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Bonnie L. Davis shares a hug with her biological mother, Sheila Dean Richardson, during an interview last week at the Free Press. They reconnected five decades after Ms. Davis was adopted shortly after her birth in Kentucky.

Bonnie L. Davis shares a hug with her biological mother, Sheila Dean Richardson, during an interview last week at the Free Press. They reconnected five decades after Ms. Davis was adopted shortly after her birth in Kentucky.

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Mother, daughter reunited 50 years after adoption

Bonnie L. Davis grew up in an adoptive family, but always longed to find her biological mother. But the Richmond middle school English teacher, church musician and creative writer, found it nearly impossible, despite spending years seeking records in Louisville, Ky., where she was born.