Lena Pierce, 96, and her daughter, Eva May, had an emotional reunion at the Greater Binghamton airport after 8 decades of being apart. Pierce did not give her up for adoption rather she was taken away.
In 1933, several years back before this mother-daughter reunion, Pierce gave birth to Eva in a hospital in Utica, New York. She was, at that time, 14 years old.
For the first six months, Pierce took care of her baby girl - changed her diapers, bathed her. Millie Hawk, one of Pierce's daughters told WBNG that her mom loved her, CBS learned.
This did not stop the state though. Reports reveal that Pierce's daughter was taken away from her by the state, claiming that she was too young to be a mother.
Eva May was adopted and grew up in Long Island as an only child. Pierce's daughter's name was changed to Betty Morrell.
Despite the separation, Morrell's biological mother thought of her. She worried and wondered where her daughter was.
Pierce was married twice and had 7 more children. Morrell's adoptive parents died when she was 21, which prompted her to search for her biological mother.
How did the search begin anyway? It was when one day, one of Morrell's aunt accidentally called her Eva.
Morrell searched for nearly 5 decades, putting all the pieces together after gathering some clues and leads. She finally found her half-sister on Ancestry.com and it eventually led her to finding her mother, Liftable reported.
Before Morrell knew about her biological mother, she imagined of having brothers and sisters. She said she would name them and talk to them at night.
After her reunion with her mother, Morrell said that she will not be alone anymore. The feeling was surreal knowing that she doesn't only have a mother, but she also have sisters and brothers - the thing she has always dreamed of.
