hospital closed down in 1979 and now the site of a senior apartment complex. zella never received a birth certificate or death certific e certificate. it was like diane never existed. did any of the nurses or doctors say would you like to see her? >> no, they did not do that, never. >> reporter: across the country in eugene, oregon, a woman born the very same day who had been adopted always wondering why her birth mother had given her away. melanie gilmore lost her hearing from an illness when she was a child found a piece of paper when it years ago that said her birth mother's name was zella jackson. her adoptive mother told her her birth mother passed away. melanie and her daughter tell us what happened after her adopted mother got sick in the '80s. >> translator: before she died she was afraid to tell me that my mom was alive. and i told her that i forgive you and i love you. >> reporter: a search would begin and as melanie closed in