A Mother Finds Her Lost Child After A 40-year Search: 'She Was Always There'
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- Опубліковано 14 лис 2021
- When she was 16 years old and pregnant, Nancy Womac was sent to an abusive Christian boarding home. The home's director forced Nancy to give her baby up for adoption. Forty years later, she received a message that answered her prayers.
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It amazes me how “PREGNANT GIRLS” are PUNISHED for CONCEIVING, but “THE BOYS WHO IMPREGNATED them are NOT HELD ACCOUNTABLE! I’m glad she and her daughter were reunited.
Right? UGH 😒
It’s really unfair. Guys can just run away, while girls are stuck with all the blame. Even though they should both be equally held accountable.
🎯🎯
I wrote the same thing, always the girl, any baby is a blessing. She looks so much like her mom.
@A H the Bible was written by men, ancient Arab men. No one think of it like that ever, they prefer to believe it was magically written by God. Many books were written and not included, man chose which books should be included. Yes I know it is Godly inspired but I doubt every word was, it is extremely biased at times and much was lost in translation.
My ten year old had his mouth hanging open through half of this program. When they illustrated the moving of girls and selling of babies, he yelled “That’s Human Trafficking!! And kidnapping!” If a ten year old can plainly see it, then these states have no excuse for what they continue to do.
Smart and raising him well.
hmm not sure a ten year old should know about human trafficking!
@@xKellogsx 10 Year olds are being trafficked. Maybe knowing about it helps them protect themselves.
@@jeanieq6153 I agree with you on that. 10 year olds nowadays are exposed to things many of us never heard of when we were 10. I am an old timer . He sounds like a very wise 10 year old.👍🙏🏼✝️♥️
@@jeanieq6153 its for the best if he understands for sure
I found my daughter after 48 years. She could hardly believe it. We talk now and love each other. My family accepts her and her parents and her kids accept me. It's wonderful!
How beautiful!. I'm glad to hear even tho I'm only a stranger. I just couldn't imagine if my daughter was stolen from me as a father. I love my daughter so much and would be devastated and I know a woman who carried and gave birth is way more attached and I just couldn't imagine the type of trauma
God bless you.
How wonderful, God Bless you.
I'm so happy hearing this💌
I found my son in January after 37 years of searching.
So she lost her parents, her grandparent's, her sister, and her daughter. And in an essence, God.
I cannot imagine so much loss and still she can tell her story.
She is STRONG & BRAVE.
She was trafficked as well as her child.🤦🏼♀️
It was "free will" of the people who took the baby and God, who reunited them but yes, I'm sure she felt god abandoned her too, so sad!!
❤
@@JannyMaha if one could have a paradigm shift: these homes are sacrificing babies, just as in Jazabel's day, and now the many abortion clinics. Many boys have suffered at the hands of priests or other abusive men. No one goes unhurt. This is not acceptable in God's sight, nor is it His will. But He can heal the 💔 broken hearted.
@@AnimalLover-nn9ym idk what Bible is that. That must be the devil's book cause it was not God.
This kidnapping had nothing to do with God it was all about GREED .
BS. Religion is nothing more than a business. Many religions over the years have bought, sold, sexually abused and murdered people, all in the name of God. Just look around you and see who controls religion...it's men. If you actually believe in God and the word of Jesus than you would know that you DO NOT have to have a building to worship God or follow the words of Jesus.
How Can You Be So Sure?
@@mackmack3890 because the preacher stole these babies from the mother's and SOLD the babies for profit .
@@mackmack3890 Start by educating yourself on religion.
@@mississippimud7046 and a ‘good’ Christian family bought a baby ripped from the womb of her mother. If they hadn’t felt that buying infants was okay, just so long as they raise her Christian, there wouldn’t be such an incentive to steal babies
Horribly sad that stranger’s ripped those babies from their mother’s, and the man behind it called himself a man of god
The actions he take was NOT Godly at ALL. This is not GOD Almighty way. When you get to know him u will understand that.
Religious people are hypocrites 🙄.
@@marykinuthia6067 For the most part, yes. Many use the "religious formula" to enrich themselves .
@@marykinuthia6067 they WHO don't follow love has given God a bad name. Because people tend to equate the so called religious one with GOD. But that one is not following the right way..
@@marykinuthia6067 demons them
I’m 67 years old grandmother I am still living for the day to find my grandson who is taken away from us just because I was not the right color. Thank you for sharing this story, it made me feel hopeful. God bless.🙏🏾
Biggest hugs...
Prayers for you to find your grandson.
I will send many Prayer's for you. I hope you will be able to find your Grandson. Stay strong and never loose Faith. God Bless You.
Color be damned! Some people, I use the term "people" lightly, are just as crooked as a snake. I do pray that you find and are able to keep in your life, your grandson.
