WITH
WITH THE
WITH THE MAN WHO WAITED 90 YEARS TO SEE HIS BIO+@LOGICAL
MOTHER'SFE.
MOTHER'SFE. >> Reporter: HE WILL TELL YOU
HE HAS HAD A GOOD LIFE. ALL 91
YEARS.
YEARS.
YEARS. THER+@E WAS THAT ONE BAD DAY.
WHEN HE NEEDED TO FIND HIS
BIRT+@H CERTIFICATE.
BIRT+@H CERTIFICATE. THE FILING CABINET WAS IN HIS
PARENTS HOUSE.
PARENTS HOUSE. >> THAT IS WHERE LOO O
+@
>> THAT IS WHERE LOO O PAE
PAE
PAE >>
PAE >> Repore:APPRTA
>> Repore:APPRTA CHANGED +@EVERYTIG
CHANGED +@EVERYTIG >> I AM OLD ENOUGH TO REALIZE
IT WAS AN ADOPTION PAPER.
I DID NOT REALIZE+@ I WAS ADOPT
UNTIL I WAS 21.
>> Reporter: HIS PRNSWR
NO ILGCLPRNS A
SECRET THEE TO THEMSELVES.+@
AND HE DECIDED TO BE JUST LIKE
THEM AND BURIED THAT SECRET.
>> I HAD LIVED A GOOD LIFE AND
THEY RAISE ME GOOD.
>> Reporter: HE DID NOT TELL
THEM UNTILYRSLT TA E
KNEW.
KNEW.
KNEW. >>
KNEW. >> WHAT GOOD WOULD IT DO TO
BRIN+@G IT UP ABOUT ME BEING
ADOPTED?
ADOPTED?
+@
+@ >>
+@ >> Reporter: ALL THESE YEARS
LATER'S HIS ADULT DAUGHTER
DECIDED THAT IT WAS A STORY SHE
HAD TO KNOW.
+@
+@ >>
+@ >> WHO
+@ >> WHO AM I?
>> IT IS A COMPLETE VOID IN MY
@ LIFE.
LIFE.
LIFE. BUT
LIFE. BUT NO MORE.
>> Reporter: THE PAPER TRAIL
THEY FOUND LED TO AMARILLO.
>> THIS IS THE LETTER.
+@
>> THIS IS THE LETTER. >> Reporter: AND A PRESBYTERIAN
ORPHANAGE.
ORPHANAGE. WELL ANOTHER SEARCH TOOK THEM TO
MOODY, TEXAS.
MOODY, TEXAS. SOUTH OF WACO.
>> I GOT A CALL FROM HIS
DAUGHTER.
DAUGHTER.
DAUGHTER. +@
DAUGHTER. THE FAMILY DID NOT TALK ABOUT
IT.
IT.
IT. I
IT. I DO
IT. I DO NOT THINK ANYONE IN THE
FAMILY NEW.
FAMILY NEW. >> Reporter: THE NEW THE STORY
OF A FAMILY MEMBER NAMED SARAH.
SHE WAS 18 AND SINGLE AND
PREGNANT.
PREGNANT.
PREGNANT. +@
PREGNANT. +@HER PARENTS IN 1928 C+@ENTER
AMARILLO TO LIVE WITH AN OLDER
SISTER, HAVE THE BABY, GIVE IT
AWAY AND COME BACK HOME SO THAT
NO ONE IN MOODY, TEXAS WOULD GO.
THE BABY WAS ADOPTED BY THE
FARMERS WHO BECAME PHIL+@'S
PARENTS.
PARENTS.
PARENTS. THE OBITUARY SAID SHE WAS
STRICKEN ILL WITH FEVER.
+@AND MADE NO MENTION OF A BABY
BOY.
BOY.
BOY. >>
BOY. >> THIS IS THE BURIAL MARKER
FOR MY AUNT SARAH.
>> Reporter: SHE IS BURIED AT
THE MOODY CEMETERY.
HER SECRET UNTIL NOW, BURIED
WITH HER.
WITH HER.
WITH HER. >> AT SUCH A YOUNG AGE. IT IS
ONE OF THOSE THINGS THAT
HAPPENS.
HAPPENS.
HAPPENS. >> Reporter: HE MADE THE
JOURNEY TO VISIT H+@IS MOTHER'S
GRAVE FOR THE FIRST TIME.
AND HIS NEW FAMILY GAVE HIM THE
LAST PHOTO TAK+@EN OF HIS MOTHE
HE WEPT.
HE WEPT.
HE WEPT. WHEN HE SAW HER FACE.
FOR THE FIRST TIME.
>> I WAS SO OVERJOYED.
THAT I COULD ACTUALLY PLACE MY
+@
THAT I COULD ACTUALLY PLACE MY MOM'S PHOT+@O IN MY HANDS.
>> Reporter: A PICTURE HE KEEPS
ON HIS BEDROOM DRESSER.
>> I COULD NOT HELP IT.
I LOST IT.
THIS IS MY MOTHER.
>> Reporter: SHE HAD THE SAME
DROOPING LEFT I.
>> THAT IS THE ONE FEATURE I
POINTED OUT.
POINTED OUT. >> Reporter: A MOM HE NOW TALKS
TO, EVERY MORNING.
>> WE HAVE A LITTLE TALK.
>> Reporter: AFTER 90+ YEARS, +@
HE FOUND OUT WHO H+@E REALLY IS
AND BELIEVES HE MAY KNOW WHO
HIS FATHER WAS.
OUT WITH ONE PHOTO, HAS FOUND
AS MUCH OF A HAPPY ENDING AS HE
COULD.
COULD.
COULD. >>
COULD. >> IT IS FORTUNATE TO PICK UP
ANOTHER COUSIN LATE IN LIFE.
>> Reporter: AND FOUND COUSINS,
WANTING TO HONOR HIS MOTHER'S
MEMORY.
MEMORY.
MEMORY. >> SHE HAS PROVED A BLESSING
EVEN IN DEATH.
>> Reporter: A BLESSING TO A 91-
YEAR-OLD MAN WHO CAN FINALLY+@
SEE HIS MOTHER'S FACE.
>> I MEAN, I CANNOT TELL YOU
HOW GLAD I AM.
>> Reporter: THEN AGAIN THE
TEAR IN HIS LEFT EYE JUST