Sarah Kleinhans had spent her entire life searching for her birth mother until she was pointed in the right direction after using an online DNA testing site. On Monday, after 53 years, the much-awaited reunion finally took place.
Armed with just a locket photograph and a burning desire to know her real family, a Colorado woman has spent her entire life searching for her Korean birth mother who put her up for adoption as a baby.Sarah Kleinhans' search for her mother was given the necessary push in the right direction after she used 23andMe, an online DNA testing website that reveals family genealogy, which connected her with her half-sister, Lynda.
"Every year on my birthday, I think of you," Kleinhans said."I look out and I go, 'Are you alive? Are you thinking about me?'" With CBS reporters on hand, Kleinhans could be seen anxiously awaiting her mother's arrival at her friend's house in Monrovia, where the much anticipated reunion was planned. Cha now lives in Koreatown, and after learning that her mother was just a short trip away, Kleinhans jumped on a flight with her two children so they could meet the woman they'll now call"Oma.
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