"I had just about given up, and the adoption agency called me, told me that he put in and wanted to find me," said Talona Thurman, mother.
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The story begins back in 1967, when Thurman was just 16.
"I knew that we had a bond, because I held him for 35 minutes, and I held him right here. I said our hearts are sealed."
For the next several decades Thurman never gave up hope-- her son, Scott Stanley, didn't either.
"I mean, I have my adopted mother and father, but I've always been curious about my mom, who she was, and where I came from."
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"I wanted him to know, I wanted him to know why, I just wanted him to have stability in his life, I wanted him to have a mom and dad raise him," said Thurman.
It took until last Monday for an adoption agency to make a match.
"I knew that someday, either here or there, that we were going to meet," said Thurman.
On Friday, Fresno Yosemite International Airport became the scene of happy tears-- an uncanny resemblance and a newly reunited mother and son already finishing each other's sentences.