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Sunday, 12 April 2015

After 49 years, mother reunites with the daughter she thought died at birth

A mother & daughter have re-united after a bizarre and unexplained hospital mishap kept them apart for almost 50 years, NYDailyNews reports...
Zella Jackson Price, 76, a gospel in singer in the St. Louis suburb Olivette, says she was told 49 years ago that her daughter had died in a hospital hours after being born. But on Thursday, Price met that very alive daughter, Melanie Diane Gilmore. A nurse had told Jackson-Price that her baby, who was three months premature and weighed less than one pound, died shortly after birth. "She came up to me three hours later and said your baby passed," Jackson-Price told the NYDN.


Gilmore was subsequently adopted by another family, and believed that her birth mother gave her up. When she was 20, Gilmore's adoptive mother died, and she moved to Oregon to live with a relative. There, she began searching for her biological mother.

Gilmore's son and twin daughters helped search for their grandmother last year, using Facebook to track Jackson-Price down and a DNA test to confirm the match. Results came back in March, and it was "a 99.9997% match," Gilmore's daughter wrote in the description section of a YouTube video documenting the reunion.

Gilmore, who's been deaf since the age of 3, was given the news by her children via sign language. Then she was introduced to her mother for the first time in a video message

"God has given me everything the devil has taken from me," Jackson-Price said "I'm getting it back. I'm getting my baby back."

Jackson-Price expressed plans to investigate whether the hospital mishap was an accident or something more nefarious.

"I'm still kinda in shock. I don't know what we'll find out, what error, what was done, I don't know what we'll find out," she told the Daily News. "As soon as we get over the excitement of being together and everything, I will seek a lawyer."

Homer G. Phillips Hospital closed in 1979, and was converted into senior living apartments in 2003.

Source: New York Daily News/Mashable.com
at 4/12/2015 01:59:00 pm

75 comments:

  1. BECKYS WORLD EVENTS /NAIJA BAKERS BLOG12 April 2015 at 14:03

    Wow, it takes God for such to happen

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  2. dorismakas12 April 2015 at 14:04

    Na wao oo.After how many yrs?Thank God

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  3. INK_HER12 April 2015 at 14:05

    Wipe tears**

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  4. Unknown12 April 2015 at 14:05

    Like seriously! God is great...

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  5. INK_HER12 April 2015 at 14:05

    Congratulation momma!!! The Lord is miraculous !!! Blood is indeed thicker than water .

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  6. Anonymous12 April 2015 at 14:07

    Very expensive mistake

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  7. Unknown12 April 2015 at 14:09

    A thing of joy......imagine this kinda testimony.

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  8. Unknown12 April 2015 at 14:12

    Entered Comment...wow! That hospital must be sued.

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  9. African foodstuff and Raw Materials12 April 2015 at 14:14

    Wow! God is great, after 49yrs, she jst didn't re unite wih her daughter but also with her grand kids..but 49yrs is no joke o, God knows best..

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  10. Unknown12 April 2015 at 14:14

    Such an amazing news..........God bepraised



    Moye says so via BB Passport...Courtesy LIB....

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  11. Unknown12 April 2015 at 14:15

    Faithful God you are..just thank God ur still alive 2 see ur daughter AGAIN..

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  12. Unknown12 April 2015 at 14:17

    Happy 4 dem tho

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  13. B Ud12 April 2015 at 14:19

    Oh wooooow!

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  14. PRETTY GIRL12 April 2015 at 14:20

    Awwwww! Happy for them they were both alive to see a day like this...As for that nurse that told her that her daughter passed, Hmmmm. ....
    PS,They both look really good for their ages

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  15. MADE IN NIGERIA12 April 2015 at 14:20

    Wow!!!! 50 solid years??

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  16. Unknown12 April 2015 at 14:22

    So sad! But thank God for d reunioun! Bless God!

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  17. Unknown12 April 2015 at 14:24

    Just like a Nollywood bull crap movie

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  18. Unknown12 April 2015 at 14:24

    Wow! Dat ws a vry costly mistake, dey really need 2 b sued. Congrats on d reunion, so happy 4 d mother.

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  19. Unknown12 April 2015 at 14:24

    Wow! Dat ws a vry costly mistake, dey really need 2 b sued. Congrats on d reunion, so happy 4 d mother.

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  20. Unknown12 April 2015 at 14:25

    This just sounds like those Nigeria movies

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  21. Unknown12 April 2015 at 14:33

    What are the chances? Miracles do happen. ----C21

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  22. prettiyz12 April 2015 at 14:35

    Wow,thats wonderful news for the both of them

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  23. Unknown12 April 2015 at 14:36

    What a wicked world! Doctors and nurses conspiracy; selling babies like groundnut.

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  24. lami12 April 2015 at 14:37

    Thank God for the happy ending.

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  25. Unknown12 April 2015 at 14:37

    Hmmm, Miracle. Just remember one thing;after every dark night, there's is a bright day... I call that "Faith".

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  26. Subomi12 April 2015 at 14:41

    eeeeya. Very happy for both of them. weird world we live in

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  27. Unknown12 April 2015 at 14:50

    OMG....dis is a disaster bt am so happy dey finally met

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  28. Anonymous12 April 2015 at 15:01

    Thank God she is still alive to see her daughter alive and wow she has got grand children, blessed be to the most high God.

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  29. Unknown12 April 2015 at 15:01

    Wow! What a reunion, after so many years! I wish they could get answers to what really happened on that very faithful day.

