Separation at birth is a difficult ordeal for both the child and the mother. Such was the case of Thuy-Nga Thi, a Vietnamese mother who was heartbroken when her baby was ripped from her arms after birth. It would have taken four decades later for her wish to find him to be granted. Light on this tragic and…incredible story!
She was 17 when she got pregnant with her son
Thuy-Fish Death Nibblett. Source : spm
It’s hard to imagine having your baby taken away from you at birth! The hardest thing is to wait to meet his gaze again. Thuy-Nga Thi Nibblett was only 17 when she found out about her pregnancy. At that time, the young woman was in an out-of-wedlock relationship with an American soldier. “When you have a half-American, half-Vietnamese child, people look down on you, especially your family.”, Nibblett tells CBN NEWS. This was particularly the case of his father who did not appreciate this union.
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Thuy-Nga Thi Nibblett could never lay eyes on his son
Kirk Kellerhals. Source : spm
On the day of her delivery, Thuy-Nga Thi’s father reportedly put the newborn baby up for adoption from a Vietnamese orphanage. Since that day, the young mother has not had the chance to see her son again. The child, now called Kirk Kellerhals, grew up believing his biological parents had perished in the Vietnam War. At no time did he think that his biological mother was still alive and that she had only one hope: to find him safe and sound. Although he wanted to know more, Kirk, who now lives in Virginia Beach, South Carolina, never researched it. Her mother lives with her husband in the city of San Antonio, Texas.
“It’s almost like living a dream”
Reunion of Thuy-Nga Thi and Kirk. Source: spm
After all these years, Thuy-Nga has never given up hope. She submitted her information to the Family Tree DNA website hoping her son would do the same. For his part, Kirk, encouraged by his wife, also put his DNA on the same site. Two years later, the mother received the good news: there was finally a match! ” It is a mistake. It’s impossible,” Kirk told CBN News. Thuy-Nga Thi meanwhile sent an email to her son asking him to call her as soon as possible. After a separation that lasted 48 years, the two members of the family have made arrangements to find themselves quickly. The mother accompanied by her husband joined her son a few weeks later in South Carolina. Kirk, not wanting to miss any moment, opens the door of his car as soon as he arrives. Niblett in tears, threw herself into the arms of her son! This story has aroused the interest of more than 1.2 million Internet users around the world.
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Separation at birth, a painful experience for all mothers
A mother holds the hand of her newborn baby. Source: spm
Separating a mother from her newborn involves a cohort of emotional strains for the mother. According to the findings of a study published in the Journal of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Newborn Nursing in ScienceDirect, moms who are separated from their newborns at birth experience deep anxiety. Being deprived of their role as mothers, they feel helplessness, disappointment, and guilt. Added to this are the expressions of pain felt at the time of the separation… We can therefore only imagine the deep sadness felt by the young mother Thuy-Nga Thi when her son was torn from her at birth.
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