It is said that the finest things in life are worth the wait, even if it takes a lifetime. Lena Pierce would agree with this.
Lena Pierce, born in 1919, had been away from her daughter for more than 80 years. However, on a cold snowy day in January 2016, she was finally reunited with the girl she was compelled to give up when she was just a teenager in 1933.
Lena had a terrible existence that started when her dad d!ed when she was a baby. Before landing in central New York, she and her mother travelled much.
Lena became pregnant at the age of 13. She gave birth to a daughter, Eva Mae, in Utica, New York on February 11, 1933. However, her kid was taken away from her after six months owing to her status as a state ward.
Then a Long Island family adopted and raised Eva Mae as Betty Morrell. She was an only kid who wished she had siblings. She had no idea that her biological mom had numerous kids who would all be delighted to meet her one day.
Betty lived her life without suspecting her family until a neighbouring youngster told her that she was adopted. She expressed that she didn’t even know what adoption entailed.
Betty asked her adoptive mom and she verified the adoption and told her that her real mom had d!ed. Betty realises why she said that since she didn’t want her to search.
For years, Betty ignored this until her adoptive mother passed away and little evidence began to emerge. Betty used to be Eva, and she was born in Utica, as per her aunt. That’s what prompted Betty to go on a 50-year search for her biological mother.
Betty started by phoning every hospital in Utica and received a response from one who had two babies on February 11, 1933, one of which was a daughter called Eva.
In 1983, Betty got a letter from the adoption agency. However, as her adoption was closed, she was unable to obtain any further details. Betty continued to live her life on Long Island before leaving for Florida, despite the disappointment.
Betty would not resume her quest for her birth mom until one of her granddaughters, Kimberly Miccio, was 12 years old.
Kimberly had been looking for her grandmother’s long-lost family for two decades and then in September 2015 she got a break. She discovered a distant cousin on Ancestry.com, who connected her with Millie Hawk, one of Lena’s daughters.
They not only discovered Betty had at least one additional sister, but they also discovered Betty’s original mom was still living! She discovered she had four sisters and two brothers later in life.
Betty was overjoyed when locating her mom after all these years, and Lena was overjoyed to discover her child had been found.
Millie went to see her mom, who was going to play bingo at the fire station adjacent to her apartment in Hallstead, Pennsylvania, after chatting with Betty, and told her the good news.
She broke down and began weeping. She was weeping so hard she couldn’t even go to bingo, Millie explained.
When they were able to converse over the phone, they agreed to meet in person. The heartfelt reconnection occurred at the Greater Binghamton Airport in January 2016, and it was extraordinary not just because of how much time had gone, but also because of each woman’s age, an 82-year-old daughter and a 96-year-old mom.
It was incredible and they were both weeping.
After the reconnection, the two stayed in touch, and Betty formed a close bond with her sister Millie. According to Betty, it’s an encounter that not many people her age or her mother’s age receive. It’s the nicest thing that could have happened to her.
They were reunited barely in time for Lena d!ed a few months later in October 2016.
What a sweet tale! It is incredible that Betty sought for 50 years and she eventually got paid off.
