An elderly woman with no family thought was all alone in the world until she was reunited with the daughter she was told died after birth. Genevieve Purinton, 88, thought she had no family left and lives a quiet life in a living center in North Tampa.
Her sisters and brothers have died and she had no other children after she went through heartbreak in 1949 when she gave birth to a baby and was told the child had died.
But it turns out the child, born in Gary, Indiana, was very much alive and was given up for adoption and raised in South California.
Connie Moultroup, now 69, spent her whole life searching for her birth mother. “It’s been a lifetime of wanting this. I remember being five years old, wishing I could find my mother,” Moultroup, who lives in Vermont, said. Moultroup’s adoptive mother passed away when she was just five and her stepmother was abusive, giving her a rough childhood.
“She would fantasize about her mother rescuing her since she was five years old. It’s truly her life-long dream,” Moultroup’s daughter Bonnie Chase said. Moultroup was able to trace her mother after Chase bought her a DNA kit last Christmas. “It was just a cool Christmas present and it has completely changed our lives,” Chase said. It connected her to a cousin. When they finally met via phone, Moultroup gave her birth mother’s name and the relative replied “Oh, that’s my aunt...and she’s still alive”.
Those words changed Moultroup’s life and after 69 years of wondering, she was finally able to meet her mother on Monday December 3. The mother and daughter met in an emotional and tearful reunion at the Haley Park Apartments retirement community in Tampa, Florida.
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1.How old was Genevieve Purinton when her daughter was born?
A 19.
B 28.
C 69.
D 88.
解析：选A。推理判断题。根据第一段第二句的Genevieve Purinton, 88可知她现在是88岁，而根据第四段第一句的Connie Moultroup, now 69可知她的女儿今年69岁了，由此可推知她生女儿的年龄是19岁。故选A。
2.Where did the old woman’s daughter grow up?
A In North Tampa.
B In Indiana.
C In South California.
D In Vermont.
解析：选C。细节理解题。根据第三段But it turns out child, born in Gary, Indiana, was very much alive and was given up for adoption and raised in South California.可知这位老妇的女儿在South California长大。故选C。
3.Who treated Bonnie Chase badly?
A Her birth mother.
B Her adoptive mother.
C Her stepmother.
D Her daughter.
解析：选C。细节理解题。根据第四段最后一句Moultroup’s adoptive mother passed away when she was just five and her stepmother was abusive, giving her a rough childhood. 可知她的继母对她非常不好。故选C。
4.How did the mother and daughter feel when they met each other?
A They were sad and sorry.
B They were excited and moved.
C They were happy and high.
D They were upset and anxious.
解析：选B。推理判断题。根据最后一段第二句的The mother and daughter met in an emotional and tearful reunion可知母女俩团聚时心情激动、热泪盈眶。故选B。
