logo
 Anna Taylor reuniting with her mother. | Photo: youtube.com/WFAA
Anna Taylor reuniting with her mother. | Photo: youtube.com/WFAA

Woman, 62, Put Up for Adoption as an Infant, Finally Meets Her Birth Parents

Joe Akins
Dec 14, 2021
08:20 P.M.

More than six decades after her birth parents put her up for adoption, a Hunt County woman got to meet her parents for the first time, and it was a remarkable experience for her.

Advertisement

“Family is everything” can never be an undervalued statement. It remains one of the most truthful quotes ever made. Even the old and young realize the importance of family for human life.

At 62, Anna Taylor had never met her biological parents. Taylor was put up for adoption when she was just a toddler and was raised by her adopted parents, but she got to meet her real dad and mom last year.

 Anna Taylor waiting for her biological mom [left],  Anna Taylor reuniting with her mother at the airport [right] | Photo: Getty Images

Anna Taylor waiting for her biological mom [left], Anna Taylor reuniting with her mother at the airport [right] | Photo: Getty Images

Advertisement

Although 2020 was a dreaded year, filled with sadness and moments everyone would hope would be removed from human history, for Taylor, it was the year that gave her the biggest gift of her life.

During a zoom call put together to celebrate Thanksgiving, Taylor was visibly excited after meeting her biological parents. When quizzed on how she felt about the meeting, she said, “I have a lot to be thankful for.”

Advertisement

HOW IT HAPPENED

The story began during the 2019 Christmas holiday when her children came home and gifted her the 23andMe DNA kit. The 62-year-old had always wanted to know if she truly had Italian roots, as she had been told.

Taylor said she and her daughter Ashely had no clue what they were doing when they first tried to check out her ancestry. It all started playfully, but soon, Taylor began to see her life unfold before her eyes.

A certain DNA Angel reached out to Taylor and offered to help her find her biological parents, who she last had contact with in 1958. The search led them to find a woman in Connecticut named Ada Kinch Tuz.

Advertisement
Anna Taylor taking a christmas themed photo with her family | Photo: Youtube/wfaa

Anna Taylor taking a christmas themed photo with her family | Photo: Youtube/wfaa

After finding her birth mother, Taylor said she did not have the nerve to call or establish a relationship with them; instead, her daughter Ashley mostly kept in touch with the family.

Advertisement

According to Ashely, Taylor was concerned about being rejected, but all that changed one day when she decided to put a call through to her birth mother, describing herself and the year she was put up for adoption.

Taylor received a call from her mother, and for the first time in over six decades, the duo met at Terminal C baggage claim inside DFW Airport. Her then 85-year-old mother was equally excited to see her.

 Anna Taylor reuniting with her mother after 62 years | Photo: Getty Images

Anna Taylor reuniting with her mother after 62 years | Photo: Getty Images

Advertisement

Tuz never told anyone of Taylor’s existence aside from her husband, but Taylor believes she had secretly looked forward to reuniting with her daughter someday.

MEETING HER DAD

Tuz later told Taylor that her biological dad was a man named Nicholas Noto, 86, and lives in the V.A. nursing home in New Orleans.

Taylor made the trip to visit her dad, but due to COVID restrictions, they could not share any physical contact, although Taylor cherished the experience.

Advertisement
info
Please fill in your e-mail so we can share with you our top stories!
By subscribing, you agree to our Privacy Policy
Advertisement
Related posts

Dad Tells 12-Year-Old Daughter They Have a Problem and Can't Have a Relationship until She's Older

February 19, 2022

Biracial Lady Who Never Knew Her Father Takes DNA Test to Find the Other Side of Her Family

May 02, 2022

Old Lady Doesn’t Let Anyone into Her House, Neighbor Steps inside after Her Death — Story of the Day

March 19, 2022

Rich Woman Tends to Homeless Man, One Day Notices He Has the Same Birthmark as Her — Story of the Day

January 28, 2022

Baby Abandoned by White Parents for Being Black Finds a Letter from Her Birth Mom 14 Years Later

May 23, 2022

Child Is Sent Back by Two Adoptive Families, Case Worker Closes the Search after 10 Years

April 14, 2022

Woman Given Up for Adoption Nursed Birth Mother for 9 Years without Revealing Who She Was

February 14, 2022

Man Sees a Guy Who Looks Like Him on TV and Discovers It's Actually His Brother

February 24, 2022

Woman Divorces Husband of 36 Years after Their Only Son Finds Out He Has a Brother – Story of the Day

April 10, 2022

81-Year-Old Lady Finds Long-Lost Brother to Walk Her Down the Aisle after a 50-Year Search

March 03, 2022

At Wife's Funeral, Widower Meets His Stepdaughter's Twin He Never Knew Existed — Story of the Day

February 02, 2022

Poor Mom Lives in Old Trailer with Son and Never Lets Anyone in until She Gets Hospitalized — Story of the Day

February 09, 2022

Woman Never Saw Her Mom except in a Locket Photo – They Finally Meet 53 Years Later

May 08, 2022

Adopted Woman Finds Birth Mom to Ask Why She Abandoned Her in an Airport

March 31, 2022