Searching for them. He wanted them. Reporter obsessed with finding his missing children, from when hed been a young Army Sergeant in south korea, another country, another lifetime ago. The twins hed been forced to leave behind but could never forget. You had no way of knowing it that day, as you boarded the plane, that was the last time you would see your children. They were taken away from me. Reporter but if anyone can bring them back together again, this woman can a professional people searcher that 20 20 brought in. This will be okay. Reporter she is his last, best hope his only hope. Hes been through hell and back. Work with me. Lets make this right. Reporter so tonight, come a 45yearold cold case, a mad dash across two continents and all the detective work. Lets see how persuasive i can be. Reporter the detours. Nobody called you to say your kids are being adopted . Well, thats bull they could have been separated. Reporter the blind alleys and brandnew leads. Im coming. Youre not getting rid of me. Reporter the hope and the heartache. So messed up. I found both of them. No way. Way. They are both alive. Oh, my god reporter the unforgettable emotion of a family about to be reunited. Are you ready to meet your twins . Tonight on 20 20, the searchers. Im elizabeth vargas. And im david a story thats quite fitting as so many families come together. Alan thomas serveduny in viel facebook, and asked how theyima 20 20. T young lady i want to talk to. Im the girl, hopefully for the job. Y mossyrock, washington, to join forces with former Sergeant Allen thomas. The retired veteran fought for his country. Now, pam vows to fight for him. If i dont get the answers i want, ill work my way to the top. But i can assure you that if anyones going to try hard its going to be me. So that much i can guarantee you, okay . Its fair enough, i reckon. Come on in. Reporter allens daughter eg nice to meet you. You okay . These are fo reporter pam brings flowers and hugs, and hope. This will be okay, this will be okay. My names pamela slaton. Im an investigative genealogist, and my passion is reuniting people. I put in the biological fathers name. Reporter you may remember pams work in a previous episode heartwarming, sometimes heartstopping revelations about missing loved ones. On a neverending search for the missing pieces of peoples lives. With her husband mike at the wheel, pams personal story is never far from her mind. She too was adopted and tracked down her birth mother. Now shes putting her years of experience to work for allen thomas. His story begins in 1966, the year of bonanza, the beaes and the baltimore orioles. But half a world away, south korea is still a divided and dangerous country with its hairtrigger demilitarized zone. That is where the u. S. Army sent this 19yearold g. I. To work on helicopters. Had you ever been overseas before . No, no, the first time i had been overseas, i excited in a way and scared, uh, homesick. Reporter korea had a thriving nightlife luring all those Young American servicemen. And allen soon met a woman at the noncommissioned officers club. Her name was sunkeum. But he had a very american nickname for his new companion. He called her connie. She was five years older than him, with a son from a previous relationship named jame. What was she like . Short, petite. Reporter mmhmm. Very nice. Reporter then connie got pregnant. Was that a surprise . Yeah. Yeah. It was great surprise far as i was concerned, i think it was with her, too. And, you know, so yeah, i was all for it, you know . Reporter when the time came, september 10th, 1967, allen rushed connie to the hospital in and when did you find out it was twins . Oh, we didnt find out it was twins till she had them. Reporter are you kidding . No. Wow, i remember that day, yeah. Reporter what was it like setting eyes for the first time on these two little babies . I loved it. I got a family right now. I was really super proud. Reporter connie and the proud father named the twins sandra and james. About a year later, as soon as the military would allow it, allen married connie and adopted her older son, jame. Judging by the old photos, the twins and their big brother were inseparable. Yeah, really fond, fond memories. Reporter but when his tour in korea ended, allen says he could not get his new family back to the united states. The twins were already american citizens with passports, but there was a problem with passports for connie and jame. Allen figured it was just a matter of time and red tape. And we were corresponding and she kept asking for money so i kept sending her money. Reporter how often would you hear from her . You know, thinking back on it, every time i heard from her seemed like she wanted more money. Reporter allen wanted to get back to korea and his family so badly he volunteered to serve in vietnam, now a war at its worst, 30 days leave in korea. More than 11,000 americans would be killed in 1969 in vietnam. Back home, the Antiwar Movement with its protest songs was in full swing. You asked to go to vietnam in 1969 . Oh, yes, maam. I figured if i went over there, i would extend, then id go