A post made in 'lindaikejisblog' reveals the happy and emotional reunion of a family who were separated
so long ago. The family consists of two brothers and their mother who got
separated after they recently met each other by birth and never met till after
46 years, what a long period that was, but destiny finally locates them and
brought them back together through a DNA test.
It was an emotional reunion at the Dallas Fort Worth International
Airport when Raymond Abreu and his brother, Anthony Wiggs who were separated
from each other and their mother when they were infants in Puerto Rico finally
met again.
Many months of late-night
calls and a DNA test had led to that life-changing moment. Now 64-year-old
Elsie Ramirez was finally face-to-face with her sons, Raymond, 47, and Anthony,
46. She hadn't seen them since they were infants.
Ramirez said she left
Aguadilla, Puerto Rico, in the 1970's shortly after her relationship with her
husband broke down. He was in the military and stationed at Ramey Air Force
Base. Soon after the couple's relationship soured, social services in Puerto
Rico became involved and the brothers and their mother were split up.
Raymond Abreu 10 months older than his brother moved in with
his grandparents. Soon after that, his father took him to San Antonio, Texas
while Anthony had been adopted by the Wiggs family. Marta Wiggs and her
family called the boy "Mikey".
In May this year they made
a massive breakthrough. Anthony's girlfriend bought him a DNA test for his
birthday. He was able to connect with a large database of historical records to
find living relatives who shared the same DNA.
The test threw up a match
for Wiggs' cousin, Elsie Ramirez' nephew, who he then tracked down. The man
broke some stunning news Elsie was alive and living in Massachusetts. "I
got on Facebook and just started typing her name. I ended up on a Facebook page
with her best friend." Wiggs got Elsie's cell phone number from her friend
and left a voice message.
His mother heard his voice on her phone just an hour later.
"She was actually at the mall in the restroom," Wiggs said.
"There was a lady in there next to her who heard her screaming and crying
out of joy."
Anthony had Raymond join
the call. Abreu said his mother told them in Spanish "I always prayed, I
always tried to look for you." Then all three cried together.
All three cried when Raymond
joined the call with Anthony. Then their mther told them in Spanish “I’ve
always prayed, I always tried to look for you.”
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