Promised My Mom I'd Find The Daughter She Gave Up - Backstage! | KARAMO

I am sure you're gonna remember this DNA story, but here's a clip to refresh your memory. After nearly 50 years, Vicki thinks she may finally found her long-lost sister. What did you promise your mom Mildred before she passed away?

I promised her I would find her daughter for her.

Oh wow. Oh, beautiful. I know, I'm sorry, love.

I'm sorry.

How old was your mother when she gave birth?

From what I know, between the ages 13 to 15.

Yeah. And did your mom ever talk about how little choice she had in this case?

Yes, she had zero choice. I guess, you know, back in them days, if it ain't look right, that's what happened. She didn't wanna do it.

So your potential sister Liz spoke with us earlier. I want everyone to take a look at this.

When my adoption was closed, every door that I tried to open and find this information got slammed in my face. In closed adoptions, they will not release any information regarding you know, your birth records, your adoption, who, you know, your parents are. So I just kind of basically gave up 'cause I felt like maybe someday in the future I'll find this out, maybe someday I'll never find it out. Growing up was hard because I was an only child. I felt like I didn't belong, you know. I'm like, you know, I don't even have anybody. The neighborhood kids or your friends, they got tons of brothers and sisters. Even my cousins, they had a bunch of brothers and sisters. But I always had to go home to just a lonely, quiet house. It hurts my heart that Mildred had to go through anything that she had to go through. You know, I was informed that she kind of had a hard— she had a rough life. Once we get this found out, I want to go to her gravesite because I want her to know so that her soul is at rest and at peace. Your baby girl has been found.

Oh wow.

Wow, I know while you were watching that, you kept saying that she looks like your mama and your baby.

She look like my mama and my baby.

How did that loss shape your mom and the woman your mom became?

It shaped her. She's very, very overprotective over her kids.

Yeah.

And it just was sad to watch sometimes. And let me tell you this.

Yes.

I trusted to come up here with you and wanted to come up here with you because I remember when you first started, you brought out your son.

Yeah, yeah.

And you talked about your stuff with your son. Yeah. You about family.

Yeah, always.

You be on some real shit. I appreciate that. And I appreciate that.

Thank you, I appreciate that, man.

No, for real.

Thank you, I appreciate that.

I appreciate it.

I really do, I do.

So what was it like growing up knowing that you had a sister somewhere?

Weird.

Weird, yeah.

Because I'm always looking around like, Is she here or is this person or I see somebody that look maybe like me. I remember I stopped the girl one time like, "Who your mama is?" Yeah, yeah.

So how did you find your potential sister live?

My daughter went through a page on Facebook that specialize in helping people find lost relatives with little information.

Yeah.

And now I'm sitting here.

Wow. So through that one page that your daughter found is how it led to this. So what was your reaction when you saw pictures of her online?

I just automatically bust out crying 'cause it's uncanny. That's Liz and my mom.

Oh wow. So when you saw the pictures online, you were like, "This gotta be it.

We got it." It's gotta be it.

So what does it mean to possibly get to find Liz and have a new family now? Everything.

Liz was the only child in her adoptive family, like, and it's so many of us. Me and my kids is real close.

Yeah.

I have grandkids. She got cousins. Yeah, yeah, yeah. They so ready. Like, it means everything. I know my mom could sleep in peace.

Yeah. What would it mean to you to say, "Mom, I found her"?

Everything.

Yeah. If she's your sister, what's the first thing y'all gonna do?

I'm taking her to her mama.

Mm.

I'm taking her to her mama.

Yeah. Okay.

Well, Vicki, are you ready to meet your potential sister Liz for the first time? Everyone, please welcome Liz to the show.

Oh my God. I love you so much.

I got you, I promise you, I got you. I'm gonna take good care of you, I promise you. He gonna give us these 50 back. You look just like me, yo.

I know it, that's my baby sister.

What was the hardest part What was the hardest part of growing up as an only child?

I always had to fight my way coming up. You know, you had the house, the neighborhood kids have a house full of brothers and sisters.

Oh, I still can fight, boo-boo.

What did your adoptive mom tell you?

She said, "There's also another piece to this puzzle.

They didn't know it.

You have a brother that was born 2 to 3 years before you." What?

Yes.

That boy was adopted. She didn't have me at 13. That's that brother that she had at 13. They couldn't find me under my name 'cause it's spelled with a Y. And so when she told me my mother's name, ding, ding, ding, ding, ding.

That's when it clicked.

As an adult in my 20s, I tried to find out and search out some information, but I got closed doors in my face. I have a right to know.

Vicki, we have your daughter Fredrina in the audience today.

