Kentucky Woman Reunited With Her Son 55 Years After He Was Kidnapped By Babysitter

Emotions ran high for a Kentucky mother after she was reunited with her son that was kidnapped from her 55 years ago.

That’s right, in 1965, Anna-Mary Barnett, had her son taken away from her by a babysitter when he was only 5-years-old.

Jerry Barnett was fortunately able to find his mother through his son that had recently did a series of DNA tests and saw that he had a cousin and a grandmother in Kentucky.

Fox News Reports:

Her son was 5 years old in 1965 when a babysitter she didn’t know well disappeared with the boy. Barnett was a teenage mom at the time.

A few years later, he wound up in foster care in Delaware, abandoned by the babysitter who had moved there, the station reported. His last name in Delaware was Thomas.

The reunion came about after his son, Damon Parker, took a DNA test for a website and discovered he had a cousin — and a grandmother –in Kentucky, according to the station.

“I was scared to get out the car,” Jerry Barnett said. “There was a mob (of people). I thought somebody was going to kidnap me again.”

Anna-Mary Barnett and members of her family said they asked agencies for help finding her son to no avail, WLKY reported.

“I was so scared. I mean, it was during the (civil rights) movement,” she told the station.

Here is the video of the Mother and Son and their first time being together after 55 years:

This is such an emotional story.

We are so happy to see the joy in their faces as they are in each other arms again.

It is horrible that this mother had to deal with this type of loss for so long, but hopefully being with him again will give her some peace.

And now you’re officially in the KNOW!