CRAWFORDVILLE, FL (WTXL) - A Crawfordville woman's hunt to find her biological mother led to more family than she could have imagined.
Sixty-seven years ago, Abbie Greene was dropped off at a hospital shortly after she was born in St. Paul, Minnesota. "When I was hours old [my mother's] father brought me to the hospital and left me there," said Greene.
For years she knew she wanted to find her birth mother and after an exhaustive search, in 2003 she brought a card with flowers to the woman who gave birth to her.
"I just want to look you in the eye one time and touch you, I just want to chat with you one day. Love your daughter," said the card.
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That same day, Greene got what she always wanted, a meeting with the woman, face to face.
"She walked out and I got my first hug," said Greene.
Greene says her mother was single at the time of her birth and knew she couldn't support her. She doesn't blame her biological mom, she thinks she made the best decision she could at the time.
Mother and daughter have been meeting for several years on the condition Greene would keep it a secret. She wouldn't reveal her mother's identity.
Her biological mother was just the beginning of the family Greene would soon discovered.
In 2014, Greene found on the DNA Genetic Testing & Analysis website, 23andme.com, that she had a sister named Liz Kellner.
As Greene started talking with the woman, she realized Kellner's story sounded awfully familiar.
In 1965, Liz Kellner made national headlines after she was left in a laundry basket at an apartment building laundromat in Minneapolis.
Though Greene was in high school when it happened, she remembered the story well. Greene said she couldn't stop looking for more information when she heard about the abandoned baby; the baby that ended up being her long lost sister.
After having luck finding both her biological mother and a sister, Greene continued her search and eventually discovered another sister on Ancestry.com.
Tammy Makram was another baby left behind. She was discovered in the doorway of a St. Paul hospital in a cardboard box.
The sisters were able to finally able to all gather together each in October in Egan, Minnesota.
The search for her father paid off too. Greene says she finally met him earlier this month; she did not want to give his name for privacy reasons.
When Greene first started searching for her mother, she had no idea how many new family members she would find.