to korea and get this situation squared away. Reporter you were hoping to be able to visit korea, visit your children. Visit korea, yeah, and see whats going on. Reporter and visit connie, and see whats going on. But when he finally got to korea, more than a year had passed, and while he loved seeing the children, things with connie were strained. A lot of things had changed. Reporter like what . Our relationship. I could tell right off, and i sensed that things were different. Reporter he still remembers the day he had to leave to return to the war. Connie, the twins and jame went with him to the airport. I said my goodbyes, but when i turned and started walking on the plane, you know very hard. Reporter it was hard . Just hard. Reporter why . Because youd had that special 30 days with your kids and i couldnt turn around. Reporter why . Because i i wouldnt leave. Reporter theres a snapshot from that day allen has saved all these years. It shows little james saluting his dad the sergeant. You had no way of knowing it that day, as you boarded the plane back for vietnam, but that was the last time you would see your children. Mmhmm. Yeah. Reporter allen kept sending support, including u. S. Savings bonds, until his letters began bouncing back from korea. And then he heard from connie one last time. She wrote offering to hand over the twins now 7 years old if allen would come get them. At that time i had just w through a bankruptcy, it was really hard, and there was just no way i could get, get over there. Reporter thats when allen says connie vanished, somewhere in south korea, taking the children with her. He couldnt even find her to serve the divorce papers. Army, married a woman in his home town and began raising a family in colorado. Went to work as a machinist in a factory. But even with his growing family in the united states, allen never forgot about that family in south korea. My mom had helped my dad search for so long, they did everything they could with the resources that they had. But always seemed to run into roadblocks. Reporter four decades worth of roadblocks, but they are no match for searcher pam slaton. Help this man. Have compassion. Hes been through hell and back. Work with me. Lets make this right. Reporter when we come back, a tearstained letter that reveals stunning news about the whereabouts of allens twins. Are they closer than allen ever realized . Stay with us. Its a good thing that you are working with humana and your doctor to maintain your health. 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Once again, elizabeth vargas. Reporter the epic story of a soldier searching for his twins now leaps across time and distance from an Army Airfield in 1960s south korea, to the present day and a home in south jersey. Thats where we find pam slaton. And thats where she finds lost loved ones. Theres probably 15, 20 cases in there. Reporter pam slaton is an author and a onewoman forced to give up my 7yearold daughter, please help us find our son. C comprehend how many people are hurting and still out there trying to find somebody ife. A my twins is about to spark a worldwide searti with veteran allen thomas, he shows her two letters that broke his heart. They arrived in the early 1980s frand the Ar OrganizationAsian American children abandoned in away their children, the twins. And amazingly, the letters say he would have no legal right to his children. You must have been apoplectic. I mean, what do yoy,me father. I was highly, highly. Where are my rights . I was told i had no rights. Reporter there was o of good news in that letter. It said the twins had been adopted, together, in the unit okay, so this is 1980 now. Youre finding out these kids were adopted out into the u. S. . Nice to meet you all. Reporter but since that allen gets a m named keonsu lee. It turns out lee is a policeman in seoul specializing in finding missing children, a korean he runs an investi korea and holds the world record for finding over 3,000 missing children. I feel like i need to go on a plane and go to korea, but i dont speak the language. Reporter thats when the worldwide resources of abc news went to work for allen. In seoul, south korea, abc news bureau chief joohee cho helps us pull back the curtain on the fourdecade mystery. Her first stop, a meeting with mr. Lee. Translator the most important thing for us is to figure out the mothers identity. Reporter almost immediately, a breakthrough. Lee finds the twins mother allens exwife connie, she is listed in the korean government registry. She gave birth to twins. And also she was married to allen thomas. So were like, bingo yay. Reporter but the registry says connie died in 2007. It was her heart. So joohees next stop on the advice of mr. Lee is korea social service, a small Adoption Agency. Joohee mentions connies korean name to the woman at the agency. When i told her the name of pae seongeun, and she had twins and, you know, there was this whole story on facebook, i got a feeling that she knew who i was talking about, but she wouldnt admit it. Reporter the agency tells her allen has no right to access the adoption records, but