Deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) strands from a double helix model on display at the Science Museum April 23, 2003 in London. Photo by Paul Gilham/Getty Images
An 88-year-old woman had an emotional reunion with a daughter she gave birth to at age 18. She had mistakenly believed that her only child died in childbirth 69 years ago.
Genevieve Purinton, 88, never had another child and all eight of her siblings are now dead.