Man left in alleyway as an infant searches for birth parents: Part 1

After his adoptive parents died, Bill Gillespie, now 53, began digging in his past and he was not prepared for what he found.

[@AnastasiaZoldak]

He respected his adoptive parents enough to wait until they passed! They should be proud! His parents raised an honorable family man

[@CcC-ct9tb]

And now he is too late because of that. He shouldn’t have had to feel the need to wait for their sake, that’s selfish of them to expect.

[@Jamezevans123]

Speaking as an adoptee, it isn’t disrespectful to adoptive parents for an adoptee to want to find and meet birth family, it’s not an either or situation, you can have both.

[@Jamezevans123]

@@AnastasiaZoldak Don’t comment on things you don’t understand or don’t affect you personally. We shouldn’t have to wait for our adoptive parents to die to search for answers, you’re suggesting that it’s some kind of betrayal or being ungrateful to our adoptive parents to do that, and if we do as you suggested then our birth parents might be dead, and it would be too late to meet them.

[@davcuts2897]

Turns out his birth father had shot and killed a policeman. His mother abandoned him to keep him safe from his father.

[@breshannondevereaux7725]

My Daddy FINALLY adopted me at 36 yrs old! It's NEVER TOO LATE to show your kid how much they mean to you! EVERYONE needs to belong to someone!

[@elenaarman-tang7811]

That is beautiful 😍 I'm so happy for you 😘

[@breshannondevereaux7725]

@@elenaarman-tang7811 Thank You!When Dad and I told our story to the judge, she, the bailiff and stenographer all cried! I was able to sit at Her Honor's bench and take pictures. I was even given a very large and handsome Teddy Bear ( a gift for all adoptees),who sits on my bed to this VERY day! One of the BEST DAYS OF MY LIFE!🥰🥰🥰

[@eneri008]

I love his kids and how sensitive and supportive they are

[@karentucker2161]

As they should be regardless

[@amandaramalho6609]

That man has a wonderful daughter ❤

[@HeatherBarnettHireHeather]

For those pissed about Part 2 not being available, here's a link. But seriously, ABC News, it's messed up to post half the story and not give a way to find the rest. I had to dig for it, and I shouldn't have. At least post a link to the rest of the story in your description. It's not a clever way to force people to your website unless you let them know that's the solution. abcnews.go.com/Nightline/video/53-years-brothers-meet-time-part-53791230

[@SusanMinhTrangNguyen]

Heather Barnett I know it’s a year later but THANK YOU!

[@noneurbusiness6137]

ty heather

[@rachelletresilusdossous8871]

Thanks for the link!

[@rachelohlson2583]

Thank you for the link Heather Barnett.. Much appreciated 👍

[@mpie4056]

Heather Barnett thank you for the link.

[@theonlyberniceLOS]

I bet when his kids were born he held them so tight!!!

[@kyleandrewrobinlatigue356]

I'm so happy for him, he reunites his family. God bless him and God bless to all the people make this happen.

[@ddivincenzo1]

Whatever the circumstances were behind his abandonment, I am glad he found a loving situation.

[@Kreepinsgirl]

ddivincenzo1 I still don't get it, if u wanna leave it ,go to hospital , fire station......but stories with leaving at alleys,Forrest,trash cans.....fuck that, if you defend that you as sick as those people are

[@kabirsardana1282]

couples who decide to abandon their kids just because they were young and then marry and have family do not deserve happiness.

[@doreenmaclean4953]

This story sure grabbed my heart💖. I hoped both parents were alive, but he does have family, to finally meet💙💙. Best wishes, with your journey. What a wonderful person, this woman is, helping others find peace💜. Wow👊😎.....

[@bonitawauls6274]

I can't imagine your loneliness growing up. God loves you and you are so, so special.

[@andreroestenberg6346]

Amazing story. Great that father and daughter can share in the moment and help his journey

[@someonerandom256]

Catholic Charities in Tampa did my first ultrasound with my oldest son, for free, and I'm not even Catholic. I was married so I was no longer on my parents' health insurance, but my husband was in basic training, so I was in limbo insurance wise. They were very kind.

