Katharina Buczek
“Nejdra Nance was very suspicious of who she was and what family raised her. There was no paperwork to follow her, such as a birth certificate or social security card. So, in her late teens, she became suspicious of who she was,” Zimmerman said.
Then, in 2005, Carlina became pregnant, and the truth began to unfold. In order to seek state medical assistance, Carlina was required to provide an original birth certificate.
She had to badger Ann for days in order to gain access to her supposed birth certificate. But, after presenting it to the state, officials denied it on account of forgery.
At this point, Ann was forced to confess that she was not Carlina’s mother. Instead of telling the truth, though, Ann said that Carlina’s mother had abandoned her.
“She left you and never came back,” Ann claimed.
Carlina was understandably confused and asked for more details about her birth parents. Of course, Ann could not provide anything more.
This pushed Carlina, who was then twenty-three years old, to begin investigating her own past.
After scouring the internet, she discovered a kidnapping that occurred in 1987 and realized that the photographed child looked exactly like her own daughter named Samani. Coincidently, the infant had Carlina’s same birthmark.
After realizing that she was, in fact, the girl in the photo, Carlina contacted the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC) and was reunited with her parents.
Family Reunion
After twenty-three years, Joy White and Carl Tyson finally received their life-changing email. Right before Christmas in 2011, NCMEC contacted the parents and confirmed that Carlina was their long-lost daughter after performing a DNA test.