Thank y’all all for the prayers, and know that I really needed to see And there are still people’s out there that have faith and believe in our Christ Jesus blessings to you all🤗😇🙏🏾
She would have been a wonderful mother to her daughter, there is nothing but kindnes and love purring out from her♥️I am SO glad that they finally found each other.
F, In reality she was only 16 years old, how was she going to take care of the child? She was a child herself!
@@judymckee5992 doesnt mean she should have had her child taken from her. Lots a teen parents are actually really good parents she wasnt even given the chance
@@Tinaballina7 , Please , In reality her parents have to be the parents ( a parent means somebody who can provide financially, physically to the child ) , the teen cannot be a parent and it takes 2 people, husband and wife. All u people need a brain in my opinion.
Yes, that woman is absolutely lovely. God bless her and her daughter.
@@judymckee5992 yeah but that doesn’t mean that she should’ve had nothing to do with her child’s life. Just because she’s a child that doesn’t mean the state should have a say in what happens to HER child. SHE is the mother, SHE deserves a say.
I found my mother when I was 40. We spoke for the first time on my 41st birthday. It was awesome.
That's wonderful. 🥰
I'm glad you found your mother.
Hope you can spend the time as much as you can.
I know people who grew up with both parents always there with them, and for them. But then one or both of their parents would die long before they turned 40.
I wish you & your mom a very happy, healthy, loving & prosperous life together, moving forward.
Wait is this your mama in this video?
I found both my birth mother and father in 1985 when I was 21. They had married two years after my birth. I had a younger sister and brother
It makes me so angry when people use God as an excuse to do their evil!! Absolutely sickening!!
Amen! Not for kings or conquest, land or rights or even food has more blood been spilled, more people tortured or killed, more subjugated, more humans burned at the stake or people executed or wars declared in the name of Jesus than any other cause in the history of Mankind
Bethesda Home? More like Frollo Home.
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Agree 100%
I believe the Bible they claim to use as their instruction manual says a little something about this very type of person. "False prophets" it calls them - ravening wolves in sheep's clothing. Being regarded as the lowest of the low, their hypocrisy ensures them the harshest judgment good ol' Christianity has to offer. So, they got that going for them...which is nice.
aww her baby girl is the splitting image of her... beautiful! im so sad that they missed out on being mother and daughter from birth but the fact that Nancy can be a grandmother, that she can be there to watch her grandbabies grow, is a silver lining... she must love those babies more than anything on earth, its so so great that shes being able to watch her grandbabes grow. she got her baby back plus 2!! great ending to a tragedy that should have NEVER happened
The doctors that DRUGGED A TEENAGER into falling asleep and not caring about her bodily autonomy is sickening. So much abuse happened to this woman. She is so strong!
They’re not “troubled teens” ! Just brainwashed parents who labeled them as such and put them into this terrible places
IMAGINE!!!!!
Yeh the “troubled” are the sickos running these human trafficking schemes under the claim of “religion”! No better then the Taliban!!!
Thank you! That’s so often the case. I remember feeling so vindicated when my mother had labeled me as such and I read the notes he had made on his home visit (years later). They read, regarding my mother, “the mother is in denial and delusional, with poor reality orientation.” I was taken from the home not because I was “troubled,” but abused by my stepfather, turned out, etc. I wouldn’t testify against my mother for neglect and abuse, despite the charges being true. They weren’t leveled by me, but the state. Today I regret not doing so because it didn’t help her. Survivors, please don’t EVER feel guilty for telling the truth. Your survival skills are brave either way. But I wish I had given my mother the opportunity to change by prosecuting. Now, her denial is so deep there is no help for her. When people are as unaware of what’s socially unacceptable as she is, they need the state, or anyone, to step in and tell them they have to learn.
Unfortunately in this day and age there are still parents who will kick out their pregnant teenage daughter. That puts her in a very vulnerable situation. I don't know how anyone can raise a child and then coldly turn their back on them for the "crime" of getting pregnant. They should hang their heads in shame.
My moms real mother was forced to give her up by her father (my mom's gramdfather). Her real dad never knew he had a daughter and died 5 years after she was born and her real mother died 15 years after that. Apparently, she had 2 sons and a daughter prior to her death, so my mom was able to find her half brother's and half sister and its so weird how much they all look alike and act alike. I love my Nana (my moms adoptive mom). She has always been an amazing grandmother and I have amazing cousins, but it's nice to know that I have other uncles, cousins, and an aunt who are just like us and biologically related. Her brothers were so excited when they finally met. I actually also found out that our biological great grandfather (my mom's grandfather) was the cook for Al Capone and they have awesome stories about him (our great grandfather) :)
i’m glad she at least was adopted into a good family. sadly not all babies are adopted into loving and safe homes.
My cousin was not adopted into a nice home, my aunt was 17 when he was taken. So sad. He's doing fine with a family of his own.
Yes, but, that still doesn’t make it right.
