>>> IMAGINE SPENDING MOST OF
YOUR LIFE SEARCHING FOR ANSWERS
ABOUT YOUR SELF.
WE'RE ABOUT TO MEET ONE WOMAN
WHO WAS ADOPTED NOT ONCE BUT
TWICE, SPENT YEARS IN FOSTER
CARE AND NEARLY GAVE UP ON
FINDING HER BIRTH PARENTS.
THEN A HOME DNA TEST CHANGED
EVERYTHING.
>> I WAS ADOPTED AS AN INFANT IN
NEW YORK.
MY MOM HAD SCHIZOPHRENIA, SO MY
FATHER WAS TAKING CARE OF HER.
THAT WAS UNTIL MY FATHER PASSED
AWAY FROM LEUKEMIA WHEN I WAS
SIX AND MY MOTHER WAS TRYING TO
TAKE CARE OF ME THE BEST SHE
COULD BUT SHE REALLY STRUGGLED.
I WAS THEN GIVEN TO A FOSTER
CARE AGENCY WHERE I WAS A FOSTER
CHILD FROM 9 TO 12.
WHEN I TURNED 21, I DECIDED I
WANTED TO FIND MY BIRTH FAMILY.
THE ONLY INFORMATION I WAS ABLE
TO RECEIVE WAS THAT MY MOTHER
WAS 20 AT THE TIME OF MY
ADOPTION, AND THAT SHE WAS
ABANDONED BY THE FATHER.
THAT'S ALL I HAD TO GO ON.
I HIT LOTS OF DEAD-ENDS.
I KIND OF MOVED ON.
THEN WHEN THE DNA THING CAME
INTO PLAY, THE FACT THAT MY
DAUGHTER WANTED ME TO FIND OUT
MY HERITAGE KIND OF REKINDLED
IT.
WE TOOK A TEST AND THE TEST CAME
BACK THAT I WAS JEWISH AND
GREEK.
THE DAY THAT I OPENED MY E-MAIL
TO SEE THAT I POSSIBLY FOUND MY
FATHER, ALL OF A SUDDEN MY HEART
DROPPED.
IT STARTS SINKING DOWN.
I CALLED MY DAUGHTER AND SAID,
OH, MY GOD.
I STARTED CRYING.
IT WAS SO INTENSE.
AFTER SEARCHING FOR 30 YEARS
ROUGHLY, YOU JUST THINK IT'S
NEVER GOING TO HAPPEN.
ALL OF A SUDDEN, BOOM, IT'S SO
INTENSE AND OVERWHELMING.
>> PLEASE HELP ME WELCOME KIM
FAIRBANKS.
SO AFTER ALL THAT TIME, YOU
DIDN'T GET A HIT ON YOUR MOM BUT
YOU GET A HEAT -- YOU SEE THAT
THING THAT SAYS FATHER OR SON.
YOU KNOW IT'S NOT YOUR SON.
ONE BENEFIT OF BEING A WOMAN,
YOU KNOW.
>> EXACTLY.
>> SO YOU REACHED OUT TO HIM.
WHAT WERE YOU FEELING IN DOING
THAT?
>> I WAS REALLY NERVOUS,
EXTREMELY NERVOUS.
>> BY E-MAIL.
>> IT WAS AN E-MAIL AT FIRST TO
SAY, HEY, THIS PARENT CHILD
RELATIONSHIP MATCH THAT CAME
BACK, AND I THINK YOU'RE MY
FATHER.
>> OKAY.
SO WAS HIS RESPONSE BY E-MAIL,
TOO.
>> IT WAS.
>> WHAT DID HE SAY?
SAY WHAT?
>> HE WAS LIKE, NO, I DON'T HAVE
ANY CHILDREN.
YEAH.
SO I SAID, WELL, CAN YOU THINK
BACK, MAYBE?
HE DID.
HE THOUGHT BACK.
HE SAID, I'LL BE DAMNED, THERE
WAS A WOMAN.
>> THERE WERE SOME GOOD TIMES AT
CAPE COD.
>> EXACTLY.
EXACTLY.
>> WERE YOU NERVE OUT ABOUT WHAT
HIS RESPONSE WAS GOING TO BE?
>> EXACTLY.
BEING ADOPTED CAN BE A DELICATE
THING BECAUSE YOU DON'T KNOW HOW
PEOPLE ARE GOING TO RESPOND.
>> THEN DID YOU SPEAK ON THE
PHONE?
>> WE DID.
WE HAVE BEEN E-MAILING AND
TEXTING AND WE INTO ON THE
PHONE.
>> BUT YOU'VE NEVER SEEP HIM
LIVE.
>> NO.
WE TRIED TO DO SKYPE BUT IT
DIDN'T WORK.
>> TODAY IS GOING TO BE THE
FIRST TIME THAT WE'RE DOING THAT
IN A MINUTE.
