“Lost for 73 Years: How a Determined Niece Unraveled a Family Mystery and Reunited with Her Abducted Uncle”

“All this time the family kept thinking of him,” the niece continued. “I always knew I had an uncle. We spoke of him a lot. My grandmother carried the original article in her wallet, and she always talked about him. A picture of him was always hung at the family home.”

However, Antonia passed away at the age of 92 in 2005 without ever knowing what happened to her son.

Years later, Alida was able to honor her grandmother’s unwavering belief as she began her own search for her uncle. She first became hopeful of finding her missing uncle when she took a DNA test in 2020 “just for fun” and found that she had a 22 percent match with a man all the way on the East Coast.

Thanks to the efforts of Luis’ niece, Alida Alequin, the long-lost relative was able to reunite with his family before his brother Roger, pictured on the left below, passed away in August this year

Image credits: Alida Alequin

Despite her efforts to reach out to him, the hopeful niece didn’t receive a response from Luis. Nevertheless, her daughters also became determined to track down their long-lost relative, and they managed to find pictures of him from sources.

Convinced that Luis was her kidnapped relative, Alida eventually took what she knew to the police, who also assured her that it was a lead worth pursuing. After a new missing persons case was opened, Luis was found and confirmed to be Alida’s missing uncle after DNA testing was conducted.

“In my heart I knew it was him,” the niece said, “and when I got the confirmation, I let out a big ‘YES!’”

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