When This Woman Told Students About Her Adoption, A Classmate Suddenly Realized A 30 Year Old Truth
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On the first day of any class, students can usually count on one thing: a round-table introduction. And this was certainly the case for Lizzie Valverde at Columbia University in January 2013. But while the autobiographical facts offered aren’t typically fascinating ones, what Valverde revealed proved to be an exception for one student. Indeed, one of her unsuspecting classmates was stunned by what she learned that day.
The introductory session for a creative writing class at the School of General Studies of Columbia University proved to be an extraordinary chapter in the lives of two participants. Valverde had only enrolled for the course at the last minute and didn’t have the first idea about what she was to set in motion as she cleared her throat and began to talk. Then the 33-year-old gave her classmates a few facts about herself - with details that would leave one particular female student in disbelief.
Valverde had noticed the woman’s extreme reaction and, after the class had finished, watched as she approached. The two students then spoke further, and a line of questioning aimed at Valverde seemed to make up her interviewer’s mind. The stranger subsequently told Valverde that she had helped solve a 30-year-old family secret; and when the woman explained how, the news stunned both classmates. Furthermore, when their story went viral, it was the internet’s turn to be astonished.
Columbia University’s School of General Studies is intended to provide an Ivy League education to students from non-traditional backgrounds. And before she walked into class on that fateful day, Valverde’s life could certainly have been said to have followed an unconventional path. She was born on December 8, 1979, in Tampa, Florida, but wouldn’t live there for long, having been adopted shortly after coming into this world.
And her adoptive parents - the Delgados - lived more than a thousand miles away from the Sunshine State, in New Jersey. This, moreover, is where their new little girl spent her formative years. But now, in her mid-30s and with a family of her own, Valverde had made an important life decision. She would go back to school and indulge her passion for creative writing by studying it formally.
So with the help of the School of General Studies, Valverde had enrolled at Columbia University. And while she had only signed up for the creative writing course minutes before class started, she nonetheless arrived in time for the customary introductions that day in January 2013. Furthermore, as a budding writer, Valverde was more than happy to share the story of her life so far.
But as the new student spoke to the group at Columbia’s Kent Hall about herself - including the fact she had been adopted - she couldn’t help noticing something. Specifically, it appeared as though something was seriously wrong with the woman sitting across from her. “It looked like she was having a panic attack,” Valverde would tell The New York Times in May 2015.
Little did Valverde know, however, that the student sat at the opposite side of the table had a very similar life story to her own. Her name was Katy Olson, and she was a year younger than Valverde. Born with a mild case of cerebral palsy, Olson had also been adopted at a young age. But, as it turned out, her family had lived in Florida for some time before moving to Iowa in the Midwest.
On top of that, Olson had previously spent time delving into her personal past to try and find out more about her biological family. And, through arduous online research, she had uncovered the identity of her birth mother. In the process, however, the inquisitive woman had also found out that she may have had an elder sister called Delgado.
From there, Olson did more online digging about the woman who could be her sister. And as a result, she discovered that her long-lost sibling had grown up in the New Jersey area. Olson also learned that her sister had got married and had ended up studying at Columbia University: the very same institution she herself was attending.
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OMG this is the craziest thing I've seen! I know Lizzie and her family! OMG I frequent the bar they own religiously lol wow I'm so glad she was blessed to be able to find and connect with her sister! I wish them many more years of catching up and fun stories to share together!
DeeDee Viera pp
So cool to find a video about people you know IRL. That's really cool!😀
That is an amazing story I hope you guys have the rest of your lives to spend together and God bless you and I'm just so happy for you.
Damn , this is like listening to a long ass prayer at the table when you're hungry .
Beautifully stated.
lol
gohstdog23 you could say Grace yourself using this prayer my older brother taught me when I was in elementary school: “Bless the bread and bless the meat. It’s getting late, Amen. Let’s eat!” Mom nearly killed him but it’s become a long running joke in the family and never fails to make everyone laugh.
Sheila Karch 😂🤣😁niiice!
Lol 😂 😂
"An elderly sister," lol. :)
Donna Mcdonald lol I caught that too
Donna Mcdonald
They said elder sister, not elderly..
Listen again. They said elderly.
Kat
U are correct. I heard it wrong the first time.
I caught that too and I had a big chuckle, lol
An older sister, not an elderly sister.
LMAO
I KNOW! 😅😅😅😅😂
She found her sister THE END your welcome
This needs more thumbs up
Delo777s thank u
Delo777s 💗💜❣
AboutMillions and yet you understood so my point is still recieved all that matters to me but if your going to get on someone for spelling and grammar perhaps using slang should be left out "fam".
Spoiler Alert lol
Great story, thank you.
That was Awesome. Thank God.
Great story! You can sure see the family resemblance.
Glad things worked out. Occasionally one hears of situations when either the adopted child or birth parent do not want a connection with the one who has been searching.
i've got a long lost sister as well, she didnt know about her extended family either, with these 2 you can see the similiarites just look at their eyes.
How the heck is it a "CHANCE" meeting in class when the younger sibling had been specifically going there to find her older sister??...
Wow, what a great story . ⛪💒
Good God. The closing music is about TEN TIMES LOUDER than the video. Don't listen with headphones!
You two look so much alike, I'm glad you too found each other.
After a whole bunch of beers... "Do you like chicken wings?" "I love chicken wings"... "Do you have a weird pinky toe?" "Yes, I have a weird pinky toe". "Are you chubby?" "Nope just you." ... Still a feel good story. I am happy for them.
