Adopted Minnesota woman finds birth mother through Facebook

When Kate-Madonna Hindes of Minnesota found out she was diagnosed with anal precancer, she went on a quest to find her birth mom.

Hindes, who was adopted as a baby said her second scare with cancer was enough to start searching. She’s already battled cervical cancer.

Now, the 34-year-old woman says her reunion with her long-lost mother has been, “such a wonderful love story.”

READ MORE: Mother has tearful reunion with son 20 years after he was abducted

She was able to get a photo of her birth mom through a family service agency. Being a social media and public relations’ strategist, Hindes turned the photo into a graphic and posted it on Facebook a month ago.

Within two hours, Aimee Sordelli in Illinois messaged her.

“‘I think I’m the woman you’re looking for,'” Sordelli wrote.

Tweet This Click to share quote on Twitter: "'I think I'm the woman you're looking for,'" Sordelli wrote.

Hindes said she was overjoyed. She couldn’t believe that it was so easy to find her.

“It is with my greatest excitement that I tell you, in less than 24 hours, Aimee found me and I found her. Thank you everyone,” she posted to Twitter on June 15.

Sordelli and Hindes had their first meeting on Friday at the Minneapolis-Saint Paul International airport.

Sordelli said she never looked for Hindes because she was adopted herself, and her own birth mother refused to meet her.

“I wanted her to make the choice to find me. I didn’t want to push myself,” Sordelli explained.

Tweet This Click to share quote on Twitter: "I wanted her to make the choice to find me. I didn't want to push myself," Sordelli explained.

“She has parents. They are her parents; they raised her. I’m just the birth mother. I wanted her to find me if she chose, when she’s ready,” Sordelli told ABC news.

READ MORE: Mom reunited with wedding ring months after son flushes it down toilet

Being raised in a religious family, Sordelli said she had to give up Hindes for adoption when she had her at 16. Her adoptive father was an Episcopalian priest.

“I did not have the means nor the money to take care of her and I thought she deserved a better life,” Sordelli told ABC News.

Nonetheless, Hindes said she doesn’t hold it against her. The mother and daughter plan on meeting each other again soon.

“The journey is beginning. Aimee has blessed our lives with laughter, grace and love. I never imagined in my wildest dreams, that I could be this lucky,” she told Global News.

Tweet This Click to share quote on Twitter: "The journey is beginning. Aimee has blessed our lives with laughter, grace and love. I never imagined in my wildest dreams, that I could be this lucky," she told Global News.