Growing up, Jennifer knew nothing of her father save for what he looked like in old photos. One in particular was a group shot where he sat smiling with Jennifer and her mom.
Clinging on to that photo, Jennifer always hoped to find him, like the mom who stopped praying for a reunion with her abducted child.
“There’s a piece missing. There always has been,” Jennifer said on the now defunct talk show Bethenny, later adding, “Obviously something happened, I don’t know what it was, but I’m not mad. I just want to know why, where he’s been, has he ever thought about me?”
Jennifer turned to investigative genealogist Pamela Slaton hoping that she’d bring her some answers. Slaton, an adoptee who understands Jennifer’s desire to find her estranged parent, was luckily able to bring the two together on the show.
The moment her father, Mike, walked on stage, the two shared an emotional reunion similar to that of the son who spoke to his father on the phone after seven years.
Mike then explained why he never reached out: “Me and her mom we separated, it didn’t work out. I heard that she was in Ohio and I looked a couple of times but nothing ever came of it so I just figured someday, somehow she’d find me or I’d find her."
At the 3:08 mark, they are also shocked when they discover an incredible coincidence.
Watch the incredible moment below and please SHARE to encourage others to search for their long-lost relatives, too!