She was taken to Indonesia and lived for a while as a child in South Africa. Her birth mother could have easily never connected with her had she continued living in a 3rd world country for the rest of her life without Internet or cable. The people operating these homes were NOT Christians but God never forgot about the true Mother & her Child. He brought them back together.
@@casandra750 "He brought them back together" - Amen 🙏
@@tedtvsquad_ so shocking. They’re being sent to my hometown in Louisiana. A person came into my office saying she was adopting one and needed diapers. She said others are coming too. It sounded like they just straight up stole these babies but she was so proud of herself.
From the moment she said "Every year on her birthday, I baked her a cake" I couldn't hold back the tears😢
A few months ago my daughter found my mother after 40 years. It wasn’t a story like theirs but my father took me. A year later he passed away and I was with his side of the family. They told me all my life she was on drugs and didn’t wanna see me. But I found out she was looking for me this whole time. I’m so happy to have a loving daughter I’m so blessed she found her grandma. Now I have an entire family with my mom and 2 sisters. Plus now I get to meet the rest of my family. I can understand how the daughter feels . I just haven’t physically seen my mom yet. I’m praying soon.
What was done to these young women is the exact opposite of what a Christian should do.
They are certainly not christians.
It’s actually pretty typical of what Christian fanatics do. No telling the damage they have done and most are too stupid to know or too selfish to care. Follow the money.
It's disgusting and pathetic how all the pedophiles and rapists and abusers hide behind "God". My father and uncle were victims of the Brooklyn preist abuse also.
I recently watched a documentary about the Native American schools in Canada called "Native American Residental Schools. From Wikipedia: "Attendance was mandatory from 1894 to 1947. The network was funded by the Canadian government's Department of Indian Affairs and administered by Christian churches"
Native children had to go to these schools to learn English, French and how to be "white" (for lack of better words). The abuse was horrific and centered around sexual abuse. It's on Lifetime Movie Club if you want to watch it.
“Troubled girls”…they are human
So many horrors in the name of God
As a foster youth of Mississippi, TODAY-I would say these places where children are treated horribly are more than real. There are at. Least 10 of these places for children. Please pray for those less fortunate here.
Praying you are well, and have or will get the assistance you need to heal❤️
I’m a product of horrifying MS foster care/group homes/careless case workers.. a lot has gone on no one knows re these facilities
Sending prayer, peace, healing, and blessing. May The Most High strength and empower 🙏🏼🙏🏼💛 No matter what someone care and loves y'all.
Wait I'm from Ms and I was telling my mom we don't have a foster care issue in Mississippi because we have so much family living close by. Thank you for your comment. I had no idea. I'm so sorry for everything you went through. I feel like God has called me to adopt and I can't wait to meet my forever kids.♥️
@@theonlyladybella44480 I am sending a prayer to the angels for you.
The love this mother has is palpable. Bless you both. 🧡
I'm crying at the end at how wholesome and lovely this ended. They found each other ❤️ I could only imagine how beautiful it must've felt to finally reunite
Some of the most deceitful and untrustworthy individuals hide behind a facade of religion..... The devil himself....!
These are sad facts.
yes absolutely
Most are
The pope himself is evil. Evil. Listen to what that man teaches…Satan took over in Rome and the Catholic Church long ago. Sadly.
I couldn't agree more..... Sadly....!
When she started talking about her daughter starting school, baking a cake on her birthday and such, I lost it.
Same. This whole thing is heart shattering. I cant even
For me it was when the daughter choked up and couldn't speak. So much pain caused to innocent people, for no good reason whatsoever 😪
ME TOOOOOO
Me too.
Me too. I’m crying.
A mother’s love can’t be matched. 🤝🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾 Such a blessing for them both!
But it doesn't mean it has to be a biological mother, I am sure you believe.
It’s insane to me that her daughter is just 2 years older than me. It sounds like a story from long, long ago. How could they have the power to do that?!
In the south, things are different, you'd be surprised at how many old people remember things that happened "so long ago", back then it was all about image, if a family had a teen girl get pregnant, it was her fault, regardless of how or who she got pregnant. They'd hide the baby, by giving it to a family member, giving up for adoption, taking the girl somewhere pregnant, and she'd come Home without a baby or a baby bump,like in this video, send them to an abusive religious school, even if the girl wanted to keep her baby.
This is a rare case where the mom actually finds her child.
@@material-cheshirekhatter2413 true facts
I was in the system January 19, 1985-April 1, 1997.
Age 7 1/2-age 19 3/4.
Torture was the normal routine back then. I was strong enough to survive, recover, and find my way in life.
I'm 44 now. I am doing well, and live a quiet, peaceful life.
Im sorry that happened to you 😭. I work in a group home, I promise you Im there so those kids know someone cares, someone has their best interests at heart. Im not allowed to say "I love you" to them, even though I do love them , very very much. So I do my best to show them.
