The story of how Melissa Highsmith disappeared has haunted her family for 51 years.
"I put her name in and she popped up and I saw her picture and I know it was her," Del Bosque said."I was on the phone with my sister and we both started crying."
"My dad matched with one of her children on 23 and Me," Highsmith said."My sister matched with two of her children on Ancestry.com.""We never gave up hope," Highsmith said."But then we found he, it was like 'No way! What? It really happened! It's wild. It's totally wild." Father Jeffrie Highsmith said,"They said 'Dad, she's alive,' and I started crying and after 51 years, it's so emotional."
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