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Reunited and it feels so good. Lisa Wright had “no idea” who her biological mother was before taking her DNA test but, as the saying goes, sometimes what you’re searching for is right in front of you. Lisa Wright (right) and her biological mother Lynne Moody (left) are all smiles for their picture. (Photo: @misterwright1/Instagram) Wright, who was adopted, had no interest initially in setting out to look for her biological parents. She told the “Today” show on May 7 that she knew she was adopted and she knew it was a closed adoption, one where the biological parents and the adoptive...

Given up for adoption at birth, woman finds her mom, a former star on her favorite show in the 70s Updated May 11, 2021; Posted May 11, 2021 PDHST PLAIN DEALER HISTORICAL PHOTOGRAPH COLLECTION: Lynne Moody, Theodore Wilson, Theresa Merritt and Clifton Davis in "That's My Mama." (1974 Press Photo) Facebook Share STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — More than 50 years ago, Lisa Wright was given up in a ‘closed’ adoption by her young mom, which mean the records were sealed, and the adoptive and birth families were never revealed to the other. But thanks to genetic testing, Wright, of Los Angeles, recen...

Woman Finds Her Birth Mom 50 Years Later, Discovers She Starred on TV Paramount Pictures 11 May 2021 A California woman reunited with her biological mother after spending more than 50 years apart and discovered her mom starred on one of her favorite TV sitcoms growing up. “I grew up watching my mother on TV and didn’t even know it,” Lisa Wright told the Today Show on Friday about actress Lynne Moody. Moody was an actress on the television show That’s My Mama, which had a two-season run in the 1970s and was a favorite in the household of Wright’s adoptive family.

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, an...

First Posted: May 10, 2021 12:04 AM EDT After 50 years, a California woman met her biological mother, who turned out to be a TV actress. Identified as Lisa Wright, the woman discovered that her biological mother was in her favorite sitcom she used to watch when she was a child, New York Post reported. Today reported that Wright knew that she was adopted. However, she never searched for her biological mother, who gave birth to her at 18 years old. She also never knew her biological relatives. READ NEXT:  California Woman is a Long-Lost Daughter of a TV Actress Wright noted that her adoptiv...