I was young when my grandmother died, but we was always very close and an open family. I'm from the generation where the stuff they was sweeping under the rug, we gonna pull it from a pocketbook.

That's right. That's another.

Well, Vicki, are you ready for your truth?

Yes.

Yes. Come with me.

Let's go.

It's time. Ooh.

Vicki, you made a promise to your mother almost 19 years ago that you said that you would find her child that was taken from her. You have searched for 19 years. You have never given up hope and this potentially could be your sister. You said before your 50th birthday, you're gonna find out. And Liz, tomorrow is your birthday. And I think there's something special about that. This is your truth to hope in, not mine. And we are all praying. We are all praying.

Just let me, before I open this, let me just let you know, I love you.

I love you too.

I got you. All right, you don't gotta worry about nothing. I'm gonna take you to see your mama 'cause I already know what's in this. You look just like us, man. That's it. I'm about to just open this shit. I ain't even about to look.

Come on, sis.

Come on with it.

Come on with it.

Come on with it. You look like a motherfucker. Look at this shit.

Oh, man.

Oh my God. Oh my God, look at my baby cakes! Oh my God! Oh my God. This has been a 59-year-old mystery. And we still got another piece to this puzzle. We gotta find our brother. Oh my God. I love him, but I don't know that shit. I got my sister. That's all I care about right now. I got my sister. Thank you so much. Thank you. I told you from the moment.

You don't even know what you just did for our family, man.

Look at your sister. You did it.

Oh, that's the picture of me in that lace front wig.

But you look good, girl. I changed that shit. You look good.

I couldn't take that no more on my face.

Y'all wanna sit down?

Okay, hold on. Oh my God. Take a seat. I wanna take a moment to realize like how special this is because—

Oh my God.

60 years ago today, 60 years ago today. It's your birthday. Hold on one second. I wanna take this. Hold on, take a moment. 60 years ago today, this young woman went through some trauma and had to have her child taken away. 60 years ago today, she was in labor and was probably scared and frightened.

Probably scared.

And didn't know what was going on. And 60 years later, her babies are sitting on this stage.

Yes.

Happy, healed. There is something, your mother is standing right here on this stage with us. She is here.

She's in heaven.

I know that for a fact. That's not a coincidence. That's not a coincidence. That's not a coincidence that you found your family. And I know when you said this before, your mother, she is resting now.

Yes, 'cause I wanted her soul to be at peace. I'm like, what, I wanna go see her.

She knows that everyone is happy and safe and together.

We love you.

On your birthday.

On your birthday.

On your birthday. I'm so happy.

Thank you.

Listen, you're so welcome. Thank you for trusting us with your story and allowing us to help you. You listen, you do, you got it, okay? You got it. You got it. Thank you so much, man.

We got you a birthday gift in the back too as well.

Oh! Come get your present.

We got you a birthday gift in the back.

Oh, you got a good family.

I already know y'all about to have a good time.

But you know what?

She's so much like me.

Yeah.

I just ain't, I'm not expressing it like she is.

You the same, you the same, right? Yes, sister. She get ready to meet my family back home.

This the same way.

My ride or die right here.

Listen.

My ride or die.

Okay.

Oh my man.

Listen, any other support y'all need going down the road, we are here for y'all. But I want y'all to take this moment and celebrate you all. I'm so happy you found each other. You're so welcome.

Thank you so much.

Hold on, let me show y'all this. Let me show y'all this. I feel good as shit.

This my baby right here. Right here. Right here. My sister. This my baby.

Man, y'all just made, man. Oh my God. Just made everything. I would hold you.

We're sisters! Look what that say.

Look what that say.

Biological sisters. I call bio.

Not my homegirl. That ain't my fake, my friend that I call sister. This my baby cakes. And just know that even though I'm about to be 50, I still can fight. So when she go home, just know I can still fight and I will fly. About that. Real ass sister. They know. I ain't even got to say it, they know. They know.

I'm so happy. I'm so happy.

I'm so happy.

Oh my God. Long 2 months, y'all.

Girl, okay.

We here. We here.

Long 2 months.

We got it.

Forever.

Never.

Forever.

Never.

Forever.

I got you.

Yes.

All right? You got family.

Plenty of it.

You got to meet your nieces I can't wait.

What?

The rest of your siblings, baby. Man, oh my God.

You gotta hold.

You gotta hold.

I can't wait.

They waiting. Your brother, oh my God. We can show him now.

We can show him now.

We couldn't show him then. Gotta show him now. 'Cause you look so much like her and he's been down since she been gone. But look what came. Look what she brought us. He came with some good. He came with some good. See all that faces, look at all these, look at all these. Look at all them, look at that, look at that, look at that.