Well okay, where are my rights? I was told I had no rights," Thomas said. Now all of a sudden they got the American law. The foundation, which helped support Asian-American children, confirmed that Thomas' twins were adopted into the United States in 1976 and that it was "impossible to reverse this set of circumstances." Because of privacy laws, Thomas was unable to have any further information.
Buck Foundation to obtain additional information. The State Department informed Thomas that the kids had been adopted to the U.S. In the 1980's, Thomas found out that Connie put the twins up for adoption in 1976. State Department to try to find out what happened to them. After months on the case, with the help of "20/20" and Slaton, Thomas was recently reunited with his son and daughter for the first time.įor years, Thomas wrote to Connie to ask about the twins but when the letters started to be returned without a forwarding address, Thomas said he, with Polly's help, contacted his congressman and the U.S. "20/20" offered to help Thomas find his twins and enlisted the help of investigative genealogist Pamela Slaton and ABC News' South Korea News Bureau. The post was shared more than 1 million times, with prayers, encouragement and leads pouring in from around the world. Unsuccessful in his search for years, Thomas turned to Facebook this April, posting photos and documents and asking for help.
"It's all I had all these years, so I just, wherever I went went," Thomas, 68, told ABC News' "20/20." One of the few things he had left were just a handful of photos. Thomas said their birth mother later put them up for adoption without his knowledge, and they were lost to him. Thomas had been looking for his twins, a son and a daughter, ever since he had to leave them behind with their birth mother in South Korea more than 40 years ago. Army veteran Allen Thomas has been searching for his twin children for nearly half a century, and finally, his search is over. He told me my sister's name was Fitriyani instead of Fitriyana," she said.— - U.S. Ms Mustika had been trying to find her twin since high school, using social media platforms like Facebook, but she had no luck. She said her mother's confession did not make her feel disappointed or betrayed, as Rini was still the only mother figure she knew. "The reason why she didn't tell me was because she didn't want to lose me," Ms Fitriyana said. Rini finally explained the truth to Ms Fitriyana after she saw a video posted by Ms Mustika on YouTube about the search for her twin sister. So I better keep quiet until she tells me," she said.
Yet she chose not to ask her adoptive mother Rini about it. Initially, she did not believe it and thought the message was a scam.īut she changed her mind after seeing Ms Mustika's photos on Facebook account, and seeing the clear resemblance. "They asked my name, whether my parents have ever lived in Ambon and I said 'yes'," Ms Fitriyana told the ABC. So she was very surprised when more than 20 years later, a message popped up on her phone screen from a person claiming to be her biological twin sister.
While Ms Mustika knew about her upbringing and that she had a long-lost sister, Ms Fitriyana grew up having no idea.
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