US woman solves her own kidnapping as a baby

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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-12238387
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Carlina had long held suspicions as she did not resemble any of her family and suspected the woman who raised her used fake social security ID.

Police spokesman Paul Browne told the New York Times: "She has held the view, for a long time, that she did not belong to the family she was living with."

After starting her own investigations, Carlina finally contacted the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children and discovered a photo of a baby on its website she believed to be her.

The centre helped Ms White, who called her biological mother on 4 January.
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Wow, just wow!!

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1. Wow!

Talk about taking the initiative. Background tone is, she didn't feel all the warm and fuzzy about the woman that raised her.

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2. I have an 86 year old aunt

(my best friend's aunt) who was kidnapped in New York as a toddler. She was found two years later. Her kidnapper was a wealthy woman who showered her with affection and toys (that her parents could not have afforded) and she has told us more than once that she had mixed feelings about returning to her folks although she was glad to see her sister and brother.

A neighbor recognized her when the kidnapper was walking with her not too far from her parents' home.