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The first male grandchild of the khalifas. nermeen's mother came over for the birth pf pictures show a beaming mother, father, and grandmother. there was even time for a family visit to cairo. michael shannon says his father-in-law was so overjoyed to have a grandson. he offered michael a job and a house. with just one condition. they had to live in egypt. >> i said, well, the problem is your daughter, my wife, hates this country. she hates egypt. women are second-class citizens here. she can't smoke. she can't drink. >> more people visit spring training games than they go to -- >> reporter: t...

Knock your house down and they burn down your house. he's been watching too much of the israeli/palestinian thing. and she told me that they told jason, the younger boy, that their father had been killed in an accident when he was a baby, but that adam had told him different, that their father was still alive and he was living in america. >> after we returned from cairo, we got a phone call, too. >> adam, do you and jason want to see your dad? >> a young man on the other end said he was michael shannon's son, adam. most of that phone call was off the record. but he did allow us to record this ...

>> no. not yet. >> not yet? meaning when they're adults and no longer under the court custody ruling you will allow them to go to the united states? >> it's up to them. >> they are united states citizens, right? are they at some point egyptian citizens? >> no. i am not going to answer any more questions. i'm sorry. thank you very much. and i hope you air my entire statement and don't take anything out of context. >> reporter: it is sunday morning, the beginning of the school week in cairo. at 7:05 a.m. two teenage boys are about to leave the apartment building where nermeen khalifa lives with ...

Never thought they would go this far. >> but just who is nermeen khalifa? and who is telling the truth about what really went on nearly 12 years ago? it is why cnn came to this upscale neighborhood in cairo. to find the mother who kidnapped her own children and ask her why. >> hello? >> hi, nermeen. this is drew griffin with cnn. >> reporter: it is a story very different than the tale being told in the united states. >> he basically, and according to the courts, feels that you've kidnapped these children and have held them captive here for 12 years. >> i'd like to explain my point of view. >> ...

Custody ruling you will allow them to go to the united states? >> it's up to them. >> they are united states citizens, right? are they at some point egyptian citizens? >> no. i am not going to answer any more questions. i'm sorry. thank you very much. and i hope you air my entire statement and don't take anything out of context. >> reporter: it is sunday morning, the beginning of the school week in cairo. at 7:05 a.m. two teenage boys are about to leave the apartment building where nermeen khalifa lives with her sons. when we come back, are these two young men michael shannon's kidnapped sons?