and many never even know they were adopted.
No offense to this woman, but "God" didn't do anything here. If he did, then he made a mess of just about everything except for her name. Of course it is totally possible for her to be named the same as her birth mother named her. That's not unheard of. Sure, it doesn't happen most of the time, but that's what chance means. To say this was some kind of sign is a huge stretch and doesn't take into consideration all the hard work it took to find her mother.
What happened to part 2??
You can watch part 2 here abcnews.go.com/Nightline/video/emotional-reunion-mother-daughter-adoption-part-30692998
Teresa is a beautiful elegant lady.
Not all stories are happy! I have an adopted son..neither birth parents wanted him...and he doesn't know that!
He never wanted to search for them..He accepted that me and his dad are his parents...period! He seems to be well rounded when it comes to adoption..he is a great kid..who is now 34!
Rosie Girl , unless thoseparents told you to your face that they didn’t want him, you can’t believe it. I have watched enough of these adoption stories to know it was common practice to say the bio parents didn’t want the child, saying the mother was an addict etc, not always true. My question to you is if your son told you he is considering searching for his bio parents, would you be ok with that? If you hesitated for a moment when you read that question, then maybe you have been giving him signals (subconsciously) that you can’t handle him searching. In which case, he may hold off searching not to upset you. Are you afraid he will not love you? If so, then you need to know your relationship will not change ,his feelings will not change. We as humans are capable of loving a lot of people, we don’t have to love someone less in order to start loving someone new (Eg you don’t love your child less when you recieve a grandchild).. Maybe consider having a think about your own feelings in all this, then consider talking to him and let him know you support him in searching for his bio parents if he chooses to. Give him a clear answer.
why did mother leave her? What did she say? Beautiful. rich woman .... They look like sisters with a daughter.
Irina Siberia you can watch part 2 here - abcnews.go.com/Nightline/video/emotional-reunion-mother-daughter-adoption-part-30692998
Wheres the rest of it?? Is there a part 2 or something??
Teresa is usually pronounced "Tereeza" here in New Zealand. Perhaps different in the US.
I would rather have been adopted than be fostered
Is there a part2? I thought it would show the actual meeting. WTH?
Children should have a protected legal right to know they're adopted and to have access to their biological family. In the absence of danger, these children should be able to communicate with their siblings, their aunts, their uncles, their cousins, their grandparents, etc. Because adoption doesn't just separate parent and child, it separates the child from the entire family. Family members also mourn the loss of children to adoption.
Biological families do not always want to be known or have any interaction and they are not always the type of people that are safe
I understand wanting to find out who your parents are but sometimes it’s really for the best because you’re birth parents are so capable of taking advantage of you even your siblings sometimes they no what is best. My grandson was adopted and I can truly see and really his father. And I think his brother and sister who are both via logical to him have a father who would love to get what he will inherit from his new mom. He loves her but can he resist the urge to help them and loose the land that will be left to him. 80 acres by 3 and that’s a lot to lose when it’s handed down by family
So do we get to see when they meet?????
im 10 i just meet my mom
Sissy Lister Your "mom"? The woman who raised you, cared for you and worked to give you food and shelter is not your mom?
💕
itv is really the best !
So where is the rest of the story?
How do we find part 2?
Need the rest of the story.
"Adopted daughter meets mom"
That's not her mom. That's her biological mother. The woman who raised her is her mom. Disrespectful.
Still her mom
Meagan Cassey Ummmm how about you don't be disrespectful to her bio mom. THEY are BOTH moms!
Meagan Cassey are you adopted?
Calm down, geez.
Meagan Cassey Omg. Grow up...
Massachusetts allows adoptove families to change the names of the biological parents on birth records. I think adoption law should be federal.
Im hoping for reunification to reconnect in the future. Ive joined bio moms aupport groups.
Cool
Geesh... I have to imagine that some of those birth Mom's listed on the birth certificates had no idea that one day their info would be made available to the child they gave up. This story worked out so well for Mom and daughter, but surely that didn't happen in every case. Seems it could be heartbreaking for some for any number of reasons.
Where’s the second part????
Oregon opened theirs in the 1990's. I haven't heard of any problems due to the opening of these records.
And really, once a person is 18, and legally an adult, what right does any state have to tell them that they don't have the right to know who they are or what their history is.
Didn't even get to see the reunion !
I hate when they don’t play the whole thing
where is the freaking 2th part?
abcnews.go.com/Nightline/video/emotional-reunion-mother-daughter-adoption-part-30692998
What age is it appropriate to tell someone their adopted???
She like Cersei Lanisster
erm....and the second half of this story is.....where? Anyone know? Thanks.
So the people who opened their hearts and adopted went through the baby years and then the school years, making sure the child gets to and from there activities. Being there at night at the bedside when the child has a fever are just glorified, babysitters?
Another Sullivan Seeking closure has nothing to do with gratitude. Two things can be completely true at the same time. You can be grateful & absolutely in love with your adoptive parents & still feel a yearning for answers.
@@tinamarie8061 I suppose that is true but I would never advise anyone to adopt.
This is a beautiful story, but I'm on the fence about this. What happens if the mother who put the child up for adoption didn't want to be found (closed adoption)? That's my only qualm.
MrJtknight I get that but my point is What if this was a different story and the mother didn't want to be found and wanted nothing to do with her daughter and that's why she gave her up in the first place? Then it would have achieved nothing but upset on both ends.
That was what I experienced when I contacted my birth mother. Her husband didn't know about the adoption nor did her children. I was a reminder of something she'd been trying to forget all those years.
+Alexandria Ingram Doesn't matter if they don't want to be found or not. They have every right about to look up their mothers.
Goes to show you adoption doesn't always work out.
+RedX165 There are "rights" on both sides - the right to search and the right to stay anonymous. My story doesn't mean that adoption itself doesn't work - I had a wonderful upbringing with privileges I wouldn't have had if my birth mother had kept me - it's just a reminder that not all search endings are happy ones. Everyone loves a good adoptee/birthparent reunion story.
Suzy Whitten Thing is you can't stay anonymous. They need to know the mother and father medical information. They then can ask for it.
No matter what you can be known to your adopted kid. Not all end in happy reunion.
Not her mom.
But birth mom.
BIG difference. Love you mom who adopted you and raised you. Who was there when you had the flu.
Thanks for not showing the meeting...... :/
You can watch the meeting here abcnews.go.com/Nightline/video/emotional-reunion-mother-daughter-adoption-part-30692998
I am a parent of abducted children not adopted! I nearly lost my life shortly after the abduction of the children and the theft of my Identity at that time. I am going blind due to my injuries and nearly every tooth in my mouth was fractured due to the brutal, brutal force of the blow's to my skull. We're absolutely mortified & horrified! We've got criminals and Psycho's who have not only been using my husband's & my name and associated fraudulent identity, but of our loved ones, some who are missing, deceased or just "made" themselves part of the family. Some of us had a nice life, beautiful children and it was stolen from us. Nobody even resembles my abducted children. My husband's first wife can't be found.