Adopted man searches for his mother: when he learns the truth, he is stunned
Chicago (USA) - Who would have thought it? At the age of 35, Vamarr Hunter from Chicago found out that he had been adopted as a baby. He set out in search of his birth mother and when he finally found her, he was completely taken aback.
That goes to the heart.
Vanarr Hunter and his birth mother Lenore Lindsey still can't believe it. For 13 years, he visited Lenore's little patisserie "Give Me Some Sugah" in the South Shore district of Chicago and was a regular customer there. Little did he know that his biological mother was behind the counter. The two now told their story to the television station"ABC 7 Chicago".
At the age of 17, she suddenly became pregnant, Lenore explains. At the time, she was faced with what was probably the hardest decision of her life. With a heavy heart, she gave her baby up for adoption in the hope that loving adoptive parents would give the little one a safe and secure life. Lenore carried on, later had another daughter and is now a grandmother. She opened her small business in 2008.
Vanarr grew up very close by. He only found out at the age of 35 that he was adopted. But it wasn't until years later that the father of four began to investigate. He submitted a sample of his genetic material to a gene database and waited to see what happened next.
And sure enough, there was a match.
Son finds out that his real mother runs his favorite bakery
Baking cakes is probably just in his blood
Lenore took heart and called her estranged son.
She still remembers the first phone call very well. "When I called him, the connection was so immediate," she says. "It was as if everything in my heart broke open." Lenore firmly believes that God brought them back together.
Vanarr felt the same way: "It was a great experience. It strengthened my faith," he says.
When mother and son were reunited, Lenore was very ill. The confectionery was at stake. Vanarr didn't hesitate: although he had no experience in baking, he helped his mother out in the patisserie, is now co-owner and wants to take over the business at some point. Baking cakes is probably just in his blood.
Today Lenore is doing much better, the health problems seem to have been forgotten. They are now both in the store almost every day, developing new creations and are one heart and one soul. Vanarr knows: "You can't make up for the time and the days gone by. What you can do is make the most of the time you have."
But that wasn't all: Vanarr met his biological sister. She has now also started a family and lives nearby with her children. Suddenly they are all one big family.