A Texas family has reunited with their child who disappeared in 1971 and they had no idea she has been living in the same area.
“She’s so beautiful and I’m beyond blessed to have her apart of our family after 51 years of being missing!” She said.
In September, someone notified the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children that she had possibly been seen in South Carolina. Even though it was not her, Melissa’s story was brought into the national spotlight. A DNA test from 23AndMe later connected her children with family members who decided to contact her through social media.
When speaking of the test, Melissa’s father, Jeffrie Highsmith, said, “It came back as her children, my grandchildren. And I just started weeping and crying and my daughters were crying, ‘She’s alive! She’s alive!'”Melissa was kidnapped when she was 21months old from their Ft Worth apt.Family says 23andMe, DNA Genetic Testing matched them, living 20min away.
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