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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsOhio woman's search for birth mother leads to co-worker
http://apnews.excite.com/article/20150419/us-mother-daughter-reunion-104f5b30b8.html
Apr 18, 9:18 PM (ET)
YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio (AP) A 38-year-old woman's quest to find her birth mother ended in a surprising place the company where she works.
WKBN-TV in Youngstown reports http://bit.ly/1ztZr15 that La-Sonya Mitchell-Clark requested records that were made available recently by the Ohio Department of Health. She learned her mother's name is Francine Simmons. She looked her up on Facebook and saw that she worked at InfoCision, the teleservices company where she works.
She knew of an employee named Francine. She reached out, and the next day, got the long-awaited phone call.
"I said, 'I think I'm your daughter," Mitchell-Clark said.
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Ohio woman's search for birth mother leads to co-worker (Original Post)
Omaha Steve
Apr 2015
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madokie
(51,076 posts)1. Mother said
Simmons said she always wanted to connect with the daughter she gave up as a 15-year-old mother, but didn't know how.
"I'm still in shock," Simmons said. "It's amazing."
The two only live a few minutes from each other in Youngstown.
It turns out Mitchell-Clark has three sisters she didn't know about. And one of them works at InfoCision as well.
She said her adoptive parents have always been supportive of her, and encouraged her to try to find her mother.
"Now, we've got a bigger, extended family where we can just be together," Simmons said.
"I'm still in shock," Simmons said. "It's amazing."
The two only live a few minutes from each other in Youngstown.
It turns out Mitchell-Clark has three sisters she didn't know about. And one of them works at InfoCision as well.
She said her adoptive parents have always been supportive of her, and encouraged her to try to find her mother.
"Now, we've got a bigger, extended family where we can just be together," Simmons said.
I like happy endings
Thank you OS for being one of us here at DU. You are good, you are honest and a wonderful person. My hat is off to you
I hope you and Marta have a most wonderful day and many, many more tomorrows
Omaha Steve
(99,662 posts)2. We are taking our oldest granddaughter (college student) to "Sound of Music" on the BIG screen today
I won't be on much today. We leave in about an hour & 1/2. We are taking her to lunch at a nice place too.
We are giving her an autographed photo of Congressman John Lewis today as part of a late birthday present. I took her to see "Selma" back in January. She started reading up on the civil rights movement. This seemed a perfect gift of history now that she is interested.
OS
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marym625
(17,997 posts)3. wow
Amazing story. Thank you