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65 Year-Old Secret Revealed

mother and son reunited after adoption

Posted by Danielle Bean in News on Wednesday, November 10, 2010 10:00 AM

Here’s an amazing story I read over the weekend:

65 Years Later, A Mother’s Secret Revealed

An 83-year-old woman, a rape victim who gave up her baby for adoption as a teenager, is reunited with her son—a son her family knew nothing about.

After phone calls and e-mails Haner became convinced Kiser was her brother. She then decided it was time to ask her mother an almost unbelievable question: Did you give birth to a baby boy you gave up for adoption?

“She said no, and she started making excuses about family and I said ‘no mom, isn’t that the name you gave a little boy you had to give up for adoption’ and she said momma wouldn’t let me keep him and she cried and cried and cried,” Haner said.

A 65-year secret had been revealed. But there was another secret. In 1944, Yaden, had been raped.

“My grandmother was very staunch Baptist and was very proud and I simply didn’t think she could handle it,” Haner said.

“My heart just broke then because, after hearing the whole story, I knew just how strong she must have been,” Kiser said.

With emotions near the surface, Kiser called the retirement home in Colfax and heard his mother’s voice for the first time.

“Right off the bat I introduced myself and she said ‘oh honey I’ve wondered what’s happened to you all these years. All these years I’ve thought about you lots of times,’” Kiser said.

At 83 years old, living in a nursing home and suffering from Alzheimer’s, Yaden finally gets to hold her son again and learn that he has ben well-loved. What an amazing testimony to the difficult and sacrificial decision to choose life!

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Posted by Troy Thompson on Sunday, Aug 14, 2011 2:00 PM (EDT):

Hello though i should clear up any confusion that might be happening.  While I was looking up family history in 2008 I saw Mr Kiser’s posting in adoption website. I did nothing when I saw this information but in 2010 when I was back home from college I decided to tell my grandmother about the posting. My grandmother then got in contact with Mr Kiser and had the reunion planned.  I was not there at the reunion…but from what I heard my great grand mother was quite happy meeting him.  The only thing that brothers me is that they decided to add the rape into the story.


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