THE VICTIM LEFT IT UNLOCKED TO
WARM IT UP.
TWO CROOKS SWOOPED IN AND DROVE
IT OFF.
FIRST CHRISTMAS WITH HIS
DAUGHTER HE NEVER KNEW HE HAD.
>> THERE HE IS.
[INAUDIBLE]
BRIAN: OLIVIA ROBLES FOUND HER
BIOLOGICAL FATHER USING
ANCESTRY.COM.
GIVING GARY GRANDSONS HE NEVER
POINT CADET.
WE HAVE OLIVIA AND OLIVIA'S DAD,
GARY.
FIRST OF ALL, OLIVIA, WHAT
PROMPTED YOU TO GO TO ANCESTRY?
>> WHAT PROMPTED ME TO GO TO
ANCESTRY, FIRST OF ALL TO
DETERMINE WHETHER OR NOT I WAS
HISPANIC.
THAT WAS THE INITIAL OUTCOME
WITH HOPE OF FINDING MY FATHER.
I DIDN'T KNOW HIS NAME.
I REALLY DIDN'T THINK I HAD A
GREAT CHANCE OF LOCATING HIM.
SO THAT WAS ACTUALLY BACK IN
2014 THAT I ORIGINALLY SUBMITTED
BY DNA.
I DIDN'T HAVE A LOT OF
>> I GOT BACK RECENTLY ONLINE
BACK IN SEPTEMBER BECAUSE OF A
FRIEND THAT ENCOURAGED ME TO GO
ON AND SEE MY MATCHES.
AS A RESULT I ENDED UP FINDING A
MATCH WHO IS ACTUALLY OUR
COUSIN.
I REACHED OUT TO HER BECAUSE I
WAS STRONGEST MATCH FOR HER AS A
COUSIN.
FROM THERE SHE WAS VERY
RECEPTIVE TO ACTUALLY HELP AND
LOCATE MY FATHER.
WE DIDN'T MEET IN PERSON BUT
TALKED ON THE PHONE.
BRIAN: GARY, WHAT WAS IT LIKE TO
GET THAT CALL?
>> WELL, AT FIRST I WAS A LITTLE
APPREHENSIVE.
I, BUT AFTER TALKING WITH HER
AND COMMUNICATING THROUGH EMAIL
FIND HER BIOLOGICAL FATHER, IF
IT'S ME, THEN I JUST FELT SO
COMFORTABLE WITH IT THAT I
AGREED WITH THEM IN A COUPLE
WEEKS TO GO AHEAD AND DO A DNA
TEST.
BRIAN: RIGHT.
YOU GOT A GRANDFATHER.
>> A LITTLE SURREAL.
STILL TRYING TO UNDERSTAND IT.
TAKING IT ALL IN.
BRIAN: BRING US BACK TO THE
GETTING OFF?
WHAT WERE YOU THINKING, OLIVIA,
WHAT WAS GOING THROUGH YOUR
MIND?
RYAN, YOU FIRST?
>> JUST A LITTLE ODD I GUESS.
MEETING MY GRANDFATHER FOR THE
FIRST TIME.
MY HEAD WAS STILL SPINNING BUT
ESPECIALLY DUE TO THE MILITARY
SERVICE, KNOWING HE SERVED IN
VIETNAM, AND THE NAVY.
JUST COMING HOME KNOWING I HAD A
GRANDFATHER WITH SIMILAR
BACKGROUND TO CONNECT TO.
BRIAN: OLIVIA, YOUR THOUGHTS?
SITTING HERE WITH MY DAD, MY DAD
I ALWAYS WANTED TO FIND MY
I DIDN'T THINK I COULD EVER FIND
HIM.
IT IS JUST A MIR KEL, A TRUE
MIRACLE.
BRIAN: HOW DID YOU EXPLAIN THE
ABSENCE?
YOU HAD NO IDEA?
>> JUST GROWING UP MY MOM ALWAYS
TOLD ME I DON'T KNOW MY FATHER.
SO JUST KIND OF LIKE FACTS OF
LIFE FOR MUCH OF MY CHILDHOOD.
I NEVER KNEW THE FULL STORY.
BRIAN: GARY, WHAT WERE THE
CIRCUMSTANCE.
>> WELL I WAS IN VIETNAM AND IN
AND OUT OF THERE, I TOOK
FREQUENT R&R TRIPS TO THE
PHILIPPINES DURING THAT TIME.
ORDERS TO SHIP OUT BACK TO
VIETNAM AND NEVER RETURNED.
I HAD NO WAY OF CONTACTING HER.
SHE HAD NO WAY OF KNOWING HOW TO
CONTACT ME.
BRIAN: WOW.
>> SO -- COMPLETE SURPRISE.
BRIAN: COMPLETE SURPRISE.
HOW STUNNING IS IT TO HAVE THREE
GRANDSONS IN THE MILITARY, WEST
POINT CADET TO YOUR IMMEDIATE
LEFT?
>> OH, PRETTY AMAZING.
MY WIFE OF 40 YEARS IS JUST AS
THRILLED AS I AM.
AND I ARE COMPLETELY THRILLED.
BRIAN: YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO
START YOUR CHRISTMAS SHOPPING A
LOT EARLIER NOW.
I HOPE YOU'RE READY FOR THAT,
GARY.
ALL OF YOU WILL.
>> I DID AVOID HAVING TO CHANGE
DIAPERS OVER THE YEARS.
BRIAN: I'M SURE IN RETROSPECT
YOU WOULD HAVE LOVED TO HAVE
BEEN THERE.
OLIVIA, RYAN, GARY, THANKS FOR
SHARING YOUR STORY.
>> THANK YOU.
CAN I JUST ADD A QUICK NOTE?
I WANTED TO THANK MY AUNT LIDA
AND TIM BECAUSE IT ALL STARTED
AT THAT HOUSE.