Blessings to you.
@@vanadians3819 bless you for this.
I believe you and I heard you. I can't believe people treat kids like that. No kid deserrve to be treated badly no matter what. I don't know your pain but I feel enrage by it because you deserved better. I'm happy you are better now and I hope the best for you.
God bless you.
This had me in tears. So glad she finally found her daughter. I can't imagine how she felt through all this. Shame on people who uses the name of God to do such cruel things.
religion is a mental illness that luckily can be cured
@@lw97nilslinuswhitewaterweb93 These people are not religious. They are hard core evil and they twist the Bible to meet their sick agenda. I have met them and there is no cure. You get rid of them, they just pop up somewhere else. It has been going on for centuries. Wish it were that easy. Sarcastic cliche's do nothing but hurt the people that are kind and generous. They do a lot of good things to actually help real people with real problems. They lead by example. I can tolerate them.
@@lw97nilslinuswhitewaterweb93 If u know God than u know this is not his will.
@@lw97nilslinuswhitewaterweb93 Religion is not a mental illness , But not believing is.
@@lw97nilslinuswhitewaterweb93
True religion and undefiled before God and the Father is this; to visit orphans and widows in their affliction. Not to afflict them further but to relieve their burden. Relieving their burden does not mean stealing their children away either.
Beautiful reunion. I’m glad they found each other.
Heart breaking. Glad they found each other!
The footage of the girls “forced” singing in unison is chilling, knowing about the beatings that would occur if one of them didn’t follow orders.
yep, that's how cults work
I thought that also.
@@wake_up_samurai77 I had the same thought...so cult-y.
I'm with you on that, chilling it was but not as chilling as when he gives account
Me too an I'm a boy
I cried when Nancy’s daughter showed her pictures of her first birthday. I felt that. I’m glad they are reunited finally.
Me too
Heartbreaking and heartwarming at the same time. So happy that Nancy finally found her baby.
"It feels like coming home" 😭 watching this again and crying all over again. I'm so happy for them.
😭So much evil is done with in the church.Sorry she went through that.
This is not how real church is, these people are doing the exact opposite of what Jesus taught, they will be healed accountable for there actions to the girls unless they repent. Jesus taught love and this is not it.
The problem is, trying to tell the good honest ones from the evil ones…..
All these extreme religious freaks will still try their brainwashing. Look at all the damage they created.
@@aliyah_faith2109 They are doing exactly what God taught. God said worship me or I’ll burn you forever. These people were just using that example, “Do what I tell you to or I’ll cause you pain.”
@@proowagatts9111 God takes justice not people. It says to serve God not people and people are not to judge other people. God was not in this honey. Any of it. Those people never knew him.
My mom was sent to a home like this when she got pregnant with my sister in 1973. She thankfully left that home with her baby!
Well your mother was very lucky she had some place to go or someone to help her.
My mother got pregnant with my sister in 1951. It was an 'oops' but no one, not even her parents, thought about taking the child away from her. My parents got married in December and my sister was born 5 months later. Not being religious is so much better and less damaging.
I am so glad your sister left the home with her baby.
@@Linda-hs1lk--Most religion is evil. The Catholic Church has probably killed more people than the Nazis and the Protestant spin-offs are just as bad with their killing women for being witches, child abuse, and prison-like orphanages and homes for disturbed and pregnant teenagers.
My aunt was sent to a home, but not one of these. Thankfully. My mom and my grandma stepped in and took of her baby girl. Such a stigma at the time, for all involved but they did it. I love my cousin so much. She’s like a sister to me. I can’t imagine my life without her.
Wonderful ending to a decades long heartache. I wish all of these folks much love, happiness and togetherness.
So glad she found her daughter, the injustice that was done to them and so many others is truly heartbreaking. No one should ever experience this. Prayers for anyone and everyone who have gone through this.
I cried so hard when they hugged I can’t imagine how they both feel. Bless them both
OMG, meeeee tooooo! 😭
@@MamaPinks me tooooo 💕
I did, too. As a mother, I can't imagine the constant heartache & worry that mama must have dealt with every single day while trying to live her life & be a good mother to her other children & then to FINALLY get to meet her daughter so many years later. I wish their families all the best. ❤
The best part ( this mother never stop looking for her )😭😭😭🙏🙏🙏
As soon as her daughter came on screen I couldn’t hold the tears back anymore. She looks just like her.
When I was 5 my parents adopted my brother. I began to wonder if I was adopted, too, but I never asked. As I got older the question was still on my mind until I was 14 and accidentally met one of my mother's childhood friends at a department store. The lady came up to me and asked me if I was related to her friend and she said my mom's name. She said I looked exactly like her. Wow! It was such a relief to have the mystery solved. I didn't have to wonder where I came from. I'm 74 now and so many people say I look just like my mother, may she rest in peace.
