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Man reunited with his mother 41 years after she was told he had died during childbirth | |
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A man who was 'stolen' from his mother hours after his birth 41 years ago has been reunited with his family. | A man who was 'stolen' from his mother hours after his birth 41 years ago has been reunited with his family. |
Travis Tolliver, who only speaks English, wasn’t able to talk to his Chilean mother, Nelly Reyes - but the couple hugged at their meeting in the Arturo Merino Benitez International Airport in Santiago, Chile. | |
After meeting him for the first time, Ms Reyes said: “'I'm going to hug him every day. | |
“I love him so much.” | “I love him so much.” |
Ms Reyes, 61, said she was told by hospital employees when she gave birth to Mr Tolliver that he was unlikely to survive and subsequently that he had died a few hours later. | Ms Reyes, 61, said she was told by hospital employees when she gave birth to Mr Tolliver that he was unlikely to survive and subsequently that he had died a few hours later. |
Ms Reyes said she never saw her son's body or received a death certificate, and Mr Tolliver was raised by a family in Tacoma, Washington. | Ms Reyes said she never saw her son's body or received a death certificate, and Mr Tolliver was raised by a family in Tacoma, Washington. |
Neither Mr Tolliver nor his adoptive parents knew what had happened to him. When he was 40 he began to use the internet to seek out his biological parents. | |
Mr Tolliver is working with authorities to establish what happened to him after his birth. | Mr Tolliver is working with authorities to establish what happened to him after his birth. |
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