amanda's mother offers up samuel skinner. >> samuel, i lived with him before i went to cheyenne. >> youad a relationship with him prior? >> right. >> i will be right back. >> reporter: pam returns with contact information for samuel skinner and the case again appears to be wrapped up. >> i want you to make the phone call. it's scary but i'll get you through it. >> reporter: pam coaches amanda. what she says could make or break her chance to make a connection with her potential birth father. >> i want you to breathe, you're not breathing. >> reporter: she goes for it. >> yes, is this samuel skinner? yes, i was wanting to talk to samuel skinner. yes. can you tell him to call amanda? it's a friend of the family. okay, thank you. >> where was he? >> he was unavailable. >> reporter: a few days later the man named samuel skinner does call her back. turns out he's living just down the gulf coast from amanda in louisiana. >> when she started to mention certain people, it clicked. >> who did she mention? >> her mother's name. >> he said, i loved your mama. he said, but we just parted ways. >> re

amanda's mother offers up samuel skinner. >> samuel, i lived with him before. >> you had a relationshipith him prior? >> right. >> i will be right back. >> reporter: pam returns with contact information for samuel skinner and the case again appears to be wrapped up. >> i want you to make the phone call. it's scary but i'll get you through it. >> reporter: pam coaches amanda. what she says could make or break her chance to make a connection with her potential birth father. >> i want you he agrees to do a dna test. >> i'm just -- >> you don't want to say? >> i don't want to say. i just really hope my journey ends here. >> when you met samuel for the first time, what was that like? >> he kept on doing this. and he kept on -- i was like, why are you staring at me like that? he's like, girl, you are a spitting image of your mama. >> no matter how it turns out -- >> reporter: their meeting is just the beginning of the bonding between amanda and the possible father she's always been hoping for. but she's careful not to get her hopes up too high, having already been down this road once before.