A mother and son had a tearful reunion in Chile, 42 years after he was stolen from her.
More than four decades ago, hospital workers took Maria Angelica Gonzalez’s baby, Jimmy Lippert Thyden, and later told her he had died.
Thyden says he was a case of “counterfeit adoption”.
He began his journey to find his birth family in April, after reading news stories about Chilean-born adoptees who had been reunited with their relatives with the help of non-profit Nos Buscamos.
“Hola, Mama,” Thyden says, meeting his mother face-to-face at her home in Valdivia, Chile, for the first time.
“I love you very much,” he added, as they embraced amid tears.
More than four decades ago, hospital workers took Maria Angelica Gonzalez’s baby, Jimmy Lippert Thyden, and later told her he had died.
Thyden says he was a case of “counterfeit adoption”.
He began his journey to find his birth family in April, after reading news stories about Chilean-born adoptees who had been reunited with their relatives with the help of non-profit Nos Buscamos.
“Hola, Mama,” Thyden says, meeting his mother face-to-face at her home in Valdivia, Chile, for the first time.
“I love you very much,” he added, as they embraced amid tears.
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00:00 (speaking in foreign language)
00:03 She responds to all of these texts.
00:25 She says, "Mijo, you have no idea
00:29 "the oceans I've cried for you.
00:30 "How many nights I've laid awake
00:33 "praying that God let me live long enough
00:35 "to learn what happened to you."
00:37 [BLANK_AUDIO]