In 1970, Jane Duncan, then Jane Louise Gibbs, gave up her infant daughter for adoption.
Then an incredible 45 years later, she met that daughter, named Angela.
The road to the reunion wasn't easy. Angela Riley, born Michelle Gibbs, had been searching for her birth mother for two full decades, since 1995, before tracking down her birth certificate. The birth certificate revealed the name of her mother, which she in turn tracked down and called. So when Jane received the call, she could hardly believe her ears.
After her first daughter, Jane went on to have a second daughter, Kara. This year, Kara wasn't planning on coming home, leaving Jane by herself for the holidays, and Jane says that she has no grandkids.
But that changed when Angela came back into her life. Not only did she gain a daughter for the holidays, but a whole family she didn't know about! Angela has her own children, who also have children. This makes Jane not only a grandmother, but a great-grandmother!
Now, just in time for the holidays, and very close to the date when Angela was given up 45 years ago, both women have so much to be thankful — a reunited family.
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