Adoption UK: Woman reveals how a Facebook group helped her reunite with her birth mother in Chile after 44 years

Sign up to our free Living Well email for advice on living a happier, healthier and longer life Live your life healthier and happier with our free weekly Living Well newsletter Live your life healthier and happier with our free weekly Living Well newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. She said: “I didn’t have much hope of finding my mother when I joined the Facebook group in 2019.” open image in gallery Katherine has now reconnected with her birth mother. She said: “My adoptive mum had sadly passed away in 2010, which was devastating.” open image in gallery Katherine and her adoptive mum visited Chile when Katherine was a teenager. “She struggles with English and I’m no longer fluent in Spanish, so our phone calls are a lot of waving and smiling and I use Google Translate to talk to her.” open image in gallery Katherine’s birth mother Ximena was found by a local policeman who was helping with the search. “I think adoption is a beautiful thing, it’s so profound and wonderful, and it can work.” open image in gallery Katherine pictured here with her children, Benji and Sophie.