Luis Armando Albino went lacking in February 1951 after being kidnapped in Oakland, California, when he was 6 years outdated. Now, he’s in his 70s and remains to be alive. Due to his niece Alida Alequin, Armando was positioned utilizing a web based ancestry check, based on Mercury Information.
Greater than 70 years in the past, Albino was kidnapped when a girl lured him in by providing him sweet. On the time, he was enjoying along with his older brother, Roger, in a park. Afterward, she took Albino to the East Coast, and he was reportedly raised by a pair as if he have been their very own son. His late mom, Antonia Albino, didn’t surrender on her son, although. For years, she had a sense that her son was nonetheless alive and saved his image in her front room, based on a number of retailers. Albino’s mom died on the age of 92 in 2005.
Armando’s niece instructed Mercury Information, “She had hope she would see him. She by no means gave up that hope.”
In 2020, Alequin took a web based ancestry check, which required her to supply a DNA pattern. The pattern gave a 22 % match to her uncle, however she initially didn’t make the connection that Albino was her relative. Earlier this 12 months, nonetheless, Alequin and different relations searched via outdated newspapers to find out if the younger baby who went lacking within the Fifties might be her uncle.
#LuisArmandoAlbino is alive.
70 years in the past, at solely 6YO outdated, Luis was lured with the promise of sweet by a girl who kidnapped him.
A pair ended up elevating him as their very own.
He turned a marine and a firefighter.
In any case these a long time, Luis was reunited along with his brother.
— Jennifer Coffindaffer (@CoffindafferFBI) September 23, 2024
Alequin then took her findings to the Oakland Police, who helped look into the lead she had. Albino additionally offered a DNA pattern to regulation enforcement, and his identification was confirmed. Authorities instructed the Mercury Information that Alequin’s search “performed an integral function to find her uncle.”
Finally, Albino reunited along with his household. Alequin described their joyful reunion to the publication, noting that her uncle “hugged [her] and mentioned, ‘Thanks for locating me’ and gave [her] a kiss on the cheek.”
“All this time, the household saved pondering of him,” Alequin mentioned. “I all the time knew I had an uncle. We spoke of him quite a bit.”
Throughout his go to again to the West Coast, Albino additionally visited his brother, Roger, a long time after he went lacking. The brothers reportedly spoke of their army service and bonded over their childhood, Alequin instructed the publication. It was the final time that Albino noticed his brother, although, as he died this previous summer time.
Albino, who’s now a father and a grandfather, selected to keep up his privateness and declined to talk publicly in regards to the reunion along with his household.
