Their story begins at the old Homer G. Phillips Hospital in St. Louis. Shortly after delivering her baby, Zella Price was told the infant died. But Melanie was alive and for some unknown reason, she adopted by another family.

 

Zella Price said she is hurt by the years of separation, but is thankful for this second chance.

 

“(God) has given me everything the devil has taken from me,” Price said. “I’m getting it back. I’m getting my baby back.”

 

Gilmore lost her hearing at the age of three because of a childhood illness. This reunion is something she has wanted for a long time.

 

“I am just so happy…very excited,” she said.

 

Gilmore’s children knew about their mom’s wish. They used the Internet and eventually found Zella Price. DNA testing confirmed Zella is Melanie’s mother.

 

 

 

 

Mom reunited with daughter 50 years after being told she died | FOX2now.com

I don't understand? If she was told that she died at birth, how did she know to look for her? How did her other children know to look for her.

I don't understand? If she was told that she died at birth, how did she know to look for her? How did her other children know to look for her.

 

Given the information in the story, it appears that the adopted person (Gilmore), or the adopted person's children, initiated the search for the birth parent (Price). That is something that is not unusual for someone that knows they were adopted.

 

My impression is that Price, who was told her child had died shortly after birth, did not know that her daughter had lived until Gilmore's children found her.

Wow :no: