CONNECTICUT GOING VIRAL ON TICK TOCK FOX EXTRUSIONS.
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>>
>> LAWRENCE LINDSEY HAS THE
UNBELIEVABLE STORY.
UNBELIEVABLE STORY. TELL ME YOUR CRAZIEST ONE IN A
MILLION STORIES SOMETHING THAT
HAPPENED TO YOU THAT YOU JUST
CAN'T BELIEVE WAS REAL.
>>
>>
>> WHAT
>> WHAT STARTED AS A 60 SECOND
POST ON TIC-TAC QUICKLY TOUCHED
THE HEARTS OF MILLIONS
OF PEOPLE ACROSS THE WORLD.
I DIDN'T THINK THIS WAS GOING
TO HAPPEN.
TO HAPPEN. >>
>>
>> I
>> I JUST
>> I JUST THOUGHT I WOULD JUST
MAKE THE TICK TOCK.
JULIA AND CASSANDRA MET WHILE
WORKING AT THE RUSSIAN LADY BAR
IN NEW HAVEN.
ONE DAY JULIA NOTICED
CASSANDRA'S TATTOO OF THE
DOMINICAN FLAG AND THAT'S WHEN
THEY GOT TO TALKING.
WHAT THEY BOTH DIDN'T REALIZE
AT THE TIME IS THAT THEY WERE
BOTH ADOPTED FROM THE DOMINICAN
REPUBLIC.
REPUBLIC.
REPUBLIC. NOW COWORKERS ALWAYS TOLD THEM
THAT THEY LOOKED ALIKE SO THEY
JUST WENT WITH IT.
>>
>>
>> WE
>> WE HAD
>> WE HAD AN EVENT ONE DAY AND I
BOUGHT HER SHIRTS THAT SAID I'M
THE BIG SISTER AND HER SHIRT
SAID I'M THE LITTLE SISTER AND
YOU KNOW AND EVERYONE JUST
WOULD GO ALONG WITH IT.
>>
>>
>> SO
>> SO WE
>> SO WE COURTNEY, A FRIEND AND
COWORKER OF BOTH JULIA AND
KASEY HAD A FEELING THEY WERE
RELATED FROM THE BEGINNING.
>>
>>
>> WHEN
>> WHEN I
>> WHEN I STARTED WITH CASTI I MET
JULIA AND I LOOKED AT BOTH
OF THEM AND I THOUGHT I WAS
LIKE YOU TWO LOOK ALIKE LIKE
ARE YOU GUYS SISTERS?
AND WE WERE AND SHE WAS LIKE NO
WE'RE NOT.
WE'RE NOT. WE WERE BOTH ADOPTED FROM THE
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC AND I WAS
LIKE WELL YOU GUYS
A
A LOT
A LOT ALIKE LIKE IS THERE A THERE'S
GOT TO BE SOMETHING GOING ON.
THEY HAVE SIMILAR FACIAL
FEATURES LIKE KASEY HAS THAT
VERY LIKE THAT ROUND FACE THE
CHEEKBONES THEY E DID THEY
BOT HAVE T BEST REO
TO THEIR FACE.
>>
>>
>> REN
>> REN TO
>> REN TO WHEN JULIA WAS
P
REN TO WHEN JULIA WAS JULIS ADT FL TO
DOMINI RU WH
AHRP M T MEET
E BABIE.
AHRP M T MEET JULIET'S BET FRIEN MOLLY WAS
ADOPTED THE SAME DAY AT THE
SAME TIME AS HER AND THEIR MOM
STAYED CLOSE AS WELL.
WHAT THEY DIDN'T KNOW UNTIL
ABOUT ALMOST 30 YEARS LATER
THEIR PAPERWORK WAS
ACCIDENTALLY SWITCHED AT BIRTH.
SO HER BEST FRIEND HAS HER
PAPERWORK AND SHE HAS HER BEST
FRIEND'S PAPERWORK.
FRIEND'S PAPERWORK. >>
>>
>> ABOUT
>> ABOUT FIVE YEARS AGO WHEN JULIA
AND CASSANDRA GOT SERIOUS ABOUT
FIGURING OUT IF THEY WERE IN
FACT RELATED, THEY REALIZED
THEIR ADOPTION PAPERWORK DIDN'T
MATCH UP.
MATCH UP.
MATCH UP. BUT MOLLY'S DID.
