with investigative genealogist pam slaton on the hunt for the missing mom. >> he felt connected to me and said to his partner, that's the >> reporter: pam is constantly contacted for help, and she only works on cases she thinks she can solve. >> my stacks are kind of broken up by, current, not feeling it. driving me crazy. >> reporter: pam agreed to take the case. >> what we did do is have him submit dna. >> reporter: but d.j.'s case wasn't the only one confounding and cluttering the home office in pam's south jersey house. >> me, an umbrella, high heels and the stairs. let's see what happens. >> where are we heading to, pam? >> long island. >> reporter: our next searcher, gina lozada of shirley, new york, is searching for her half-sibling. she is a mother and a wife, but she still has a hole in her heart. >> i want a full relationship. i will get it somehow. i am determined. >> reporter: gina grew up as an only child on the east end of long island, new york, with her mother and father. >> from early on, like, why can't i have a brother or a sister? >> reporter: until that fateful day

and now her search brings her to new jersey, and the home of investigative genealogist pam slaton. >> her biological background. >> reporter: pam brought along dna detective and familytree dna founder bennett greenspan. amanda and her possible father, sam skinner, had both submitted samples for dna testing. test, right? >> yes, we did. results? >> i do. >> reporter: this is the second moment of truth for amanda, already let down by one other would-be father, excluded by now, the results of the second man, sam skinner, with whom she and pam have bonded. >> i instantly liked him and i loved seeing samuel and amanda together because there appeared to be like an instant connection and the two of them just, it was like they knew each other their whole lives. >> reporter: amanda, her husband mack and their children have already made room in their hearts for the man she can't wait to start calling dad. and sam is ready to answer to the name. he's already making plans, you know, for your kids. but can a lifetime of hopes and dreams survive the science? the dna results are in. hate, and i know

hitting the phone harder than a telemarketer. >> my name is pam slaton. dna and databases are all well and good, but in the end it always comes down to persuading people to spill their family secrets to a total stranger over the telephone. pam makes a house call to client gina lozada on long island, new york. >> hello, ms. gina. >> reporter: who is about to mama her own life-changing call. after 29 years of searching, gina feels achininy close to makingngontact with her half-brother. he picked up briefly before, but now nothing. >> oh, god, he's not answering. >> reporter: gina's starting to wonder if this simply wasn't meant to be. in fact, it's not the first time she believes she has barely missed connecting with her brother. just days earlier, gina had a close encounter at, of all places, a casino. you and your husband decide to go gambling. >> yeah, we love atlantic city. >> reporter: take a look at the casino. u see gina and her husband suddenly come to a dead stop. gina says she is seized by the strangest feeling. you see her gesturing to her husband

the woman abandoned as a baby in a new york city phone booth.with investigative genealogist pam slaton on the hunt for the missing mom. >> he felt connected to me. and said to his partner, that's ng to help >> how old were you when you finally got the full story of where you were found and how you were found? >> i was probably about 15. and i had been helping my and she showed me some newspaper clippings. >> reporter: we track the reporter of those old articles to hopefully shed some light. >> reporter: gary taylor, cub reporter on the evening crime beat in 1971. 5:00 p.m. on a wednesday. one of our photographers, came over to wherever you were and took this set of photos of you. >> looks reporter: next stop we take d.j. to see bennett greenspan, ceo of family tree dna. >> let's go and let's look at your e two people who came up matching his dna very closely. so the question then became, are these two people related? >> reporter: two dna matches. a man and a woman. when once again pam strikes gold. she figures out the man is d.j.'s uncle and that woman? she is d.j.'s i mean, that for m

and now her search brings her to new jersey, and the home of investigative genealogist pam slaton. >> her biological background. >> reporter: pam brought along founder bennett eenspan. amanda and her possible father, sam skinner, had both submitted samples for dna testing. and so both of you took a dna test, right? >> yes, we did. >> reporter: and you have the resus? >> i do. >> okay. let's see them. >> reporter: this is the second moment of truth for amanda, already let down by one other would-beather, excluded by dna. no the results of the second n, sam skinner, with whom she

and now her search brings her to investigative genealogist pam slaton. >> her biological background. >> reporter: pam brought along dna detective and familytree dna amanda and her possible father, sam skinner, had both submitted