HAVE YOU EVER FOUND YOU WERE
BIRTH MOTHER?
>> NO.
>> SO THIS IS YOUR SOUL
BIOLOGICAL CONNECTION BETWEEN
BEFORE.
YOU'VE GOT TWO KIDS BUT FROM
THAT LEVEL.
>> UH-HUH.
>> WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO YOU?
BEFORE WE BRING HIM OUT HERE,
WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO YOU TO HAVE
RECONNECTED WITH HIM?
>> IT'S HARD TO EXPLAIN IT.
IT'S SO INTENSE.
YOU NEVER THINK IT'S GOING TO
HAPPEN.
TO KNOW HE'S GOING TO BE SITTING
RIGHT NEXT TO ME IS SURREAL.
>> HE'S GOING TO BE SITTING HERE
IN A MINUTE.
>> I KNOW.
>> WHEN WE
>>> WE'RE BACK NOW WITH
51-YEAR-OLD KIM FAIRBANKS WHO
SPENT MOST OF HER LIFE LOOKING
FOR HER BIRTH PARENTS.
MYHERITAGE.COM GAVE HER A MATCH
WITH HER FATHER.
THEY BROUGHT US THIS STORY SO
WE'RE ALL GRATEFUL TO THEM.
ARE YOU READY?
>> I'M READY.
>> PLEASE WELCOME KIM'S BIRTH
FATHER PABLOS.
>> OH, MY GOD.
HOW ARE YOU FEELING PABLOS? >> GREAT, THANK YOU.
>> HOW ABOUT YOU, KIM?
>> I'M GOOD.
>> NOW, KIM'S FIANCEE JERRY IS
SITTING IN THE AUDIENCE.
I THINK HE'S MORE EMOTIONAL THAN
ANY OF US.
WHY IS HE SO EMOTIONAL, JERRY?
>> I DON'T KNOW.
>> IT'S OVERWHELMING.
>> IT IS.
>> THIS IS YOUR WIFE, TOO,
PABLOS WIFE.
TELL US, YOU ORIGINALLY TOOK A
DNA TEST.
WHY?
>> MY WIFE AND I ARE BOTH GREEK,
AND WE WANTED TO SEE WHO WAS
MORE GREEK.
>> BOY OH BOY, DID YOU HAVE A
SURPRISE IN THERE.
YOU ARE ALL GREEK AND ALSO
SOMETHING ELSE.
>> SARDONIAN.
>> YOU GET THE E-MAIL AND WHAT
WAS YOUR FIRST REACTION?
>> NO.
NOT ME.
>> IS IT TRUE YOU SAW A PSYCHIC?
>> YES.
TOLD ME MY SON WAS LOOKING FOR
ME.
>> I KNEW I HAD A CHILD THAT WAS
PUT UP FOR ADOPTION.
KIM'S MOTHER SAID I'M PREGNANT
AND I'M GOING TO PUT THE CHILD
UP FOR ADOPTION.
YOU THOUGHT IT WAS A BOY.
>> WENT TO BOSTON AND ADOPTED BY
A DENTIST WAS WHAT I HEARD.
>> WHEN SHE CALLED AND SAID,
IT'S A GIRL.
>> THAT'S RIGHT.
EXACTLY IT.
A GIRL WITH TWO GRANDCHILDREN?
HEY!
>> HAVE YOU MET YOUR
GRANDCHILDREN YET?
>> NO.
>> WOULD YOU LIKE TO MEET THEM?
THEY ARE SITTING IN THE
AUDIENCE.
>> WHERE ARE THEY.
DO YOU WANT TO COME FOR A HUG?
>> I'M SO GLAD TO MEET YOU.
>> THANKS FOR COMING.
>> THANK YOU, GUYS.
>> AM I BLESSED OR WHAT?
>> ARE YOU LOOKING FORWARD TO
TIME WITH A CHILD AND TWO
GRANDCHILDREN NOW?
>> HELL YES.
>> KIM, WHAT ABOUT YOU?
DOES THE SEARCH FOR YOUR BIRTH
MOM CONTINUES?
>> IT CONTINUES.
I'VE BEEN SEARCHING FOR 20
YEARS.
>> MAYBE SHE'S WATCHING PERU YOU
HOPE SO.
>> YOU DON'T KNOW HER NAME?
>> NO.
I'M AFRAID IT'S ONE OF THOSE
THINGS.
>> BUT LIKE IF YOU SAW HER IN A
PHOTO LINEUP?
>> I WOULD RECOGNIZE HER IN A
HEARTBEAT.
>> SO IF YOU KNOW PABLOS AND YOU
THINK YOU MIGHT BE KIM'S BIRTH
MOM, SHE'S TRYING TO FIND YOU.
YOU CAN DEFINITELY CONTACT US AT
TODAY.COM/MEGYNTODAY AND WE WILL
HELP MAKE THIS REUNION COMPLETE.