MOLLY'S ANCESTRY DNA RESULTS
SAID THAT SHE WAS COUSINS WITH
CASSANDRA'S SISTER SO SHE
COULDN'T POSSIBLY BE HER
BIOLOGICAL SIBLING.
BIOLOGICAL SIBLING. >>
>>
>> SHE
>> SHE WAS LIKE, WELL, I CAN'T BE
HER SISTER THEN BUT MY
PAPERWORK SAYS THAT OUR MOM IS
THE SAME MOM.
AND THEN WE WERE LIKE WAIT WHAT
LIKE WHAT'S GOING ON HERE?
YOU KNOW?
YOU KNOW?
YOU KNOW? AND I FELT LIKE I WAS KIND
OF THE MISSING PIECE OF THIS
LIKE MYSTERY.
LIKE MYSTERY. SO THAT'S WHY I FINALLY AGREED
TO DO THE TWENTY THREE MAKE
OTHER IF MOLLY DIDN'T DO THAT
WE WOULD HAVE NEVER DONE THIS
AND AFTER TWO AND A HALF WEEKS
OF PATIENTLY WAITING THE
RESULTS WERE IN WHERE'S
UPSTAIRS AND SO BY FATE FRIENDS
TURNED INTO FAMILY IN TWENTY
EIGHTEEN CASSANDRA DID A DNA
TEST TO CONNECT WITH HER
BIOLOGICAL FATHER AND SIBLINGS
BACK IN THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
AND HAD TOUGH CONVERSATIONS
WITH HER BIOLOGICAL DAD WHO
SAID HE AND HER MOM SUFFERED
EVERY DAY WITH THE DECISION TO
PUT HER UP FOR ADOPTION CHILD
YOU DON'T KNOW THEIR STORIES,
HE SAID TO ME ME HOW YOU HAVE
NO IDEA WHAT IT'S LIKE TO BE
POOR AND HEAR YOUR CHILDREN
SCREAMING BECAUSE THEY'RE SO
HUNGRY AND YOU HAVE NO MONEY TO
FEED THEM AND LIKE MY HEART
JUST BROKE BROKEN.
YOU KNOW I COULD I'M NOT A
PARENT SO I DON'T UNDERSTAND.
SO I COULDN'T IMAGINE LIKE JUST
HAVING TO GIVE UP YOUR DAUGHTER
BECAUSE YOU JUST DON'T YOU JUST
DON'T HAVE IT.
>>
>>
>> CASSANDRA HAS VISITED THEM
SEVERAL TIMES AND SAID THE
MOMENT SHE MET HER DAD AND
SEVEN SIBLINGS SHE FELT RIGHT
AT HOME THERE IS JUST AN
ENORMOUS AMOUNT OF PEOPLE
STANDING THERE WITH T-SHIRTS
WITH MY FACE ON THEM AND IT WAS
THE MOST EMOTIONAL THING I
THINK I PROBABLY EVER BEEN
THROUGH AND MY FATHER AND I
JUST EMBRACED EACH OTHER AND HE
WOULD NOT LET ME GO.
>>
>>
>> I
>> I WOULD NOT LET HIM GO.
JULIA HAD NO INTEREST IN
FINDING HER BIOLOGICAL FAMILY.
SHE DIDN'T WANT TO AND I KNOW
HER RESISTANCE A LOT OF IT WAS
BECAUSE YOU KNOW, IT'S TOUGH
WHEN WHEN YOU ARE ADOPTED.
I'M NOT BUT I DO KNOW I DO HAVE
OTHER FRIENDS THAT ARE AND YOU
KNOW, NOT KNOWING WHO YOU TRULY
ARE AND KNOWING YOUR SENSE
OF REALITY COULD CHANGE IS
SCARY.
SCARY.
SCARY. >>
>>
>> BUT
>> BUT NOW THAT SHE HAS A PARTNER
TO NAVIGATE THIS NEW JOURNEY
WITH, SHE'S ALL ON BOARD.
>>
>>
>> I'VE
>> I'VE ACTUALLY MET THE FAMILY
OVER FACETIME AND IT'S JUST A
GREAT MOMENT AND I DEFINITELY
WANT TO GO VISIT THEM NOW.
I JUST DIDN'T HAVE ANY INTEREST
IN DOING IT BY MYSELF.
YOU KNOW, I JUST DIDN'T YOU
DON'T KNOW WHAT YOUR DNA IS
GOING TO BRING UP A TRUE ONE IN
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