NewsWhore
07-09-2007, 05:20 PM
It could well be a soap opera, but, in this case, it is real life. A woman found her biological parents after 30 years. Ramun Perez Reyes, a journalist from the ListIn Diario, tells how the girl was separated from her real parents by a godmother of her biological mother in Sabana Grande de Boya, Monte Plata Province. The girl's birth was difficult and as a result, the mother was confined to bed for a long time. Josefa Espinal, the godmother, had come from Santo Domingo to help in the birthing, and offered to care for the newborn baby girl. She took the baby back to Santo Domingo and when the husband was sent to pick up the baby, he was told that the "baby was not his."
Later the mother went to Santo Domingo to claim her baby and was told the same thing. In the meantime, the godmotehr had gone to the civil registry and claimed that the baby was hers.
Thirty years ago DNA testing was only something that appeared in the movies, and the courts were faced with a "he said-she said" issue, and ruled against the birth parents.
With migration to Puerto Rico, and other family moves to Santiago and La Vega, it seemed that the real parents would never find their daughter. Fortunately, a grandchild of the original parents, who grew up listening to the sad tale of the missing daughter, continued the search, promising the family that she would find her. The whole thing appears as difficult as any possible movie scenario. However, after years of searching, the real family was able to reunite with the lost member.
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Later the mother went to Santo Domingo to claim her baby and was told the same thing. In the meantime, the godmotehr had gone to the civil registry and claimed that the baby was hers.
Thirty years ago DNA testing was only something that appeared in the movies, and the courts were faced with a "he said-she said" issue, and ruled against the birth parents.
With migration to Puerto Rico, and other family moves to Santiago and La Vega, it seemed that the real parents would never find their daughter. Fortunately, a grandchild of the original parents, who grew up listening to the sad tale of the missing daughter, continued the search, promising the family that she would find her. The whole thing appears as difficult as any possible movie scenario. However, after years of searching, the real family was able to reunite with the lost member.
More... (http://www.dr1.com/index.html#12)