{"id":267373,"date":"2022-05-11T10:45:11","date_gmt":"2022-05-11T15:45:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.liveaction.org\/news\/?p=267373"},"modified":"2022-05-10T11:59:13","modified_gmt":"2022-05-10T16:59:13","slug":"woman-adoption-reunited-mother-50","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/woman-adoption-reunited-mother-50\/","title":{"rendered":"More than 50 years after her adoption, woman reunites with birth mother"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\" class=\"sharethis-inline-share-buttons\" ><\/div><p>A Colorado woman who was adopted from South Korea 53 years ago had a joyful reunion with her birth mother after finding her on the DNA testing site, 23andMe.<\/p>\n<p>Sarah Kleinhans told <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/losangeles\/news\/sarah-kleinhans-adopted-baby-reunited-with-korean-birth-mother-50-years-monrovia\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CBS News<\/a> that she was placed for adoption when she was 14 months old. After being adopted by a family living in New Hampshire, the only link Kleinhans had to her past was a locket with her birth mother&#8217;s picture and her own baby picture inside. Even with her new family, Kleinhans never stopped thinking about her past.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Every year on my birthday, I think of you,&#8221; Kleinhans said as she reminisced about looking for her mom. &#8220;I look out and I go, &#8216;Are you alive? Are you thinking about me?'&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><center><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/2Jmc0v5-YqI\" width=\"640\" height=\"355\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><\/iframe><\/center>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Amazingly, Kleinhans was able to find her mother on the DNA registry site thanks to her half-sister, Lynda, who was also registered. And while Kleinhans was born across the world in South Korea, she discovered that her mother,\u00a0Pok Cha, was now living just a few states away in California. Within two short weeks of their first interaction over the phone, Kleinhans and her two children boarded a plane from their home state of Colorado and flew to meet Cha. The family had an emotional reunion, all caught on camera.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I&#8217;m so happy. I&#8217;m so grateful to you,&#8221; Kleinhans <a href=\"https:\/\/www.msn.com\/en-us\/news\/us\/colorado-woman-adopted-as-a-baby-reunited-with-her-mother-after-over-50-years\/ar-AAWRiUa?li=BBnbcA1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">said<\/a> as Cha walked through the door. &#8220;You&#8217;re more beautiful in person.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>READ:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/adoption-ivf-surrogacy-need-know\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Adoption, IVF, and surrogacy: What pro-lifers need to know<\/em><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In speaking with Cha, Kleinhans was also able to confirm that a picture of the American soldier she had found and believed to be her father, was indeed him.\u00a0&#8220;Yes,&#8221; Cha said. &#8220;Your father.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>In her interview with CBS Los Angeles, Kleinhans said that as a mother herself, she could understand the heroic sacrifice her mother had to undergo in giving her up for adoption in order that she might have a better life. &#8220;How selfless do you have to be to know that your child is going to have a better life?&#8221; she said thankfully.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/liveactionnewsonline\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u201cLike\u201d Live Action News on Facebook<\/a>\u00a0for more pro-life news and commentary!<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Colorado woman who was adopted from South Korea 53 years ago had a joyful reunion with her birth mother after finding her on the DNA testing site, 23andMe. 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