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Where was he now? geri gave us a copy of the birth certificate and he seemed about 40 now. and our chances of finding him seemed, frankly, slim. we called ray smiths all over the country. ray smith in colorado and ray smith in maryland, new jersey, kansas, but did he go by the name ray smith? and then a call back. it was the ray smith from colorado. he had the right name, the right age, and place of birth and grown up without knowing any blood relatives and all of this ray smith knew was his mot...

>> allred put the dna test on the fast track and waited. and within a week called pepper and renee to her office to hear in person the results of the test. >> 99.99% probability. >> thats it. >> yep, that means its confirmed. >> i cant believe this is actually happening. >> how soon could they meet geri, the sisters wanted to know. and whats she like? how did she know shirley? we arranged a reunion for the next day. geri arrived first and told us how she saw the long lost girls on our program. >...

>> were in a hotel room in los angeles. geri is eager, anxious, terrified, visibly shaking. and then they come around the corner. their first meeting in 37 years. >> a lifetime weve missed. >> oh, my god. >> i feel like im dreaming still. i cant really get it yet. >> i cant either. >> i want to see this face. can i just stare at you for a minute. >> you can do anything. >> i dont have a memory. >> im sad because i was there with you guys. >> youre my mommy. >> yes, youre my babies. youre my babi...

Country on march 25th, 2011, no idea that something quite unbelievable would happen because one of the people who tuned in that night was a woman named geri, and oh, what a story she had to tell. coming up -- it was a story two sisters had waited a very long time to hear. >> 99.99% probability. that means its confirmed. >> when "lost and found" continues. ♪ living well do you often wake up with chest congestion? or suffer excess mucus? try mucinex 12 hour. the bio layer tablet immediately re...

>> 37 years. there they are. >> what did that feel like? >> it felt great. i had been hoping to find my children before i die because im getting old. and it was like a miracle. >> geris story that shirley who took the girls had been her friend turned roommate turned babysitter. >> she said ill babysit for you. ill take care of her while you work. i said, well, thats great because i really thought i was blessed. >> first it was renee she looked after. then renee and pepper and then two years late...

Geri, would you be willing to do a dna test? she said ill take the dna test. but these are my children. i know it. >> allred put the dna test on the fast track and waited. and within a week called pepper and renee to her office to hear in person the results of the test. >> 99.99% probability. >> thats it. >> yep, that means its confirmed. >> i cant believe this is actually happening. >> how soon could they meet geri, the sisters wanted to know. and whats she like? how did she know shirley? we ar...

And to learn now that she had a brother. raymond leonard smith jr. is what she called him before he was snatched away abducted by the babysitter shirley. where was he now? geri gave us a copy of the birth certificate and he seemed about 40 now. and our chances of finding him seemed, frankly, slim. we called ray smiths all over the country. ray smith in colorado and ray smith in maryland, new jersey, kansas, but did he go by the name ray smith? and then a call back. it was the ray smith from colo...

Shirley told her, says renee, she was born to a prostitute drug addict named geri. that shirley saved baby renee, raised her as a daughter. but kept renee in line by threatening to abandon her. did she ever threaten to do that? >> yeah, many times. wed do something wrong, and she would say, well, you stop doing that or im going to send you off to geris house. >> and so they lived a life of packing up and fleeing state to state, one flop house to the next, searching for the cheapest place to stay...

Am i really seeing this? >> it was a woman claiming to be the biological mother of both pepper and renee. claiming to be the woman who, according to shirley and barbara, was a child abandoning drug addled prostitute, probably dead. could this woman really be their mother? hardly a claim allred could take on simple faith. >> i asked her to come in and see me the very next day, which she was very anxious and happy to do. i asked her to bring whatever evidence she had. >> in that meeting, the woman...

Celebrated. renee joined them for rhondas birthday and the christies 38th wedding anniversary. an amazing reunion. "dateline" was happy to broadcast it all around the country on march 25th, 2011, no idea that something quite unbelievable would happen because one of the people who tuned in that night was a woman named geri, and oh, what a story she had to tell. coming up -- it was a story two sisters had waited a very long time to hear. >> 99.99% probability. that means its confirmed. >> when "...