there is someone who does. She said, only siblings have rights to ask for it. She gave me that hint. It was like, wow we didnt even know that loophole. Reporter remember little jame . The twins older brother, the boy allen adopted when he married connie. Joohee finds him. All grown up now, married with children, he now holds the key to finding the lost siblings, allens twins, back in america. The doors were locked, unless jame gave you the key, in essence, with his permission. Yes. Reporter but theres a problem. Even after all these years, jame resents allen thomas, the man who once adopted him because he believes allen abandoned them. When you first contacted jame, he wanted nothing to do with you. He said no. Reporter joohee goes to visit jame and his wife in person. Jame remembers the day his little half brother and sister vanished. Translator i came home after school and they were gone. I asked my mother about the twins and she told me they went somewhere, so i just accepted that. Reporter joohee shares some insight about why connie may have given up the twins for adoption. What would it have been like for these children in, growing up in south korea, these g. I. Babies . Impossible for the mothers to raise them because they wouldve been disowned by their family if they reporter if they brought home a mixedrace baby . It was considered that bad. It was, yes. Reporter still reluctant, jame is finally persuaded by his wife to give permission for the Adoption Agency to release the records. M slaton is in the u. S. To receive them. I woke up. And i could see that i got an email from korea. And i cant even tell you how excited i was. Reporter this was the break shed been waiting for. In korea had changed the twins date of birth making them appear to be a year younger and making tracing them nearly impossible. So you had spent all that time searching. Yes, yes. Reporter and had that birth date off by a year and a month. Yeah. Reporter but pam is finding out nothing is easy with this search. And i start working my databases over and over again, and im coming up empty again. Reporter even with the correct birth date . Even with the correct date of birth. Reporter everpersistent, pam goes looking for the twins adoption records. There are copies in the archives of the pearl s. Buck foundation in pennsylvania. Pam calls, but gets nowhere. And i said, well, please let your boss know, ill be stopping by. Ill be in the area. I was kind of like, im coming. Youre not getting rid of me. Im presently in percasie, pennsylvania. Im about to go see the pearl buck foundation, i dont know ag to disclose to me. Lets see how persuasive i can be. Reporter not persuasive enough, as it turns out. They still offer no help. Because adoption records here are kept private by law. I got all queens girl. Reporter you went queens girl on her . I went queens girl, being the stubborn woman that i am, i call the agency back, can you check whats known as the order of adoption . She gets back on the phone. Shes like, wow, she said, youre right. Their names were changed. Reporter changed to what . Well, i said, i said, for instance, sandra, something may be similar to sandra . She said, something similar. Reporter wow. What about james . James first names completely changed. She said, however, he did keep part of his name. Well, thats telling me his first name, james, is now, probably, his middle name. So i said, well, thank you very much. I will try not to bother you again. Reporter so the two of you are basically playing a little game. Were playing a game. Cough if im close. Reporter right. With the correct date of birth, and information that allens son may have the middle name james pam dives back into her databases. So, i figured, okay, let me pop james in the middle, see what i get. And im going through all my list, and then this one person, Timothy James parker catches my eye. Reporter Timothy James parker, could he be half of the 40yearold mystery . When we come back, pam gives him a call. And someone answers his phone. I said, is he a twin . Reporter the answer ahead. 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She finds a number for a man in missouri named Timothy James parker. Pam believes he could be allens longlost son. Hes not home when she calls, but a roommate answers. And i said, well, is he by any chance korean . He said, oh yeah, he is. I said, oh, i said, um, is he a twin . He says, yeah. I said, he has a twin sister named he says, yeah, susan. I was like, oh, my gosh. I mean reporter you did it. I had to contain myself. Reporter now pam has a name for the female twin, named sandra when she was born in korea. She is now susan living in wisconsin. Now, i jump on the computer. I run, susan parker. Boom. There it is. Reporter wow. And i just got goosebumps because it was this incredible moment. You with me . Reporter pam gives her a call. And she just got so emotional, so emotional, straight out of the gates. Are you sitting down . Reporter after four decades, pam had solved the puzzle in four months. But before pam tells allen what shes found, she calls tim parker again. This time hes home. I