A woman who family members believe was the toddler who was kidnapped by a babysitter 51 years ago has been reunited with her family in Fort Worth, in a meeting filled with long-overdue hugs and joyful tears.Her biological mother hired a babysitter, who picked up the baby but never returned her
In a news release, the family said that they had worked with an amateur genealogist to help interpret the DNA results and mine public records to find Melissa, who was reunited with her parents and two of her siblings this past weekend. In a statement on Monday, the Fort Worth Police Department said it was "overjoyed" to hear that 23andMe had led the Highsmiths to Melissa, and they will conduct official DNA testing to confirm her identity.The investigation into her kidnapping will continue."I was overjoyed and I'm still walking around in a fog trying to comprehend that my sister is right in front of me and that we found her.
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