She was able to gaze into her daughter’s stunning eyes once more after 82 years.

Never having met her biological mother, Betty Morrell. She also believed it would be virtually difficult to see her mother at the age of 82. before it actually occurred.

When Betty’s adoptive parents passed away in 1954, she began looking for her mother. Betty is from Spring Hill, Florida.

She searched frantically for methods to find her and get to know her because she was eager to meet her.

She exerted every effort. To obtain further information about her birth mother’s whereabouts, she even engaged private investigators.

Morrell tells PEOPLE, ‘I hired private investigators, called adoption organizations, and wrote letters to anyone who might have been able to help me.’ But I think we were destined to meet at the right time because I believe in fate.

In fact, Betty’s meeting her biological mother was supposed to be.

Betty ultimately made significant progress and learned the identify of her birth mother after decades of unsuccessful efforts from many different directions. She immediately organized their meeting.

Betty was able to look into her 96-year-old biological mother Lena Pierce’s eyes for the first time since her birth.

Lena gave birth to Betty in Utica, New York, in 1933. She was only 13 at the time. She was a ward of the state, and she named Betty Eva May when she brought her into the world.

Prior to the state giving the child away to Betty’s adoptive parents, Lena was able to spend six months with Betty.

Betty was an only kid in their care, but she was unaware that her parents were not her biological parents.

She recalls a neighbor child approaching her and asking, ‘You realize you’re adopted, right?’ ’I didn’t understand what that meant, so I asked my mother, who clarified everything by telling that I was specially chosen by them.’

I was so at ease with my family that I didn’t even consider my adoption until I was in my thirties.

Betty was interested in her ancestry and sought out information on her birth parents.

She started by returning to the New York adoption agency that had handled her case, and from there she made several attempts to find out more.

A letter containing information about her mother and her birth certificate were eventually obtained by her.

She made very little progress after that because she was unable to access any of the information necessary to find Lena because all of her adoption documents were sealed.

When my granddaughter Kimberly registered me for Ancestry.com, she said, ’I had kind of given up.’ Then, the two of us set out on this expedition.

Betty’s persistence paid off since the reunion she believed would never take place actually did.

Years went by before they could finally embrace one another. Betty struggled to accept the reality of the situation.

It’s been so long, she murmured while crying and hugging me, she recalled.

At New York’s Binghamton Airport, Betty and Lena first connected. Betty’s granddaughter Kimberly Miccio expressed how anxious her grandmother was for the reunion to happen.

Kimberly tells PEOPLE, ’I spent summers with grandma, and she would often tell me stories about her tremendous trip to find her mum.

I guided her through family history websites as she searched online.Kimberly kept searching online, and when she eventually got a call from Lena’s family, she answered it right away.

Lena’s family members got in touch with us and promised to connect us with her kid, she claims. ‘I knew it was the right woman when they sent over a photo since they looked just same.’
It was weird for Betty to finally meet her birth mother at the age of 82.

When the reunion took place, Lena was with her two girls. Betty is overjoyed to finally see both her mother and her sisters. She discovered she had four!

She claims, ‘Until I saw her in person, it wasn’t genuine for me.’ There is no possibility that both of us could still be alive, I kept telling myself.

I also learned that I had two brothers and four sisters. I had an entire new family that I was unaware of.

This reunion is undoubtedly one of a lifetime. It just serves as evidence that those who wait truly receive excellent things.

And even though Lena passed suddenly a few months after their reunion, we can all agree that she was glad to see her first daughter one last time.

What a fascinating tale! View the video below to learn more about this amazing reunion.