[@harrisoncrystal93]

I found part two by googling him name. He has a half brother, mother died, dad beat mom and shot a cop went to prison for murder so hes come to the conclusion she did it for his well being. Brother wants relationship they are a happy family!

[@dodgyyoutuber9560]

she left him in the street wrapped in a curtain and he thinks she did it for him?

[@joannedeckers9744]

Wow, what a amazing story. Was so happy for both, of the brothers.

[@speedyflygirl3107]

Wow what a revelation so glad it turned out to have a happy ending. Thanks for whoever put the link for part 2.

[@shazabrahim5208]

Thank God indeed for the love in the heart of strangers!

[@kellyparks2712]

It's so disappointing when the end is cut off

[@Littlething41]

Thirsting for Part 2!!!! Oh the agony!!! What a sweet supportive daughter by the way!

[@joannaculver5139]

abcn.ws/2tT1Gnk

[@hihopes2840]

Thanks for posting Part 2 in comments below. He looked so much like his mom. A happy ending.

[@michellejohnson2235]

"I feel bad for my mom". Awww

[@cdekate3144]

The second part deals with finding out biological dad killed a Chicago police and that mother was abused by father. She later marries and has two kids. Both his biological parents are dead as well as one of his half brothers. He is able to meet his half brother and both families end up having a picnic at a park and share old photos of his biological mother.

[@Obrak-Abrik-g8u]

Gonzalo Saldana hi ... Where can find the part 2 ??

[@willc.therapper2707]

I know every single cut in part two without even watching it now. Thank you so much!! 😂😂

[@sixteen.candles.4644]

Damn. Thats pretry rough.

[@knsubramanian9837]

C Dekate :- Your imagination runs a riot!.

[@blueribb99]

This reminds me of "Long Lost Family", which is one of my favorite TV Series - both the UK & US Versions.

[@chelleweatherspoon2226]

DNA testing is amazing. Now, no deadbeat can hide.

[@teslauniversalactivatedtak9916]

Chelle Weatherspoon except, allot of us still cannot afford it. I pray I can one day, as the lies and things done by the fam raised me, are beyond wrong and creepy. I would cry in relief to have real loving family.

[@Samkilla99]

Brookenoel 85 yea but chances are you atleast have a idea of who your birth mother is you have a story a sort of closure if you will not saying your experience was easy or anything I’ve never walked in your shoes, but this is special for those like the guy in the video never had any sort of answers and a ton of questions

[@mangot589]

TeslaUniversalActivateD TakingIT2Dacurbz be careful what you wish for. Maybe they WONT be loving.🤷‍♀️. But since it sounds like who raised you wasn’t that either. I’m so, so, sorry. My dad wasn’t my bio, but I loved him, and visa versa. I met my bio when I was 27. He meant/means nothing to me at all. He’s not a bad GUY, but there’s nothing at all there.

[@texastea5686]

... Or no more lies from moms/women on who the father of their kid is.

[@rahowherox1177]

And plenty of men get set free too...

[@b187kDeso]

God Bless This Man❤

[@michelesims4669]

They were married but still abandoned the baby????

[@gentleeyes]

While she was pregnant the bio dad was beating her and then killed a cop.

[@bonitawauls6274]

Maybe part 2 never got done. I am so happy he found so many answers, at last.

[@HaibTshajHaib]

He got a good loving adopted parents. No need to look for parents that don't want you to begin with. Just be thankful for who you are today.

[@sophyaqueeen6899]

Sure ..He not need looking for nothing .

[@Jamezevans123]

Speaking as an adoptee, it’s not as simple as that. Firstly, an adoptee wanting to find birth family isn’t some kind of betrayal to the family who adopted them, it’s not an either or situation, you can have both. Secondly, the birth mother was being abused by the birth father, she left her baby to save him & be cared for by people he’d be safe with.

[@pinaopina]

My chest is pounding and then the end!! 😕😕😕 I need part 2.

