Adoptee Reunion

“A New York woman, who has known she was adopted since the age of four, was extremely shocked after she discovered that her birth mom was actually her co-worker for two years. Now, she is hoping to have a good relationship with her long- lost mother.

Jenney Thomas, 40, from Rochester, NY, has been searching for her birth mom for 15 years, she, however, didn’t have any luck. Hence, she turned to a reality show, “Long Lost Family,” a reality series that highly features touching stories of individuals who have been separated from their birth families and are yearning to find them.

After signing for the show, Thomas found out that she already met her birth mom 10 years ago and they been colleagues for two years at a Rochester hospital, where she worked as a part-time patient care technician while Nita Valdez, her long-lost mother, was a patient transporter.

“I was just in shock,” she told The New York Post after she discovered that she had not only seen her but she actually worked with her birth mom, who had gotten pregnant at 17 years old before giving her up for adoption. “I didn’t expect that, not in a million years.”

“I had looked in so many faces for so many years, [thinking] ‘could that be her?” Thomas said. “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.”

According to The Wrap, Jenney’s birth mom was a daughter of a minister, who was greatly embarrassed by the pregnancy out of wedlock. Thus, Valdez ended up placing her daughter in social service.

Jenney and Nita’s story will be featured on March 13 at 10 p.m. on TLC. The emotional episode is titled ‘Your Mom’s Been Here the Whole Time,’ according to the report of Syracuse.”

Woman Shocked After She Discovered Her Birth Mom Is Her Co-Worker  [Parent Herald 3/4/16 by Jackie Pasoal]

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