My brother found out about his birth mother and he said that giving him up for adoption was probably the only good thing she ever did. My family was blessed to have him. Best little brother in the world! 💞
@@annarodriguez9868 when I was a infant my dad went to prison and my mom hit the bottle abandoned me when I was 2. Never knew why my aunt had me til I was 12 (I was a burden). I'm 74 now and know that my mother leaving was a blessing in disguise for my older brother and Me bc of her life long alcoholism. Everyone said we looked alike and I thought she was ugly..the few times I saw her in my teens she was always stumbling drunk .
So nice to see the mother love of this woman who was treated so horribly with no legal recourse.
Unfortunately!
My anger probably isn’t nearly as strong as yours but my happiness that you were reunited with your beautiful daughter far surpasses it. Congratulations on finding her and may God bless you both.,
When I was 16 I found out I was pregnant. I will never forget the face my mother made when she "asked me" what I wanted to do. Did I want to stay with my family and be loved and be treated like their daughter? Or did I want to keep my "mistake" and lose my family and be cast out with nothing . The pain I live with everyday for making the wrong choice and giving my child up kills me everyday. I am so glad she found her child.
As a Christian, it saddens and upsets me that, in Christ's name, this kind of abuse took place. I hope others watching this don't confuse rabid religion with the transforming grace of Jesus. "By their fruits ye shall know them," as Jesus so truly said.
Agree. ❤
The love of Jesus Christ couldn't be further from the wickedness and atrocities that people have done "in His name". It hurts me so much, so I can only imagine how much it breaks the heart of God to see people misappropriating His name for all manner of unrighteousness 😓
Listen to the bit after 12:14. It's not over yet. It's still happening.
I totally agree this videos saddens me because it shows truly how ugly humanity can be
Frankly I’m tired of Christians saying “those aren’t real Christians”
They think they are. That’s enough. I wish y’all would do something about evangelists and fanatics. But they are taking over at least half of the US.
So glad she was able to be with her daughter and grandkids. I couldn't even imagine every day, week, month, year, decade just wondering if you will ever see your child again
Uhmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm!!!!!
This was normal in slavery, but they're told to get over it hmmm 🤔
breaks my heart . so happy she found her mother
Hi rollande! How’re you doing?
This is emotional, I am so happy they found each other.
THIS HAS TO BE MADE INTO A MOVIE - I'M WATCHING THIS THROUGH TEARS !
Me too 😭
What was the movie
Lost it when they hugged.
What's it called plz?
@@rhondafoster6122 hasnt *been made* yet, the posters are just saying it *should be made into one!* read please..there isn't always going to be a ,*translator* for you.
Especially for english to english. Most get frustrated when someone just doesn't READ the very plain truth in from the typing in front of them! I'm one of them!!
The “you weren’t supposed to know what you had” is what put me over the edge. When she said that there are no words to describe the feeling of having your baby taken from you, my first thought was “anguish” and the sound of a mother screaming after finding out they have outlived their child just came through my head and I cried.
And she is right , when anyone looses a child , the hole she is speaking of , it will never fill up unless you give it to God this is one of the most horrible movies I've ever seen
This happens to dairy cows everytime they are forcibly impregnated so we can steal their breastmilk. They and their babies cry for days, after separation on the first day, until they realize its useless. Standard procedure.
I hope you don't support that horrible industry or won't in the future. No one deserves this.
Thé same doctors who are knowingly causing illness and death to so many now
What is just as bad is going thru your entire pregnancy knowing that this is going to happen and you have no recourse because you are under age according to state law.
@@radiocorrective so not the same thing.
Bless her heart I’m so glad they were brought together
Hello, 👋 how are you doing?
I can’t imagine! I lost my first son from SIDS,but cannot fathom my baby being stolen!!! Death is bad enough,but knowing they are alive Ans not knowing a thing about them would make me insane!!
I'm so sorry
Heartbreaking
Being punished for having a baby is the most horrible pain us women could ever go through 😭 one day I hope to tell my story 💔
I hope on day you can share your story. I pray that it will help you heal. If you're looking for someone, I may be able to help you.
It is Young people who have kids born out of wedlock shouldn't be punished
No one should be punished for having a baby! I'm sorry for what you went through and I hope you can find peace. 💓
@@hoodiek6802 did you say should or shouldn't?
@@justbeatingtheelderlyabuser I appreciate that 🙏🏽
I can't even imagine the pain that lady has gone through the years and no one is held accountable for what was done to her.
They WILL be held accountable at the Great White Throne Judgment
That's how I feel someone needs to be held accountable.
It may not comfort everyone, but I take comfort that God will punish.
Tina, they will one day, as God is my witness! God knows every last name.
@@butterpecan5642 mo m.p
My heart goes out to you Nancy. As a mother to a baby girl, i would of been so heart-broken if this happened to me. Not even sure if i could go on after this.
