Mom, daughter reunite after 40 yrs
dubai — It was an emotional reunion for a mother and her daughter in Dubai — 40 long years after they got separated following a divorce. When the 40-year-old daughter turned up at her mother’s house recently saying she was her long-lost daughter, the mother refused to believe it at first.
She asked to see the daughter’s left hand. When she saw the birthmark, she broke into tears and embraced her daughter. According to Reem Al Amiri from the Dubai Police’s victim care section, the couple divorced when the daughter was just six months’ old. The mother could not see her daughter as she was in an Arab country with her father after the divorce.
The daughter never stopped looking for her mother. The only clue she had was her mother’s name from her identity card. She communicated with Al Amiri, after which the victim care section managed to identify the mother, who had changed her nationality after marrying an Emirati man.
— Amira Agarib
dubai — The Dubai Police have helped a daughter unite with her mother in the UAE after 40 long years of staying apart. The mother could not see her daughter, who was in an Arab country with her father after the parents’ divorce. The mother recognised her daughter from a ‘birthmark on her left hand’.
Though her father had remarried later and the stepmother looked after the daughter well, she never stopped looking for her mother.
Reem Al Amiri from the Dubai Police’s victim care section said the daughter repeatedly sought permission from her father to find out her mother, but he refused.
The girl got separated from her mother when she was just six months old.
When she grew up, she began looking for her mother. The only clue she had was her mother’s name from her identity card.
Major-General Khalil Ibrahim Al Mansouri, Assistant Commander-in-Chief of the Dubai Police for Criminal Investigation, said that the victim communicated with Reem Al Amiri, after which the victim care section managed to identify the mother, who had changed her nationality after marrying an Emirati man. She was living in the UAE after the death of the husband.
When the daughter went to her mother’s house, the latter opened the door for her. The latter didn’t believe when she said “I am your
First she showed the right hand and then the mother asked to show the left hand. She confirmed the birthmark on the left hand of the daughter. Both of them embraced and were in tears.”
daughter” and she asked her to show her hand. “First she showed the right hand and then the mother asked to show the left hand. She confirmed the birthmark on the left hand of the daughter. Both of them embraced and were in tears.”
The daughter later confirmed in a telephone conversation with Reem Amiri that during the first meeting, both the mother and the daughter were not at ease. However, the second meeting was more intimate, she said.
The daughter has informed her sisters in her country that she found the mother. “They are planning to come to the UAE to see their mother, but only after taking permission from their father so that he will not become angry,” said Maj-Gen. Al Mansouri. “She also told her father about the incident, but he did not comment on it.
The mother told her daughter that after the divorce with her father, she had wanted to communicate with the children.
However, the father shifted from their home and she could not trace them after that. She then married an Emirati and settled in the UAE with her new husband and children. The mother asked her daughter to bring her grandchildren as she was eager to see them. The daughter has promised to do so.
The girl explained to her mother that their stepmother treated her well despite having four children of her own.
Reem Al Amiri said the parents of the woman got divorced when she was six months old and the father insisted on custody of all the children.
The daughter expressed her thanks to the Dubai Police, especially Reem Al Amiri who stood by her side and helped her until she reached her mother.
Maj.-Gen. Al Mansouri praised the victim care section for its efforts in solving family problems.