For Cara, who had always known she was adopted but was unaware of the depth of corruption behind it, the discovery ignited an emotional quest to uncover her biological roots.
Her birth mother, Oriana A. R., already had four children when Cara was born, and the family was struggling to make ends meet. Facing immense financial hardship, Oriana made the devastating decision to put Cara up for adoption, trusting the government’s promise to find her daughter a loving home and provide her with financial compensation after the adoption.
Oriana gave birth at a government facility and spent three precious months bonding with her newborn.
As time passed, her doubts about the adoption grew stronger, and she desperately wanted to keep her baby. But when she tried to stop the process, the government coldly rejected her pleas. They forcibly took Cara from her arms, marking the last time Oriana would see her as a baby. To add to her anguish, Oriana never received the promised compensation.
After decades apart, she was recently reunited with her birth mother. She found out that Oriana had been coerced into giving her up as an infant, but thanks to Nos Buscamos NGO and MyHeritage DNA, they finally found each other.
This reunion couldn’t be more poignant as Cara is now deeply invested in learning about her Hispanic heritage—something that she never fully understood for much of her life.
The experience of meeting her mother for the first time has opened up a new chapter, where she’s eager to embrace her Chilean roots, learn about her cultural history, and forge a stronger connection with her past.