I cried so bad for this lady and her daughter I thank God for connecting them back took such a long time God knows what she went through I can’t imagine someone taking my babies and not knowing what happened to them. Sending love and light to everyone affected
In 2005 I was in a group home and I got pregnant and if my family hadn’t stepped in I would’ve been sent to a group home where they were going to take my daughter right from birth!! I’m so thankful everyday for my family stepping in!!
Hello Michelle, how are you doing?
When that Momma grabbed her daughter the flood gates opened. So happy for these two. God Bless them.
Gosh my heart breaks for you. Your daughter is so beautiful.
What a BLESSING !!!! I’m so happy they found each other
❤️❤️❤️
"How did you know you had a little girl, you weren't supposed to know that" HEARTBREAKING 🤧😥
That’s pure evil right there.
You just know. I knew I was having a boy. Had the strangest dream where I looked into the bassinet and saw him.
When I had an ultrasound, my baby would kick but wouldn't turn around. I didn't find out until after I gave birth and I was right☺
I'm glad you two were reunited. My husband just found out last year that he has a 1/2 sister that he never knew existed that his dad had fathered 15 before he was born. She's a welcome addition to our family.
There's millions of cases of cruelty on this level.
I was adopted out for 10 days as a baby. Thankfully my mum fought and won. Beautiful story thank you for sharing.
I'm so happy they found eachother. She looks so much like her mum.
It made me cry that she said " maybe she is taking her first step" and "she'll be 12 this year"... That is really heartbreaking and tough... As mother I can't imagine feeling that
He said it was legal to sell babies in Mississippi until 2009 4:24 . If we are an actual Nation and not just a union of separate states there must be federal laws about alot of things.
I was SHOCKED to hear that this was legal up until just a few years ago, my heart breaks for all the victims.
I was shocked!
I am from Mississippi and I can’t believe that!!!
Now they just abort them. ..
I just found my son in January of this year, after looking for him for 37 years using Ancestry DNA. I was pressured by my family as an unwed mother to go to Catholic Charities and adopt him " Or else " and from there, GONE! I have reconnected with him and he is so happy as am I that we found each other. We have not met in person but soon. I would have never found him had it not been for Ancestry DNA. I can't thank them enough. I had every door shut in my face from the State of Virginia and Catholic Charities. I am happy for this lady and her daughter having lived this too.
I am so happy she found her baby girl after 40 years of torment and anguish on her mind from having her daughter ripped away from her before even being able to hold her. I love she made her a cake every year on her birthday. ♥️
I am the first woman in 3 generations, that got to keep my first born baby. I found my biological grandmother a year ago. It was one of the most healing moments of my life. She had her baby stolen from her and they stole her from me but no matter how many documents they have sealed, we find a way to find our people.
I was born in 1966, given up for adoption as soon as I was born, my biological mother was supposedly born in 1944, both sides of my family are born and live in Kentucky. I've tried sooo many times to find my biological family. I even did 23&me,I found 2 cousins (brother and sister) that I thought would help me, then that changed their minds. One of the cousins said "that side of the family is not the kind of ppl we want to be around" WOW that brought a lot of tears!!! I have given up actively looking but still think about it everyday of my life
I'm so glad Nancy didn't "let it go." (11:50) We need more women like her to realize that speaking up about injustice isn't the same as being unforgiving or "disobedient" to God. Abusers are in the church same as anywhere else and they're counting on women's silence and meekness. It's beautiful that they found each other but their loss and pain are valid. Thank you for reporting this.
Amen! God wants us to expose evil, not be silent!
Thank you for this comment.
@@akilamoon2157 You're welcome. Thanks for your support.
Yes absolutely. And speaking up saves lives including one’s own. We are all important.
I personally don't believe in a God but if he does exsist I don't think he'd like the atrocities people have committed in his name
I'm in tears of joy for this family I actually cried.with them for them beautiful ending.
These women are an inspiration. Lester Roloff was a monster for inflicting so much pain on so many people. Thank you all for telling these women's story ❤
Ancestry is amazing. I found my birth mother last year and was so scared she didn’t want to have anything to do with me. But I was so wrong. Every single person in that family was so accepting of me. My birth father didn’t want to have anything to do with me because his wife hated my birth mother so he won’t see me. But that’s ok. I was taken from my mother when I was born just like this story and it took me 49 years to get the courage to try and find her. And when I did, it changed my life. Ty Ancestry. My life is complete now and I have an amazing relationship with my birth mother and my sister, who wasn’t given up. They all love me and I love them. She said she never wanted to give me up and had been searching for me all those years too. I’m so happy for this mother and daughter
Lovely story!
those Ancestry tests are illegal here in France, but people still buy them via mail. apart from people in search of their biological parents after adoption, anonymous birth, some of those who use those tests are born via sperm donations and they just want to know who they resemble to. all those cases are scealled secret, and it's a shame the administration doesn't give the datas!! joke's on you, administration, because people WILL find the truth anyway.
