Daughter finds out TV star is her birth mother — 50 years later "He goes, 'Lisa, you're my niece. We've been looking for you. We've all been looking for you,'" Wright recalled After a genetic test helped Lisa Wright find her birth mother after more than 50 years, she received an incredible twist with a perfect Hollywood ending. In an exclusive from TODAY, Wright shared that she knew she was was adopted after her birth mother gave birth to her at 18, but she said she never looked for her or her relatives. “My (adoptive) mom told me, ‘Your mommy loved you, but she was really young, and she knew she couldn’t take care of you. I wanted the baby so bad, and that’s why your mom let me take care of you. You weren’t abandoned. This was just the best thing for you,'” Wright told the outlet.