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>>> WE
>>> WE ARE GOING TO SHIFT GEARS HERE TO A PRETTY INTERESTING
STORY.
STORY.
STORY. IT
STORY. IT IS A STORY ABOUT A MISSING
PERSON.
PERSON.
PERSON. THAT PERSON DID NOT DISAPPEAR
IN THE USUAL SENSE BUT A FAMILY
FROM IOWA IS LOOKING FOR THEM
ALL THE SAME.
THIS STARTS WITH A MOM GIVING
HER KIDS UP FOR ADOPTION MANY
YEARS AGO.
YEARS AGO. SINCE ADOPTION RECORDS ARE
SEALED IN MINNESOTA, THE FAMILY
IS SEARCHING WITHOUT THE HELP
OF A PAPER TRAIL.
HERE IS SHARON WITH THE STORY.
>> Reporter: THE BEST PART ABOUT
FAMILY IS THERE IS ALWAYS ROOM
FOR MORE.
FOR MORE.
FOR MORE. >> WE ARE LOOKING FOR OUR
OLDER, BIOLOGICAL BROTHER.
HE GOT ADOPTED IN RAMSEY
COUNTY, MINNESOTA IN 2002.
>> Reporter: SUNDAY GATHERINGS
AT THE SPRINGER FAMILY HOME IN
NEWTON, IOWA HAVE GROWN IN THE
PAST SEVERAL YEARS.
SAMANTHA SPRINGER CONNECTED
WITH HER BIOLOGICAL SISTER,
ADRIENNE DANIELS.
ADRIENNE DANIELS. THEIR BIOLOGICAL MOTHER, AMBER
HEARD, ALSO NOW IN TOUCH.
>> IT WAS A LOT OF EMOTIONS,
THERE WERE A LOT OF TEARS.
EVER SINCE THEN, WE COME AND
VISIT A LOT OR THEY COME UP AND
VISIT US.
VISIT US.
VISIT US. >> WE INITIALLY GOT REUNITED ON
OUR GRADUATION DAY.
>> Reporter: THEY HAVE
RECONNECTED WITH ONE OF THEIR
OTHER BROTHERS TOO, ALSO IN
IOWA, BUT NOW THEY ARE LOOKING
FOR THE LAST BROTHER, HIS LAST
KNOWN LOCATION, RAMSEY COUNTY
MINNESOTA.
MINNESOTA. >> ON THE COURT PAPERWORK AT
ST. PAUL, THAT IS ALL THEY WILL
LET ME KNOW, THEY WILL NOT GIVE
ME ANYTHING ELSE, I MEAN THAT
IS FINE, I GET IT.
BUT IT HAS JUST BEEN ONE OF
THOSE TOUGH RIDES TO WHERE HIS
NAME MIGHT NOT EVEN BE HIS
NAME.
NAME.
NAME. >>
NAME. >> Reporter: BORN FEBRUARY
29th, 1996 IN MASON CITY, IOWA,
TY SPENT TIME IN FOSTER CARE IN
NASHUA, IOWA BEFORE BEING
PLACED IN RAMSEY COUNTY, AND
MINNESOTA ADOPTION RECORDS ARE
SEALED FOR 100 YEARS FROM THE
DATE OF ADOPTION, LEAVING NO
OFFICIAL PAPER TRAIL, THESE
THREE CAN FOLLOW.
AMBER SAYS A DISTINCTIVE
FEATURE HER SUN MAY HAVE MAYBE
THE SCARS FROM WHEN HE WAS
INTUBATED AS A BABY.
>> THE CHEST TUBES HE HAD, HE
HAD THEM IN FOR, MOST OF REALLY
HAVE A NOTICEABLE SCAR RIGHT IN
THIS AREA UNDERNEATH EACH
ARMPIT.
ARMPIT.
ARMPIT. THAT WOULD PROBABLY BE THE
TELLTALE SIGN.
TELLTALE SIGN. >> ME I ALSO ASK YOU WHAT LED
YOU TO PUT YOUR KIDS UP FOR
ADOPTION?
ADOPTION?
ADOPTION? >> I WANTED THEM TO HAVE A GOOD
LIFE.
LIFE.
LIFE. I
LIFE. I DIDN'T.
I DIDN'T.
I DIDN'T. I SUFFERED THROUGH A LOT OF NOT
SO GREAT THINGS, LIKE DOMESTIC
ABUSE, DRUG ABUSE.
JUST LOTS OF CRAP.
AND THEY HAVE HAD A CHILDHOOD
THAT I CAN NOT GIVE THEM.
>> SHE SAYS WHILE SHE IS LUCKY
TO HAVE CONNECTED WITH HER
THREE KIDS, SHE HAS FELT A
SENSE OF HEAVINESS IN HER HEART
FOR YEARS.
FOR YEARS. >> THERE MIGHT BE A POSSIBILITY
THAT HE MIGHT NOT WANT TO
CONNECT WITH YOU, HAVE YOU GUYS
THOUGHT ABOUT THAT AT ALL?
>> YEAH.
>> YEAH.
>> YEAH. AND IF THAT IS THE CASE, THEN
YOU KNOW, IT IS WHAT IT IS.
BUT WE WOULD LOVE TO HAVE A
RELATIONSHIP WITH HIM.
>> DON'T PUNISH THE REST OF
YOUR FAMILY FOR ME.
I JUST NEED TO KNOW YOU ARE
OKAY, THAT'S IT.
DO NOT PUNISH THEM.
>> SO THIS FAMILY WAITS, HOPING
TO GROW ONCE MORE. AND IF NOT,
AMBER SAYS THAT IS OKAY TOO.
AS LONG AS SHE KNOWS THREE
THINGS.
THINGS.
THINGS. >> ARE YOU OKAY?
WERE YOU LOVED?
ARE YOU HEALTHY?
YOU KNOW?
YOU KNOW?
YOU KNOW? LIKE THERE ARE SO MANY THINGS
THAT I HAVE ALWAYS WONDERED.
THE ONLY THING I CARE ABOUT IS
THAT HE IS HEALTHY, LOVED AND
HAPPY.
HAPPY.
HAPPY. THAT IS IT.
THAT IS ALL I HAVE EVER WANTED
FOR ANY OF MY KIDS, IS JUST TO
BE HEALTHY, HAPPY AND LOVES.
>> IT IS INTERESTING, A COUPLE
OF YEARS AGO I DID A STORY WITH
A PARENT ALSO LOOKING FOR THEIR
CHILD THAT SHE WAS FORCED TO
PLACE UP FOR ADOPTION, AND ALL
SHE WANTED TO KNOW TOO, WAS IF
THAT CHILD WAS OKAY AND DID
THAT CHILD HAVE A GOOD LIFE.
SO, IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN
THIS STORY, THAT FAMILY CREATED
A FACEBOOK PAGE, THE WINTER AND
JUST FEATURED, IT IS CALLED
LOOKING FOR TY HERE IT.
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