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44 Years After She Vanished in a Crowd, a DNA Test Led To a Major Discovery

She’ll Never Forget

Berni Slowey couldn’t possibly forget the tragic event that occurred in her early years. This incident would go on to affect the rest of her life and lead her to constantly wonder if there was something she could have done to prevent it. Berni was born in Vietnam in the early 70s, at the height of the Vietnam War.

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Berni and her younger sister, Rose, were born to their mother, a South Vietnamese woman, and their father, who was an American GI. And that the tumultuous time would go on to shape much of her life. By the time the Vietnam War finally came to an end after so many years, it was 1975. Berni was four years old; Rose was two.