Kidnapped Californian child found alive over 70 years later
- Luis Armando Albino was relocated with his family in June
- The long-lost brothers reunited before the elder's death
- Albino now lives under another name on the East Coast
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(NewsNation) — Luis Armando Albino, 79, was finally reunited with his long-lost brother after he was abducted at the age of 6 in 1951.
Albino’s mother made it her life’s mission to find her son after he was abducted by a woman from an Oakland park in 1951.
After Albino’s mother failed to locate him, niece Alida Alequin, 63, dedicated herself to finding the abducted child.
The woman who kidnapped Albino took him to the East Coast and raised him there as if he were their son. To this day, Albino lives on the East Coast.
NewsNation spoke with Alequin, who revealed a DNA test led to a match with Albino before she cross-referenced the findings with newspaper clippings and old photographs.
Alequin told NewsNation of the meeting between Albino and his older brother Roger, 82.
“They hugged; it was a very emotional hug,” Alequin said via phone interview. “Then they sat down and they talked about that day that he was taken, Roger obviously said what he went through, what he saw, what he heard, you know, describing the woman.”
“And then Luis also said, you know what he went through, what he remembered.”
According to Alequin, Albino came out west for a family reunion back in June, and he also visited in July. That visit was his last with Roger, who died in August.
The family is not revealing where on the East Coast Albino grew up and now lives under a different name. He is requesting privacy, and there is also no further information about the couple who raised Albino as their own.
