A woman, 40 year old Jenny Thomas from Rochester, New York,
who spent more than 15 years trying to find her birth mother had no idea that
she had being working alongside her for two years.
Thomas who featured on the new TLC series, Long Lost Family,
which helps reunite people with their biological relatives told New York Post
that's she was shocked to discover that her former co-worker Nita Valdez was
her birth mother.
She said:
'I had looked in so many faces for so many years, thinking.."Could that be her? Is she looking at me because she knows me?"
'All the while I had looked at the woman who once knew me as her daughter.'
Nita was the daughter of a minister who was ashamed by her pregnancy out
of wedlock, and due to the threats and shame and lack of support,
the expectant mom ended up giving up her daughter to social services
When Thomas was told who her biological mum was, she was shocked because
she had worked with her for 2 years as a part time patient care
technician.
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