Woman who spent 15 years searching for her birth mother is stunned to discover that she worked alongside her for 2 years

Jenny Thomas, 40, from Rochester, New York, started searching for her birth mother in her twenties but never had any leads.

It was only after going on a new TLC show, Long Lost Family, which helps reunite people with their biological relatives, that she identified her former co-worker Nita Valdez as her mother.

‘All the while I had looked at the woman who once knew me as her daughter.’

Nita, the daughter of a minister, had given up her daughter to social services because she was too ashamed of having her out of Wedlock.

Jenny worked as a part-time patient care technician while Nita was a patient transporter at the hospital. They interacted daily and had a friendly ‘working-professional relationship.’ Jenny’s story will feature on an upcoming episode of the new series, which starts on Sunday.