@@Ysckemia why is it illegal there?
@@Angelisa461 "because french law", sorry i got no better explanation. to donate organ is anonymous. to donate sperm or ovules is anonymous. to abandon your child at birth is anonymous. they are all legally covered by anonymity. except that a newborn will grow and becomes a PERSON, and it should be illegal to hide personal informations to a person that ask for those!
plus, in the case of sperm donation, this can lead to unbeknownst inbreeding. imagine how devastating it can be to realize that a person you're dating/got married to/have children with, is your half sibling ...
I found my brother through ancestry DNA.
My uncle did not know he had a son. That son found him...he was so happy. Unfortunately COVID hit and took my uncle before they could meet face to face. I am happy he was able to speak to him and know that he was also a grandfather but he never got to hold his baby boy.
That is sad.🌻
My heart melted when the brother said "hey sis"
WOW, I'M VERY GLAD THAT she didn't harbour any animosity towards her Mom, AND that they truly have a very blessed AND happy ending. This brought tears to My eyes.❤️
I felt that woman's pain. 😢 I pray that the women that came from those homes find the peace they need.
Me too 😭💔
I found my sister at age 64, we can’t get those years back but we are going to make the rest amazing
So happy for you! 😄🎉
omg i am bawling this is so heart warming and wrenching at the same time. i missed 10 years of my daughters life. i cannot imagine 40 years!! I am so happy for you all
Such a great ending. Makes me wonder how my father is doing today since I haven’t spoken to him in 20 years.
Speak to him
@@FoxyBoxery I'd say that depends on WHY they haven't spoken. My father died at 83, and I never saw or heard from him after I was 2. I reached out to my half-sister on Facebook, but got no reply. What could I possibly have done as a baby to cause the rejection? Nothing. And why would an adult not want to meet her sibling? My mother and her father are both dead now.
@@lisamcdonald2877
It's worth trying
I cried so much over this video. How can people be so wicked to precious children?
If you think this is bad, read about what happened to “unwed” mother’s in Ireland. Probably all over the world. My heart goes out to this woman…
Omg yes. Have you seen the movie the magdalene sisters? So sad but an amazing watch
This happened in the Netherlands as well, a couple of years ago a lot of women who went through this took the government to court to get justice
@@Sunflowers9191 happened all over the world sadly. Shocking what women had to endure. Poor women. It’s scary because the last institute in Ireland was only shut in 1996. It sounds like a long time ago but it’s only 25 year ago. Thank god things have changed and still are changing x
@@loodyz15 25 years is not a long time at all. It’s a shame how women and pregnant girls are treated, still. In a lot of countries pregnant and unmarried girls are still treated as scum 🙁
Please look up Tuam in Ireland, the nuns starved and mistreated the babies of the unwed mothers, its estimated that at least a million babies were murdered by them. All in the name of religion. In one of the homes in Tuam, the bodies were thrown into the cesspit. It is horrific and the government in Ireland is still doing everything it can to cover it up. They wont even allow the bones to be removed for decent burial. They also sold babies to America. It is a huge scandal rivalling the holocaust and one day it will have to be faced up to. This one cant be blamed on anything the British did, this was Irish people, religion and government. Many of the unwed mothers were impregnated by priests.
They look so much alike . Glad they found each other . It’s a blessing 😊
So sad it’s heartbreaking 💔
I was a teen Mom. My daughter would have been stripped from me when she was born, had my parents thought me going to a place like this was beneficial. I had my daughter back in 1993, at the age of 17. This breaks my heart knowing that mothers out there were chastised for getting pregnant, yet the fathers walked on like no big deal. For those babies who were desperately wanted, this makes my heart hurt. I sincerely hope more Bethesda Moms can find their children. I love that this Momma and her daughter were able to reconnect. 💗
I’m from a teen mom of the same year. She wasn’t tortured but she was bullied. On top of that the school lied to her telling her being pregnant emancipated her so she would drop out and they didn’t have to deal with it.
My aunt had her first as a teen 40 years ago, she did go to a home like this but she was able to keep her child
I was also a teen mom that gave birth in 1993 at 17 years old, small world. I was actually in foster care myself at the time I had my daughter, thankfully I was with a good foster family that allowed me to stay and raise my daughter until 18 . I feel for this mom, my kids are my world and I would have been devastated had they taken my daughter just because I was in foster care through no fault of my own. Hugs to all the teen moms out there that have struggled ❤️
My mom gave birth to my older brother in '87. She was just 16. Luckily, our dad stuck around and, although they are divorced now, they were able to stay together for 15 years. But I can't imagine the hardships she would have gone through had our dad not been who he is. I was a single mom myself at 20, but the world is so different now, and single moms aren't quite as frowned upon. I'm glad you got to keep your daughter as well!
