Tears flow as 88 year old finally meets daughter she thought had died in birth

There was a long hug in Tampa that was 69 years in the making. Genevieve Purinton, 88, lives at an assisted living center in North Tampa. She thought she was alone. Her eight siblings died and she had no children. She have birth just once, in 1949 when she was 18. I said I wanted to see the baby. They told me she died, Genevieve recalled Monday afternoon. Now, after 69 years, a daughter one that she never knew she even had walked through the door. MORE: