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Old 10-05-2019, 02:07 PM #1
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Default 81yo Irish woman finally meets her 103yo mother for first time

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An 81-year-old Irish woman has said she has never been happier after meeting her 103-year-old mother for the first time.

Eileen Macken grew up in a Bethany Home orphanage in Dublin and had never met her birth mother.

She started searching when she was 19 and last year contacted RTÉ's Liveline to appeal for help to find her mother.

Earlier this year a genealogist called to say he had tracked her down in Scotland.

"Once I heard that, nothing would stop me trying to get to see her," Eileen said.

She travelled to Scotland last month and finally met her mum, Elizabeth, who will be 104 on Saturday.

"I went over to see her and she's the most beautiful lady, lovely family, they gave me a great welcome," she told RTÉ's Liveline programme.

"We came in and, honestly I haven't got over the acceptance that I got.

"They accepted me and I had a great chat with my mother."

Eileen said Elizabeth was reading the newspaper when she saw her.

"I said we were from Ireland and she said 'I was born in Ireland'.

"I said: 'You know I'm your daughter' and she just looked up at me and she took my hand.

"I think it's nearly gone past her, but there was such a bond between the two of us. It was fantastic."

Eileen, a mother of three, also discovered she has two half brothers.

She said she did not think she would "ever come down out of the cloud" after meeting her mother.

She said she was always adamant that she should find her mum and never gave up the search.

"I felt, how could I be one person on this planet and having nobody - I had to go and search," she said.

The meeting had made her happier than she could have imagined, she said.

"We had three days of wonderful happiness that I've never ever had before.

"I don't think I've done any work in the house [since she came back], I'm that happy. I'm going around singing.

"You've no idea what it's done to me, I'm just so happy."
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Good Job she was still alive
at 103
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woo that's amazing, bit sad that the mother didn't really realise who she was though by the sounds of it
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Aw lovely news for a change

Searching since she was 19 though oh my god :/
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"I don't think I've done any work in the house [since she came back], I'm that happy. I'm going around singing.

"You've no idea what it's done to me, I'm just so happy."


...she meets her birth mother for the very first time at 81yrs old...forget about the house chores baby, just keep on with that singing......
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Awwwww, bless.
Lovely news.
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