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Coverage dated August 27, 2023

Virginia man stolen at birth meets Chilean family for first time

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A 42-year-old Virginia man got to embrace his birth mother for the first time during a long-awaited family reunion in Valdivia, Chile.

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  1. News Nation Now

    Virginia man stolen at birth meets Chilean family for first time (opens News Nation Now)

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    News Nation Now's feed description

    A 42-year-old Virginia man got to embrace his birth mother for the first time during a long-awaited family reunion in Valdivia, Chile.

  2. NBC 6 South Florida

    ‘Hola, Mama': Stolen at birth, US man reunites with Chilean mother after 42 years (opens NBC 6 South Florida)

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    NBC 6 South Florida's feed description

    A 42-year-old Virginia man got to embrace his birth mother for the first time during a long-awaited family reunion in Valdivia, Chile.

  3. New York Post

    Son stolen at birth hugs Chilean mother for first time in 42 years (opens New York Post)

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    New York Post's feed description

    What seems like an unremarkable greeting between mother and son was in this case anything but.

  4. Richmond Times-Dispatch

    Virginia man stolen at birth hugs Chilean mom for first time in 42 years (opens Richmond Times-Dispatch)

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    Richmond Times-Dispatch's feed description

    For months Jimmy Lippert Thyden has been on a journey to uncover the mysteries of his counterfeit adoption, and to reconnect with his biological mother, brothers and sister. Hospital workers took Maria Angelica Gonzalez’ son from her arms right after birth and later told her he had died.

  5. WTOP Washington DC

    Virginia man stolen at birth reunites with Chilean mother after 42 years (opens WTOP Washington DC)

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    WTOP Washington DC's feed description

    Forty two years after being stolen at birth, an Ashburn, Virginia, was reunited with his mother at her home in Chile.

  6. Voice of America

    Son Stolen at Birth Hugs Chilean Mother for First Time (opens Voice of America)

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    Voice of America's feed description

    Nos Buscamos estimates tens of thousands of babies were taken from Chilean families in the 1970s and 1980s,

  7. People

    Va. Man Meets Chilean Mother After He Was Stolen at Birth: 'It's a Miracle from God,' Mom Says (opens People)

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    People's feed description

    The Virginia criminal defense attorney was reunited last week with Maria Angelica Gonzalez in Chile, more than four decades after hospital workers there told the woman that her son died after she gave birth

  8. NBC4 Washington

    ‘Hola, Mama': Son stolen at birth hugs Chilean mother for first time in 42 years (opens NBC4 Washington)

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    NBC4 Washington's feed description

    A 42-year-old Virginia man got to embrace his birth mother for the first time during a long-awaited family reunion in Valdivia, Chile.

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