[@pinaopina]

thesunreport thanks 🙏🏼

[@marcelah3016]

❤️

[@gello1979]

Just saw part 2, i cried like a baby 😭

[@thesunreport]

You're Welcome :)

[@katepearson2730]

Dan thanks for that, made me cry it’s beautiful and he found out his mum did what she did out of love for him! 🥰 😍

[@elizabethderrenkamp6787]

Great story with a great ending.

[@NikkiVelazquez]

I love this story!!!

[@rosicrosslin1867]

Folks can y'all share a link of part 2 of this story. I was almost crying.. Thanks.

[@mariebelle3493]

My dad lives in my town and I haven't seen him in 22 years !! I wish I was adopted! Imagine that

[@nanettewhite8269]

Wow. I hope you're doing well

[@mariebelle3493]

@@nanettewhite8269 still the same! He never met his grand child who is about to turn 23 years old!!

[@nanettewhite8269]

@@mariebelle3493 you know what Marie, God has put you in a place of peace and prosperity. You have a beautiful child and you are blessed. Every child deserves a parent but not every parent deserves a child. You made sure you handled your business on your end so remember you are in a good place right now. As for your father I wish no ill will against him that is his lost but this is your gain.🤩

[@mariebelle3493]

@@nanettewhite8269 I needed this! Thank you so much 🌹

[@joanbowden7634]

Such a cute, lil chunky baby! 😆

[@ariesdelfuego]

I didnt know Steve Carrell's brother was abandoned in an alley

[@arispemissy5500]

Olivia Bishop I know right.He favors him lol

[@mysnellvilleblog]

I thought so too

[@arispemissy5500]

Darla may be Steve's long lost brother😳

[@vilynscagayana3773]

I thought he does look like Steve Carell.

[@walkingtrails7776]

Hahaha! It's so cute he looks exactly like he did in his baby picture !

[@florencebrawner3011]

I watched the part two after having to search for it. It's a little over a minute long. I feel like we are still missing part of the story. Does anyone know where the rest of it is?

[@shellyamichelle]

What is the biological parents don't want to be found and don't want to be bothered? If if you throw me in the trash I'm not looking for you.

[@gubjorggisladottir3525]

a "reunion" is something that can only occur if the people have met before. English is NOT my native language, but even I know that if people are meeting for the first time... then it is not a reunion at all.

[@NativeNYerChicHK]

Where’s part 2 😫😫😫

[@lazerman121]

It will come but they never post part 3 -_-.

[@aldenducusin2642]

Where is part 2 please?

[@aldenducusin2642]

@@lindadepaul Thank You so much

[@trude_in_adelaide]

Thank you for sharing. So happy for him. I could see a resemblance. :)

[@Miriam-fk9wr]

LindaDePaul, thank you for being kind in sharing part two of the video, it brought tears.

[@lisaoldwithsomanywhys5487]

watched part 2 👏 is there a part 3? so emotional❣️

[@oliviachen692]

Where is the Part 1? We like to watch his happy reunion with his half brother. Or, this half brother does not want the tape to be published or he does not want to be shown. Well, after half century! God bless him and his family!

[@JensLife]

I'm not crying, you're crying.😭

[@tendays456]

No it’s you that’s crying 😭 🤧

[@maygreen8758]

You lying, you crying just like me here.

[@d1redman]

You are really ticking me off! Why not link the other parts or better yet post the whole video!

[@chritopherherrera2349]

May GOD bleaa him and his family.

[@rahmahhussein116]

Why search for people that didnt even consider you worthy of care, they literally left you in the trash. THEY DONT CARE ABOUT YOU!!!

[@janicepoole9541]

Here is part 2! abcnews.go.com/Nightline/video/53-years-brothers-meet-time-part-53791230

[@OfficerFiveO]

Where is part 2

[@thesunreport]

abcnews.go.com/nightline?cid=clicksource_4380645_footer_nightline

[@gentleeyes]

Why do you cut off the end on all of these foundling stories???

