Family celebrates one year since long-time-coming reunion

By KNXV Staff

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    MESA, Arizona (KNXV) — Last year, a Valley woman got the surprise of her life over the holidays.

After being reunited with her daughter after more than 50 years, in 2024 Sandra Hicks got to prepare for a family Christmas.

In 1970, Hicks had put her daughter up for a closed adoption, meaning she would have no way of knowing where her daughter lived.

But unbeknownst to Hicks, a young woman across the country, a granddaughter Hicks didn’t know existed, had been doing some research.

After reuniting for the first time over Face-Time, and then meeting in-person for the holidays last year, there were no surprises about who Hicks would be spending Christmas with this year.

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