called back tim, and he was a little bit nontrusting of me, and i assured him of my motives. I told him that i was helping someone that was very interested in knowing where he was. Reporter so you didnt say it was his father. I didnt. I felt like i needed to sit down with mr. Thomas, before i did anything like that, and he said to me, im surprised. I didnt think anyone cared enough about me to look for me. Reporter tim said that . He did, and if he only knew. Reporter wow. Pam believes this is the type of news you need to deliver in person. So she heads back out to washington state. Its a case that felt overwhelming to me. And now that i get to get in a car today, and go see mr. Thomas, this man thats had this broken heart for 40 years, to be able to sit in front of him, and give him this news, i mean, thats incredible. It really is incredible. Hey hello, hello. Come on in. My old friend. How are you . Im fine, fine. How are you . Im so im so glad to see you guys. I just happened to be in the neighborhood. Well, good. I heard you got some fairly news . Yeah, ive got progress, is what i have. Progress is good news. Reporter when pam sits down with charlene and allen, im the one that lost all the rights. Now all of a sudden theyre in the states, now i lost all my rights in the states . I cant find them. What l i still have a right to know who in the hell adopted them. Pardon me. Allen still hasnt figured out why pam has returned to his living room. He assumes the search has been in vain. Do you think i came all this way out here to show you paperwork . I dont know. I guess. I dont know, i thought i had to sign something so we can go to court. But if you need me to go to court, ill go. We dont need to go to court. Why not . Did you find out where they are . I found both of them. No way. I found them. Theyre both alive. And theyre in the states . Theyre in the states. Reporter charlene seems to grasp the significance first. Oh, my gosh reporter allen looks stunned. I have been slowly chatting with your son. I spoke with him, and he doesnt know that youre searching for him yet, but he is expecting a call today if youre up to it. Oh, my god yeah, were up for it. His immediate kneejerk reaction is, do they want to talk to me . Is this going to be okay . And i said, they actually both want to talk to you. Reporter he was afraid that they thought, and they had thought that he had abandoned them. Right. Reporter and allens biggest fear is about to be confirmed. One of the things he said, i said, did you ever think about finding anyone in your birth family . And he said to me, i didnt think it was possible, and he said, and quite honestly, i didnt think anyone ever cared enough about me to look for me. But now, dad, now, because he was a little kid, and he couldnt know. He didnt understand, but now youre going to be able to show him. Thats going to be such a blessing for him. Its so messed up. They felt abandoned. But dad, you didnt abandon them. I know that, but they dont. And now he gets to know that. Reporter after all those desperate decades, the moment allen has waited for half his life is almost here. But when pam offers to get the twins on the phone, allen hesitates. Its all just too much. I just got to get it together before i make a phone call. Its okay if you cry. It is okay. Anybody would cry. You didnt know. Yeah, ive got to take a break. Yeah. Reporter coming up, allen makes that phone call. Ive been searching a long time for you. Reporter and his longlost twins call him a name hes been waiting 40 years to hear. She called me dad. After everything they went through, still called me dad. Ugh, no bars. Oh no, looks like somebody needs a new network. En i got this unlimited plan they told me they were all the same. Theyre not. Verizon has the largest, mostreliable 4g lte network in america. 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Reporter after 40 years and many months of investigation, l in korea, can finally be told. In may of 1976, a plane from seoul, south korea, arrives at new yorks kennedy airport. Aboard are two korean children, brother and sister, twins. Allen thomas lost children coming to live in the same country as their father, if only he had known. Hi reporter here she is, the twin allen named sandra, now called susan, all grown up. The little girl in those pictures all those years ago, missing from her fathers life for decades. Lost and now at long last, found. She says all she remembers as she and her brother flew to america is being alone. If there was a tearful heart wrenching goodbye with their mother, susan doesnt remember it. What do you remember about your mom . The sad thing is, i dont remember much. Reporter really . I see her off and on, in and out the door of the house. Reporter mmhmm. And thats it. I dont recall anything about talking to her, hugs, kisses, nothing like that. Reporter she wasnt affectionate with you . I dont recall. Reporter she does recall a stay in an orphanage in korea, and then a long flight to somewhere. We were in an airplane. We flew, then we landed and heres some people grabbing us. Someone that we dont even know. Reporter