[@cynthiacastaneda6687]

God.... This made me cry

[@cbenjamin7582]

So happy they finally adopted for laws in NY that allows for adults who drop off newly born children at safe locations: (i.e., hospitals, police stations) *not* to be a questioned. Just pass the child off safely. It saves lives. Children have died in the process of people trying to avoid _shame._ God Bless them.

[@nancymcmonarch]

If anyone had dumped me in an alley as a baby, I don't think I'd be in any hurry to meet them.

[@gentleeyes]

So since it is cut off it turns out the man's bio dad killed a police officer and beat the mom while she was pregnant.

[@MsVictoria4ever]

Stinkers! I was on the edge of my seat to see the rest of the story!

[@t-jayferris8899]

abcnews.go.com/Nightline/video/53-years-brothers-meet-time-part-53791230

[@LambentLark]

That wasn't as satisfying as it should have been. Tell ya what, they ain't getting no like or subscribe from me. In fact from now on, if i see ABC news channel attached, ill keep looking for something else.

[@esthergreer5941]

Great daughter. She didn't want her dad to face anything alone

[@margaretferry1643]

So happy for all of you !!!

[@enochjoshuawang9053]

I like talking to the few people in the comments, it's quiet in here. Anyone else?

[@enochjoshuawang9053]

I spent more time talking to people than watching the actual video, fyi

[@chloetran7013]

Well, right now there's 15 comments so not a lot.

[@maryjanegreen7601]

I'm procrastinating. Got lots to do.

[@SUGAR_XYLER]

XD

[@thinkinoutloud.1]

Would you know where to find part 2 to Mr. Gillespie's abandonment story?

[@bennomedina-quinsella4763]

2 minutes in and the tears are flowing...I know there are certainly circumstances for every one of these cases, but I would have to be killed for me to let go of my child...absolutely heart-breaking...

[@ericjennings853]

it would have been easier for the guy to just do an ancestry test first before anything and just ask his highest related matches who he was

[@Emy53]

If this man was left on top of a pile of garbage, imagine the shock of finding the mother that left him there...seriously, was he truly left on top of a pile of garbage????

[@jazzyjazz3049]

Hopefully there will be caring orphanages for this upcoming generation of unplanned babies in the US.

[@MadinBt]

@ABC News... please upload part 2, thank you.

[@thesunreport]

abcnews.go.com/nightline?cid=clicksource_4380645_footer_nightline

[@cathyblaylock9390]

Would love to see part two

[@021Ivory]

There you go.. part2 abcnews.go.com/Nightline/video/53-years-brothers-meet-time-part-53791230

[@FaithandNova]

@@021Ivory thank you

[@gloriamulwa5317]

@@021Ivory thank you😊

[@famuzzstarr]

He looks just like him mom!

[@lyleeggmolesse5330]

I get Pam Slaton and Cece Moore mixed up because they help alot of people who are adopted and they're great women.

[@donaDsejdiu793]

Is there a part 2 it is so emotional for him being abandoned and than learning his parents passed and than he has siblings.It's so hard.I want to se an update.

[@CTmealplanner6387]

DNA is the only way I was able to find out who my grandmother’s biological mother is. And it’s the reason my mom and I may be able to find out who her mom’s biological father is.

[@AhmedHassan-ed5ue]

Amazing story wow

[@despinavorias8205]

they through you in the garbage and you are looking for your birth mother ? she should be punished

[@clairevancleave1508]

It’s a shame that parts II and on weren’t easily findable from this abc news report…poor story continuity.

[@amazingsupergirl7125]

If she didn’t have the decency to give him up for adoption why couldn’t she at the least leave him in a hospital, doctors office, church, orphanage, restaurant, mall, store, a random house.......anywhere other than where the trash is set out.

[@janicemartin1580]

It seems likely, the biofather abanded him in alleyway rather than biomother. Amazing he was found. Alive.

[@louisasmiles]

He meets his brother and they sound exactly alike.

[@bubujooestes1499]

What happened ?The story is incomplete.Don't start something you can't finish. Intriguing story.

