melanie gilmore is diane, zella's daughter, a dna test has now proven it. ren surprised her by setting up a video call so melanie and zella could see each other for the first time since melanie was born. >> we're telling the truth. >> yes, mom. mom? mom, mom, mom, mom, mom. >> i love you, mom. >> oh my gosh i'm shaking. oh, my gosh, mom. >> are you okay? it's okay. it's okay. it's okay. >> that's your mom. >> mommy. >> reporter: and then melanie flew to st. louis to meet her mother in person. >> oh my gosh, oh my gosh! >> mommy! >> reporter: and when you hugged her, tell me the feeling you had? >> oh, baby, it was warm. i didn't want to let her go, you know? and she is so precious. >> reporter: homer g. phillips hospital was st. louis's only hospital for african-americans until the mid 1950s, and continued to serve the black community until it closed. it has a proud history, but what happened to this mother and daughter has raised some deeply unsettling questions, questions that are being asked by many other families. this as the mother of danini antoinette

. >> reporter: this video of melanie gilmore seeing her birth mother for the first time over skype issing hopes for similar reunions. >> when i saw her moving and the mannerism and everything, i said that's me. that is me. >> medical staff in st. louis told price her premature baby died shortly after birth 50 years ago. >> back then doctors and nurses was held in such high esteem if they said something, and with compassion they said it in you believed it and mine was believable, because i was so early. >> reporter: earlier this week, price's attorney filed a petition to unseal her daughter's adoption papers. he says gilmore was stolen. >> there is a simple law out there that says you can't traffic in human babies. and you don't have to be taught that, you don't have to go to law school for that, you can't take a baby from a mom. >> reporter: since then dozens of people have contacted his office hoping they too may find long lost family members. were you ever suspicious? >> i always wondered what happened. but in those days all they would say was they were dead and that was it. >> repo

. >> reporter: this is the moment 50-year-old melanie gilmore was reunited with her birth mother viaprice a mother of five until a few months ago didn't even know her daughter was alive. she would told the premature baby died hours after death. >> back then doctors and nurses were held in such high esteem if they said something, you believed it. >> reporter: monday a st. louis attorney filed this petition to open gilmore's adoption records. watkins says gilmore was stolen. >> there is a simple law out there that says you can't steal a baby from a mama. and you don't have to go to law school for that. you can't take a baby from a mom. >> reporter: in this conference room mothers, significant -- siblings who think they may have been victims too fill out application records. >> i never did get a chance to see her. my parents never got a chance to see her. i never got a chance to touch her. >> reporter: this woman says the story of her adoption has always been sketchy. >> she tells me a story, and then she takes it back and says she didn't say it. >> reporter: while the hospital has been

. >> this video of melanie gilmore seeing her birth mother for the first time over skype, is raising hopes for similar reunions. >> when i saw her actually moving and her mannerism and everything, and i said that's me. that is me. >> medical staff in st. louis told prize her premature baby died shortly after birth, 50 years ago. >> back then, doctors and nurses was held in such high esteem, if they said something, and with compassion, they said it in, you believed it. and mine was believable because i was so early. earlier this week, a petition to unseal her daughter's adoption papers. gilmore was stolen. >> it was a simple little law that says you can't traffic in human babies. can't steal a bay bay from a mama. you don't have to be taught that you don't need a policeman to explain that to you, you can't take a baby from a mom. >> since then dozens of people have contacted watkins office hoping they too may find long last family members. marie thinks her step mother lost nine babies. >> growing up were you ever suspicious. >> i always wondered what happened but when those days you k

. >> this is the moment 50-year-old melanie gilmore was reunited with her birth mother via skype. until just a few months ago price, a mother of five, didn't even know her daughter was alive. the staff at hoarm homer g. phillips hospital in st. louis. >> they said it with compassion and you believed it. and mine was believable because i was so early. >> monday, st. louis attorney albert watkins filed this petition in st. louis speaker. watkins said gilmore was stolen. >> there is a simple little law out there that you can't steal babies. you don't need a policeman to explain that from you. you can't take a baby from a mom. >> in watkins courtroom women who feel they might have been victims of child stealing, filled out applications. her birth in 1964. >> i never did get a chance to see her i never got a chance to touch her. >> 49-year-old pam wood said the story of her adoption has always been sketchy. >> my mother gave me story and she takes it back and then she'll say she didn't say it. so i'm kind of like in between don't know what is what, you know. >> reporter: while the hosp

. >> this is the moment 50-year-old melanie gilmore was reunited with her birth mother, villa jackson price via skype. until just a few months ago price, a mother of five, didn't know her daughter was alive. the staff at the hospital in st.lution, where gilmore was born, said that the premature baby died hours after birth. >> back then, doctors and nurses were held enough such high esteem, if they said something, they believed them. and mine was believable because i was so early. >> earlier she filed a petition to unseal her daughter's adoption papers, and it said that gilmore was stolen. >> there's a little law out there that says that you can't traffic in human beaks. you can't steal a baby from a mama and you can't take a baby from a mom. >> since then, dozens of people have contacted her office, saying that they too have helped to find long lost family members. she thinks that her stem mother lost nine beaks. >> growing up, weren't you suspicious? >> what they said, that was it. >> it would be something. >> while the hospital has been closed for 36 years watson said birth and deat

. >> this is the moment 50-year-old melanie gilmore was reunited with her birth mother via skype. until just a few months ago price, a mother of five, didn't even know her daughter was alive. the staff at homer g. phillips hospital in st. louis where gilmore was born said the premature baby died hours after birth. >> back then, doctors and nurses was held in such high esteem, if they said something and with compassion they said it in, you believed it, and mine was believable because i was so early. >> monday, st. louis attorney albert walkins filed this petition in st. louis circuit court to open gilmore's adoption records. gilmore was stolen, he said. >> there's a simple law out there that says you can't traffic in human beaks. you can't steal a baby from has mama and you don't have to be taught that or go to law school or have a policeman explain that to you. you can't take a baby from a mom. >> siblings and children who think they, too, may have been victims of child trafficking at homer g. phillips filled out applications for state records. 67-year-old brenda stewart said she