speaking a language you didnt speak. No. They didnt even understand what they were saying either. Reporter right. Oh. I have to just tell you, my heart just breaks. Im about to cry, but im being very strong here. Reporter thats a really traumatic thing to happen to two little children. Yes. Reporter she and her brother, originally james, now named Timothy James, are taken to their new home in rural pennsylvania where they and five other adopted children are all raised by jean parker, a single mother, and a professor at this local university. Susan says someone back in korea probably in a misguided attempt to comfort her had told her that if she didnt like america after ten days she could come home. So i counted ten days, packed my stuff, and start walking. Reporter so ten days, you were like, okay, im done, i want to go home. Im ready, i got my stuff ready, im walking, didnt even realize that its overseas but somehow im going. Reporter how far did you get . End of the driveway. Reporter and what do you remember about jean, the woman who adopted you . Amazing woman. Im very grateful for this lady who adopted seven kids. Without her, i dont know where i would be. Reporter susan thrived in school. Voted most studious and most athletic. She went on to get a degree in education. H her husband and their two children who have never known their grandfather. Tim struggled finding his way in the world, but hes doing well now. Hes a trucker and a driving instructor living in missouri. They never heard from their biological mother connie after coming to the united states. In college, susan wrote her a letter. I am doing okay, how are you . Stuff like that, but nothing mean. Reporter you didnt ask her say the first word would be why, questionmark, but no, i didnt do that. Reporter you didnt write why. No. Reporter what were you hoping for . I was hoping to get Something Back from her. Whether just a simple, hi, just Something Back saying, hey, im okay, and so on. But, nothing. They moved. Reporter so you were never told that you had a father. Who had been in your life, for the first few years of your life . Never. Never seen the pictures, i havent heard nothing about having a dad. Reporter now allen, with his daughter charlene by his side, is about to speak to his newfound twins. They were 4 years old when he last saw them. They are now 48. Are you ready to do this . Yeah. Okay. Im going to dial this for you. Reporter what was your biggest fear . Will they want anything to do with me . You know . Reporter was the single most important thing you think they needed to hear . That i didnt abandon them. That you always loved them and you were always looking for them. Yeah. They always had a family. Hi, tim . Reporter pam gets tim on the phone. So, tim, this has been a long road. I am actually working with your biological father. Biological father . Yes, your american father has been searching for you for a long time, but let me explain what happened. You mean, wait, wait. Are you telling me hes still alive . I am telling you he is still alive, yes. Tim . How are you doing . Reporter and then its time for a long overdue fatherson talk. Ive been looking for you for a long time, and im glad i finally got a hold of you. I just cant believe this is my actual father. Well it is, believe me. The last time i saw you was in 1971 in korea. Im just very happy that you found me, and im happy that im talking to you. I have a father. Yes, of course, youve always had a father. We never forgot you. Youve always been a member of this family. You didnt know it but you always have been and always will be. Reporter and now its time for allen to talk to the other twin, his daughter susan. He has missed so many milestones. Hello . Okay, susan. Youre a hard girl to track down. Ive been looking for you for quite a while. I just cant believe this is real. I mean, i cant believe im talking to you. I know, i know. I am too. Its hard, isnt it . I know, im an all grown woman, and here i am acting like a baby, crying. No, youre not. Besides that, youre still my baby, so its all right. Its okay. Reporter making those emotional phone calls, allen discovered something that concerned him. How long has it been since you and tim have seen each other . The twins havent seen each other or even spoken in 12 years. They cant even remember how they fell out of touch, but when we bring tim and susan to new york city hi. Lizabeth. And you know your sister. The twins quickly embrace. How you doing . I miss you. Got to get a hug again. Reporter come have a seat. E on the telephone and they know the odyssey he endured to find them, including those changed birth dates. So you actually have a different birth date. I hate to tell you guys youre older by a year than you thought you were. Thank you. Reporter not good news, susan . Surrounded by images provided by allen, tim is brought back to his childhood. I remember that we took those pictures. And thats always on my mind. Reporter photographs and phone calls are one thing, but what allen really wants to do is put his arms around the children he lost when he was just a young father. Are you ready to meet your twins . Yeah. Reporter all right. Come on, lets go. After more than 40 years, it is going to happen. Stay with us. Its over. Ive found a permanent escape from monotony. Together, we are perfectly balanced, our senses awake, our hearts racing as one. I know this is sudden, but they say if you love something. Set it free. 