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  30. Unknown12 April 2015 at 15:01

    Wow! What a reunion, after so many years! I wish they could get answers to what really happened on that very faithful day.

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  31. Unknown12 April 2015 at 15:01

    Wow! What a reunion, after so many years! I wish they could get answers to what really happened on that very faithful day.

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  32. Unknown12 April 2015 at 15:02

    Awwww!
    Touching!
    Happy for her.

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  33. Jules12 April 2015 at 15:05

    Wow! Nice...this is more like a movie

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  34. Unknown12 April 2015 at 15:07

    Oluwatobiloba! What a restoration

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  35. Unknown12 April 2015 at 15:21

    Wao! I'm actually speechless. What a story? That hospital management needs to be looked into.

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  36. Lillygal12 April 2015 at 15:32

    Wow!!! Great news congrats to them.

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  37. Unknown12 April 2015 at 15:33

    I am happy for them, reunion after 49 years.

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  38. gdys12 April 2015 at 15:41

    Wow congrate to them. Good news

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  39. Unknown12 April 2015 at 16:10

    Omg....Notting is impossible.

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  40. Juleslouis12 April 2015 at 16:13

    Wow! So if this woman had died she wouldn't have had d opportunity to meet her daughter and grand kids. Nawah! That's why i don't ever let my new born out of my sight.

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  41. Onomiroro Dono Okeh12 April 2015 at 16:20

    Wow! This is what happens When God Makes Up His Mind. He restores all the lost glory Joel 2:25.
    What's happening in our Nation today a mere chance or God's act?
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  42. TAMARA SPLASH12 April 2015 at 16:21

    Ehyaaa

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  43. Unknown12 April 2015 at 16:34

    Wow! Thank God for dis greatness. God bless them abundantly, and take them places. God b blessed now, and forever.

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  44. Elodie O. Mbape12 April 2015 at 16:36

    Praise God!

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  45. Unknown12 April 2015 at 16:36

    Touching story. 49 years, still on distressed jeans? Journey still far o for this kain daughter. Check out naijacarlovers.blogspot.com

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  46. Unknown12 April 2015 at 16:38

    Wow. That feeling is beyond description.

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  47. Unknown12 April 2015 at 16:48

    Hmmmm wat rubbish,mistake...me sef go mistake break her head.

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  48. Princyd12 April 2015 at 17:00

    Wow... What a wonder!!! Interesting story indeed

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  49. Unknown12 April 2015 at 17:03

    wow, how touching, Chibok girls come to mind

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  50. Unknown12 April 2015 at 17:08

    Thank God, I shall recover all my lost glory

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  51. Unknown12 April 2015 at 17:08

    In jesus name

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  52. Unknown12 April 2015 at 17:29

    Miracle God

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  53. Unknown12 April 2015 at 17:48

    It sounds more like home movies but all the same, congratulations to them

    Cc: Relationship Blog of the Year

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  54. Unknown12 April 2015 at 18:06

    Wow! Great news

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  55. Unknown12 April 2015 at 18:17

    This is wonderful but that hospital shld be investigated,the story is not yet complete...

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  56. aeesha12 April 2015 at 18:27

    Wow... Hapi for dem

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  57. Unknown12 April 2015 at 18:41

    Awww! God is soooooooooo good!..

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  58. Anonymous12 April 2015 at 18:42

    Don't understand this story cos how will your child die and you don't see the body? Anyway except if they took the baby away immediately....my twins were born premature and I was in hospital everyday till they came home, can't imagine any one saying they passed and they don't show me the body...somebody ga nwu that day...

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  59. Anonymous12 April 2015 at 19:24

    Wowwww, so hapi for their re union, its not easy at all.

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  60. Unknown12 April 2015 at 19:43

    Oh.... To God be d glory

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  61. Unknown12 April 2015 at 20:44

    Vats amazing she shld lawyer matter oh since she got her dauta back greatful that they gave her name dat relate to her's

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  62. Unknown12 April 2015 at 21:05

    God is amazing. Can't underestimate the power of social media

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  63. Marie-Jurie12 April 2015 at 21:07

    African magic, but that's a serious error to be made, happy for them

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  64. Mihearty12 April 2015 at 22:35

    joke of d day....story for the gods

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  65. Funmy Kemmy13 April 2015 at 07:36

    Congrats to them.

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  66. Unknown13 April 2015 at 07:38

    While someppl r getting raped,duped etc,others getting married n reuniting all thanks to social media...worth being grateful to

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  67. Unknown13 April 2015 at 08:17

    God is great!

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  68. Anonymous13 April 2015 at 09:15

    Congratulation!! #Tears Rolling! Thank God for this, though it took such years! At d end d devil and his agents were put to eternal shame. #ItCouldOnlyHaveBeenGod

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  69. Esang13 April 2015 at 09:19

    Miraculous God

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  70. bukola shobajo13 April 2015 at 09:27

    exactly, if truly the baby had died, the hospital is meant to give the body back to the family for burial. even the placenta of a living child is given to it's family talk less of a whole body, so I dont get this cock and bull story

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  71. Unknown13 April 2015 at 09:42

    God be praised

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  72. Nky13 April 2015 at 10:10

    Grace

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  73. yawanow13 April 2015 at 11:05

    Really emotional. The thought of reuniting with her mother after so many years moved me to tears.

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  74. Unknown13 April 2015 at 11:30

    GOD is great. Linda i sight you.

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