A Test Reveals This Woman’s Whole Life Was a Lie at 70 Years Old

A pregnant woman feels like it’ll take forever until she can hold her baby. The arrival of that newborn baby should be a time of great happiness and love.

Genevieve’s life seemed to be likely headed in a positive direction back in 1949, when we first meet her. She was ready to graduate from high school in her birthplace of La Porte, Indiana, where she had attended all four years of it. 

Yes, Genevieve was expecting a child. She nevertheless managed to find some solace in the circumstances, despite the fact that her condition was less than ideal for a high school student. 

As the pregnancy progressed for Genevieve, and her belly became obvious, she realized she had to stop going to school. She knew that she would not graduate, but thought that her decision was best for the baby.  

Then the unthinkable happened. Genevieve found out from the father of her child that he was already married. In addition to this, he intended to kidnap the baby from her and bring it up as his own.

Genevieve went to St. Mary’s Mercy Hospital in Gary, Indiana, on May 12, 1949, when she was finally forced to seek medical attention. She was about to give birth at any moment. 

The hospital staff asked Genevieve to sign a few documents. She was given the impression that these papers were instructions about what to do in the event that she died during childbirth or was unable to care for the baby.  

Then, just a few short minutes after giving birth to her newborn daughter, Genevieve was told the most devastating news that any new mother could receive: her infant had passed away. The entire world turned pitch black. 

Instead, Genevieve made the decision to come to terms with the fact that she had miscarried her kid and concentrate on rebuilding her life. In addition to this, she was unaware that she was not the only person in the room.

In actuality, Margaret Ann’s life did not come to an end on May 12, 1949; rather, it was the day it began. Genevieve may have thought she was signing “directive documents,” but in reality, she was giving her agreement for her daughter to be placed for adoption.

At least Margaret did not spend a significant amount of time at the institution. Soon after, a couple from southern California took her in as their own child and gave her the name Connie. 

Connie was always conscious of the fact that her parents were not her blood relatives, yet, she enjoyed listening to the story of how they decided to adopt her and make her a member of their family. 

However, this happy and carefree upbringing was only temporary. Connie’s adoptive mother was diagnosed with cancer and passed away not longer after. Margaret was devastated.  

At long last, Connie embarked on a hunt for her biological mother. But since all she had to go on was a name, she was unable to find any concrete leads. She reached adulthood, got married, and became a mother to a daughter named Bonnie.

In 2017, Bonnie gave her mother a unique gift – a DNA testing kit. Connie was 69 years old at the time. Bonnie also got a kit for herself. 

In spite of the fact that both the mother and the daughter wished to learn more about their ancestral roots, neither of them took the test seriously. They didn’t anticipate anything coming of it. which is why it took them some time to have her DNA tested and send it off to be analyzed. 

After a few weeks had passed, Connie received the results of her test. After learning that she had a first cousin who was still alive, the two got in touch to introduce themselves and establish contact.  

It appeared to be almost perfect to be true when you think about it. Connie had been searching for her mother for a very long time, but she had finally found her! Genevieve was assured that Connie’s cousin would provide her with Connie’s contact details in a letter. 

Connie told NBC News that she was able to recall and sense the mood of the call, saying, “You could’ve heard a pin drop.” “[My mom] wanted to remember if I knew my original name, Margaret Ann Mitch,” which, as it turned out, she did know.

After making that first contact with her mother over the phone, it didn’t take long for Connie to board a plane and travel to Florida, where she finally got to make her introduction. Genevieve had reached the age of 88 at this point and was a resident of an assisted living facility. 

In a subsequent interview with Inside Edition, Connie stated, “[There] was only one woman there with a walker… She turned around, and it was like looking in the mirror. I look just like her. We just walked over to one another, and both of us started crying.” 

“I was absolutely floored,” Genevieve said when she described how she felt when she first learned that her daughter was still alive. But more than just that, Genevieve and Connie fell in love with each other at first sight after so many years.

Genevieve and Connie had so much more in common than just DNA and looks. For example, they both made a hobby out of cooking and crocheting. They also loved the nursing profession. Even though Genevieve couldn’t finish school, Connie had worked as a nurse for about three decades of her life.

“It is clear that many unscrupulous, cruel individuals fraudulently separated mothers from their children for profit, believing no one would ever discover their crimes,” said CeCe Moore. Moore, the founder of The DNA Detective, is a genetic genealogist who believes that Genevieve and Connie’s case is just one of the many out there.

Genevieve couldn’t remember the name of the hospital where she gave birth to Connie. Fortunately, however, Connie was able to lay her hands on her adoption papers which showed that she was born at St. Mary’s Mercy Hospital. It was a catholic medical facility that is no longer in existence.

Genevieve never got married. Instead, she stopped communicating with her parents and left for Florida in 1950 to become a chef. She also underwent a hysterectomy, which meant that she couldn’t have any more children of her own.