[@beverlychristensen1530]

thanks to Pam I have a story of my own father went missing 50 years ago dead now by his age all my searches turned up empty I am 63 years old and long for the truth perhaps you could help me. Not sure how you would reach Me as too many scams on Internet to put my info but perhaps I can find your info on this site although I am not very savvy

[@carolshoup6758]

Google .. Man left in alleyway, Part 2

[@noraelias2304]

Man left in alleyway, part 2

[@rosielee2315]

Did you find your brother

[@delwynmairs7641]

Man left in alley way pt 2

[@gena3782]

What happens when the Parents don’t want to know their child? It does happen.

[@Simplefunstuff]

Well I hope the connection with his brother was good. They both seem nice.

[@LJ-ln3js]

Where is Part 2? Why post Part 1 with no link for the ending?

[@florindacollins864]

this is emotional to watch.....

[@AGM-ts5bb]

Eats, shoots and leaves. Thought a man was left in an alleyway, while a baby looked for his mum!

[@theresedegesero8844]

Bless his heart

[@yazipanayaz0899]

where parts 2 please

[@ilovenoodles7483]

Well, since we're all here on KZbin, and it might be a long shot...., but was anybody born in San Antonio or Universal City in '77, '78 or '79, possibly on the Air Base there, with the birth name of Richard, by chance? You may not even know that you have been adopted or not. Reply back. Disclaimer: serious people only. This isn't a joke. This is people's lives that we're talking about.

[@firesong83]

I hate these videos that only give you half of the story. ABC News sucks

[@joannaculver5139]

abcn.ws/2tT1Gnk

[@clarissathompson]

For Part 2, Google the ABC go page and the words man-meets-birth-family-time-53-years. Looks like previous comments with direct links to it have been deleted.

[@James-b7p2k]

Great to see part two happy ending

[@James-b7p2k]

Penny Dupre hs hun I watched it

[@LambentLark]

Seriously? What the hell? Where is part 2? You don't even have a link to it in the description? This is not professional work. Way to loose viewership geniuses.

[@lorettawymbs6936]

What a good man!

[@sissyblackwidowspider7529]

U cut the moment .ABC, whats up?

[@charlespittsjr604]

I think his mom knew the times when cops would do patrols and put him down by the fence in anticipation of cops coming soon .

[@mysnellvilleblog]

DNA processed correctly doesn’t lie but DNA results CAN be wrong sometimes- for example, the lab technician’s DNA can accidentally get into the sample.

[@AddisababaEthiopia2024]

Meanwhile, my family wishes I just go away.

[@enochjoshuawang9053]

I feel you, sometimes I wish I could run away from home too.

[@gamerpro021]

SpiderBurger just don't do anything stupid.

[@FaithandNova]

Hey you're not alone. I've been abandoned by my family also. Always remember you share dna with those your are related to but your family are those who love you

[@Marimilitarybrat]

If your family is unhealthy and you are not, that would make you foreign to them. If you locate a Celebrate Recovery group in your area, you will find a new and healthy group of people who will be like a family for you. I promise.

[@forestsprite5914]

Many times, the best family are the ones you get to choose! And there is absolutely nothing wrong with that!

[@DubblyaDottie]

Morgan the daughter doesn’t know who Mother Mary and Baby Jesus is!!

[@ilciavargas7318]

So what was the end and what is the point on bringing half of the story?.

[@michelleburnett533]

It didn't say anything about the girl Andrea finding her mom ,

[@angelar1500]

Ugh... Found part 2, extremely short, is there more? Now I want to know why he was left in the alley, did anyone else know about him being born? Ugh... Help!

[@jmk6110]

Plot twist: Pam, the lady trying to help him, is his mother.

[@wandastevens3183]

I think personally that she more than likely lived in one of the houses where she could see across there to see if her baby was found by someone .....

[@sophia66404]

Why would you look for someone that abandoned you.... No way

[@OreoTime1]

Gee! Nice ending. Where is Part 2? I can't find it.