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Phil murphy made his fortune in a rigged system. Now the jersey machine has lined up with murphy and his millions. Leaders should stand for the people, not the political machine. As a prosecutor, at treasury, and as head of the brennan center, ive taken on the powerful from the mafia, to the nra, to the dark money that poisons our politics. Ill be nobodys governor but yours. Reporter allen thomas is about to have a facetoface Family Reunion just about half a century in the making. Yeah, pretty awesome. You guys did a pretty good job. Reporter a worldwide search launched by 20 20 located his longlost twins in the united states, and the moment of truth is about to replace the mementos that hes carried close to his heart all these years. That handful of photos. Yeah. Its all i had, all these years so i just, wherever i went they went, so. Reporter weve brought them all to new york. As the twins approach, the expectations are building to a crescendo. I think were just real excited to be able to see their face and touch them. Because then its real . Because, yeah, to me they still look like the little kids in the picture. Reporter are you ready to meet your twins . Yeah. A long time. Reporter lets go. How many years in the making . 40something years. Reporter susan, this is your dad. Tim, this is your dad. Come here hi. I missed you so much. Great to see you. Reporter a reunion with the most fantastic of expectations has been realized. Youre my actual father. Im standing right here looking at you and i still cannot get the grasp that you are my father. Reporter we gave the twins their first look at their original birth certificates, which allen had kept all these years. You see, thats the original, so. That was my name . James allen thomas . But your first name is your middle name. Timothy james. Reporter and a keepsake only a parent would cherish. This here i used to give you baths in, believe it or not. Both of you almost drowned a couple times. Reporter but the old family photos bring up hard feelings for the twins, sent away by their mother. Your mom looks kind of glamorous in that photo. Yes, she does. And you do look a lot like your mother. Every time i look at her, i just get frustrated. Me too. And forgive me for saying that. There is some hatred in me, of which i should never have that, but you are kind of mad, you know . Reporter its a terrible way to remember your mother. But their half brother, jame, and his wife in korea say theres another side to the story. Translator my motherinlaw thought that allen had left her and the kids because he met someone while he was in vietnam. Reporter so why were the children sent to the u. S. . Translator it meant huge success at that time to be going to america. Equivalent to paradise. Everyone would dream of going to the land of the u. S. This is your mother . Reporter abc seoul bureau chief joohee cho says jame and his wife believe connie regretted giving the twins up for adoption. It seems to have haunted her until the day she died. She would just go to anyone in the neighborhood and say, if you see any twins, koreanamerican twins, looking for mrs. Pae, thats me, thats me. Make sure that they call me. And she would just look over the photo albums, and her daughterinlaw said shed just cry and just touch the photos. Reporter jame has one more family secret hidden in an old ginseng box. Its a tin time capsule stuffed with mementos of a life that might have been. Snapshots of connie. Letters from allen. And look at this, the savings bonds allen sent all those years ago. She had saved them all her life. Is it possible she planned to give this modest inheritance to her twins one day when they returned . If so, that day never came. Allens Facebook Page is percolating tonight. Hundreds of wellwishers like the news of the big reunion. This is the best news ever. Amazing so glad for you all. So, so wonderful. So overjoyed. Its good to see him reunited with his children. I hope that they can make up for the lost times. I am in tears. Reporter few people in life, in their jobs, have the chance to do something that changes somebodys life. Which is what youve done for these three people. What is that like . Its amazing. I feel im sorry, i dont know why im emotional, ive been doing this 20 years. I feel blessed that people trust me enough to allow me into their world. Its an honor. When you get to say, this is over. The healings going to begin. Im a lucky girl. Reporter and the Thomas Family feels lucky to be hitting new york citys korea town to remember their roots and catch up. The twins tease their dad, trying to get him to try the fermented korean favorite, kimchi. But allen is satisfied to simply savor their company. 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