amanda's mother offers up samuel skinner. >> samuel, i lived with him before i went to cheyenne, wyoming>> reporter: so you have 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: patch coaches amanda because what she says could make or break her chance to make a connection with her potential birth father. >> i just want you to breathe because you're not breathing. >> reporter: she goes for it. >> yes, is this samuel skinner? yes, is -- i was wanting to talk to samuel skinner. yes. can you tell amanda? >> say you're a friend of the family. >> it's a friend of the okay. thank you. >> where was he? >> he was unavailable. >> reporter: but 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 mentioning certain people, it clicked. >> >> her mother. her mother's name. >> h