My heart goes out to you. I was a teen mum in 1988 at the age of 17. My parents weren't really about at the time and my boyfriends Catholic parents wanted to hide my pregnancy and tried to have me locked away with nuns in a home (St Joseph's, I've since seen a book written about the abuse done by nuns in that place) and took me there, they wanted the baby to be adopted out. I though wanted to keep my baby and refused to stay in the home . I said that they could not keep me there and that I would run away if left there so was lucky enough to end up keeping my baby due to my stubborn refusal to comply.
"They won't take no more from me..." YESSSS INDEED they can’t and won't take no more from you. Your story will help others to have enough strength to finally tell their truth to finally tell their story.
This is insane. I lived in Dalton, GA, years ago. It’s hard to believe that this kind of thing happened so close…Terrible abuse.
What an incredibly Strong mother and daughter. This story shattered my heart, so I can't imagine what it's done to these women. Humans can be so evil and disgusting while hiding behind religion. Disgusting.
It made perfect sense for you to bake her a cake even tho she wasn’t there mama ♥️♥️
There's nothing more heartbreaking than a mother being separated from her child ..in any situation. The heartbreak for so many women who have been through this is immense. It breaks my heart.
After she’s been ripped from her own family no less!
Many of these girls were told that their babies died, so they spent their whole lives with an empty feeling they couldn’t identify, knowing something was wrong but not knowing what it was.
Unless you've experienced every possible situation in the world, you do not know what is the most heartbreaking. You can speak for yourself only. How do you know about what the "most heartbreaking" is for anyone else?
@@TheVeek192 ok you don’t have to be so literal 🙄
I can literally feel my heart breaking when i think about being separated from my kids for even a day
Amazing they found each other mother and daughter ♥️💐🌷
What they did to young girls was outrageous. Shame on them. I am glad that Nancy found her daughter and the are willing to love each other. That's just beautiful. So many people have histories like this. It's really sad.
I'm glad she found her daughter. I'm also glad her daughter went to a good family.
Still scares for my life I can read through the lines im not a fool just they think I am
I cry almost everynite I never to live being feats for the rest my life I was only lucky child and two brothers really hate me until im gone it really hurts my heart to this day ill never bring back my smile only for my grandparents has had the dreams on little farm for me I have really had a good childhood life although I never want to face a really scary life to the future get to meet another brother at visit was to say hes the bad killer in a movie guess to a so call father I had never met in my life so my life live fear until its my time to go home with Jesus I never had ask to be born to unfair childhood life😭😭😭😭😭
Me too
oh my gosh I can't imagine the pain that Nancy has carried for all theses years, someone needs to answer for this torture, I'm so glad she finally found her Melanie God bless you all
Whoop
I'm so happy and thankful she found her baby girl and now they have each other! I don't understand how humans can be so hateful, evil and cruel to one another. It's mind boggling to me and it's why I stay to myself!
I grew up in a county 10-20 mins from Dalton Georgia, been here my whole life. Soo glad she got to find her daughter. Bless her heart!
I'm looking for my 21 year old son. I hope I find him some day. I know what the mother is going through.
I found out I was adopted at 20. Met my biological mother a year after, now at 32 still haven’t met my biological father…. I cried so much during this video, felt it to the core.. it’s a everlasting pain…
My son's biological father passed away when my son was 10 months old. We have an 'open adoption' but his mom is incarcerated. Not sure how to bring up any of this to my son, who's 3. Could you tell me -- how do I do this right, and honorably?
@@skatergirl6764 I don't have a lot of answers to your question, but one thing I would say is don't wait until your son is older to tell him he is adopted. I was adopted by my dad and I had always been told as far back as I can remember that that was the case. It's a shock when a child is a teenager for example and then is told or even a younger child could have problems with having not known beforehand, even if they don't completely understand what it all means. At least they know, and have been told from the beginning, and that's the important part.
@@skatergirl6764 or gently let her know that they where adopted but th finer details leave out until they're older ie "mom incarcerated" and let them know they are loved and you wanted them
@@skatergirl6764 hey, I don’t know if I can answer your question the right way but I’ll say this be gentle with your child. Tell him slowly but tell him the truth, if you can put him in therapy (someone that understands adoption). I hope this helped.
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Wonderful to be reunited with her daughter! An added bonus in that the daughter is such a beautiful young woman. I can’t imagine the pain of being forced to part with one’s baby.
I'm so happy that she found her little baby girl
Omg..just balling here. When the daughter said that when she met her mom she felt like she was finally home. 😢😢😢😢
Roloff had a God complex, just as many male evangelical ministers do today.
True
He is disgusting.
More like a natzi
Just a Narcissist using the bible as an excuse to manipulate people
@@yolandaburgos9170 I think your right .
i would love to see more of this story
The "hey sis" from her brother. Beautiful ❤️