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Woman Uses This Viral Facebook Post to Find Her Biological Mom — and It Works!

Feb. 1, 2013 8:56am Liz Klimas

The collective strength of the Internet and social media has shown its power time and again when it comes to crowd-funding projects for those in need or identifying people, like the private marriage proposals snapped by spying photographers. Jenessa Simons is another successful example.

The 21-year-old woman was able to find her biological mother through a Facebook post that went viral in less than one week, according to ABC 4 out of Utah.

Simons posted a photo of herself holding a poster stating where and when she was born, among other details. Only two days later, Simons was contacted by the woman she believes is her birth mom.

Utah Woman Finds Biological Mother in Less Than a Week Using Facebook Post

(Photo: Facebook)

By Tuesday the photo was shared more than 86,000 times and was spotted by a woman who recognized the information and sent it to the woman she thought was Simons’ mother, ABC reported.

Sure enough, Simons was contacted by a woman who sent her this message:

“She did send me a message on Facebook and said, ‘I think I’m your birth mother. I can’t believe it’s you. I’ve waited all this time’,” Simons said.

ABC reported Simons being cautious about this one as she had received several false claims to her parentage. This woman though was providing truthful details the others hadn’t and sent a photo of Simons as a baby that was shared by her adoptive mother.

“I found my birth mother just because 70,000 people shared that picture and took one second of their day to hit share and I found my family,” Simons said, according to ABC.

Simons is still searching for her birth father. As of the time of this posting, the photo has been shared more than 159,000 times. She is also paying her success forward sharing other people’s photos searching for birth parents on the site as well — like this guy (below.)

ABC reported that Simons wanted to reach out to her biological parents to at least thank them for putting her up for adoption to a loving family.

(H/T: Yahoo!)

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Comments (19)

matt_c
Posted on February 2, 2013 at 9:58am
Not being adopted I can’t really understand the desperate need to find one’s birth parents when one already has a stable loving family. I suppose it would only seem as such to me, but it seems as though the child doesn’t believe that their adopted family is good enough or something. I dunno. I’m probably not supposed to express such notions.

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- Pandippy
  Posted on February 2, 2013 at 11:49pm
  No, It is comments like these that we need. Voice your opinion, even if it makes someone else mad. Who cares, your opinion shouldn’t effect them THAT much. Besides, we all have them. :)
  
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ezalbeht666
Posted on February 1, 2013 at 7:17pm
Meanwhile Colin Keapernick wants nothing to do with his birth parents.. the mom thru the media and social network has been trying unsuccessfully to reunited with him since his college days.

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- theplumber408
  Posted on February 1, 2013 at 8:57pm
  she’s probably been looking for a meal-ticket.
  
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greenroughneck
Posted on February 1, 2013 at 11:07am
For those that feel this is a joke, let me tell you something please. We live in a world of abortion. When someone has been blessed with life and given for adoption, instead of aborted, that person tends to be grateful! I know, I was adopted. And though I never tried to find my birth parents( drives my sis crazy!), I certainly understand why. If nothing else, THANK YOU!!

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- paperpushermj
  Posted on February 2, 2013 at 1:51am
  Please when referring to the women who gave birth then had the Courage to do what was best for her baby please with respect refer to her as the Birth Mother. The Women who stays up nights comforting a sick child is with respect called… Mom
  
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spirited
Posted on February 1, 2013 at 10:24am
Sperms donors

…………….Heads up!

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MrKnowItAll
Posted on February 1, 2013 at 10:16am
This is AMERICA. Yet we are forced to give up and Abort our Children. No Morals. We will Die!

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- Dismayed Veteran
  Posted on February 1, 2013 at 1:03pm
  While I am pro-life, no one is “forced” to have an abortion in the US. They freely chose it.
  
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- Granny58
  Posted on February 1, 2013 at 3:34pm
  I don’t understand your statement.
  
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Jenny Lind
Posted on February 1, 2013 at 9:21am
Never felt the need to find mine, but I sure thank God for them giving me to my family and ask Him to bless them for their unselfish love and doing the right thing.

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- WillG
  Posted on February 1, 2013 at 10:01am
  Great attitude and perspective.
  
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GhostOfJefferson
Posted on February 1, 2013 at 9:03am
“Woman Uses This Viral Facebook Post to…Find Her Biological — and It Works!”

The crack Blaze editing team strikes again!

Though honestly, it would be cool to find my biological. I’m also searching for my geometric and my metastatic as well, if anybody knows where they are…wait…I can look for them on Facebook!

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- Eastinfection
  Posted on February 1, 2013 at 9:23am
  i’ve got your geometric and your metastatic and i’m not giving them back.
  finders keepers.
  
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- GhostOfJefferson
  Posted on February 1, 2013 at 9:27am
  Thief!
  
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- Anonymous T. Irrelevant
  Posted on February 1, 2013 at 9:48am
  I think they need to get the story out very quickly. When that happens, mistakes get made.
  I see they fixed it, now. At least they have a sense of humor about them.
  
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- GhostOfJefferson
  Posted on February 1, 2013 at 10:00am
  @Anonymous
  
  On actual pressing matters, sure, no worries. I doubt the world was clamoring to hear about this story though. :)
  
  I just like to razz them when I can. Consider me an unpaid, undervalued and loathed unofficial Blaze editor of the editors. heh
  
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- circleDwagons
  Posted on February 1, 2013 at 1:11pm
  @Ghost. The Blaze would be vastly improved if you and Monk where on staff.
  
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- chips1
  Posted on February 1, 2013 at 9:49pm
  “On staff” would be the wrong phrase to use.
  
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