LMAO
lol
Tell me the ending I hate listen to these long stories
Hello People - They're sisters.
Same
They are sister
Interesting video but WHY do you drag this story out & repeat so many times zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
Because they have to make it at least five minutes so they can make money off it.
SandMan Jono certainly took us the long way to the point
Yep. I try to click on these too often.
SandMan Jono to make the video longer....
SandMan Jono I
To their mother: if you are lazy to raise two beautiful daughters, give them up for adoption, dusted your hands and lets someone else enjoy the responsibilities. Next, make another baby. Great!
You can see the family resemblance in the eyes
Freaking amazing.
This is truly fate! Glad they found each other!
Awesome.
Life has mysterious ways. May the sisters have a long overdue relationship
Do you edit your vids at all?
You keep repeating info.
And you talk too much.
jimforjzs777 i
jimforjzs777 if he dosent edit how would there be photos?
Omg I was born on December 8th and adopted as a baby!!!!
Please no more loud music at the end of the video.
this would of been a great story if it wasnt all dragged out to a horrible degree and nope i wont be sharing this due to that
get to the point!
Condense this story in 2-3 minutes, you keep repeating the same thing over and over.
Good for Ms. Velveeta.
Captain Freedom cheese
That was a nice video
Some people just don't get it. It's the story, not the way it was told.
I'm very happy for these women. I know the feeling. I was adopted and told about it when I was 7 and told that I had an older sister. For years I wondered what it would be like to meet my mother and sister. A situation arose when I was 15 that made it necessary (I won't get into that). After meeting my sister and mother, my sister and I would spend as much time together as we could. Years later I got into a bad lifestyle and didn't want any of my family to see me like that and we lost contact for close to 30 years. When I got my life together I wanted to reconnect but couldn't find anyone. I created a Facebook page in hopes that I could find her on Social Media but that didn't work either.
I'm not a big Social Media fan, so after a year I didn't even check my page often. One day I got a feeling and opened up my page to find a message asking me a simple question; Are you my Uncle? You have the same name and are about the same age. Knowing that there are a lot of people out there that just want to get your information, I replied, I don't know. Tell me your Mothers and your Grandmothers name and I will be able to answer.
The answers were right. My family had found me. I'm glad they did when they did, it gave my sister and me 5 years together before she passed.
Don't knock the way a story is told, look for the meaning and feeling behind it.
I have a older brother who was put up for adoption all I know about him is his name is Nicolaus and that we used to live in the same county of Sarasota Florida he is in his 30s now and looks like my dad one day I hope to find him and meett him
Even though this is amazing it's kind of not too unrealistic considering she researched her sister before and knew that she had attended that school before so it wasn't intended that she would meet her there it was a small possibility and well... It happened.
Mr. G bet your fun at parties...
Mylene Hobman lmao abso-freaking-lutely!!! LIFE OF THE PARTY!!!!!!
Mr. G. Yes it is real easy to find someone on campus.
@ablebpdied 😂!
New Jersey is the Garden state - Florida is the Sunshine state.
Nice story for the sisters; but wtf you have to give up a child for adoption and your response to that is let me have another child a yr later? Maybe there are such circumstances which would be compelling idk; thank you to all those couples that adopt. As a result of adoption I was a happy healthy loved kid- happy adult.
ANGELS working overtime...🤗🤗
I hope she explained by she dodged her sisters emails
OKAY. 😦
Can't get attention span to get through this but I get they are sisters. Nice.
Woah! So they are sisters?
4;33 THAT NECK THO XD
You supposed to walk away from a story Like This Feeling Good. But the way this video was made. Was torturously irritating
Lloyd Gordon. very well said,could not saying better haha
Lloyd Gordon Kind of like your grammar.
We live in a small world indeed.
Some mom though. She had these kids and gave them up. One with cerebral palsy! Nice job mom! And she went to their graduation. Well, the people who raised those young ladies, they are the parents.
By the way, was this simple story irritatingly drawn out? YES!
Don Diego Vega well it never hurts to meet the biological ones.she was searching for them.most people who put children up are not the one's wanting to relive the past.The past is past and the future is yet to be discovered.you can never go back but you can gain a friend in the end.Friends ate often closer than relatives.let them decide.Its not up to us.
That background music is mind numbing. If i want to listen to music, I will search for music. This is a news/information video, dont add stupid music to it.
Beautiful girls!!!
I have 3 siblings that I am searching for
How many other viewers bumped ahead in this video? I DID! It took you nearly 8 minutes to tell us what we knew in the first 30 seconds! The story would have been just as good it shortened to three minutes.
Divine intervention ✝️✝️✝️
An elderly sister?
Have they done a DNA test? Cause they don't look like each other
I know.
I feel like all of these are completely made up
They should make a movie script but make it more creepy where the girl is is a stocker
Elderly sister... try older or elder not 👵🏻
Praise God for his mercy.
Point out Gods' rath. God is not good.
They're sisters...
she found out it was her from the future
Reason for the season
Elderly sister?????? ROFL
It's ELDER sister.
Instead of narrating everything how about just playing the video and letting them talk and then adding a few things here and there. Probably be a lot more interesting that hear the narrator just prattle on and on.
I think the chick found out who her sister was and took it upon herself to take the same class smh 🤦🏻♂️
Nice story, but not told well.
Yes, you do drag these out a bit long. Most can guess the end after 2 mins.
Christine Still Two seconds. I just read the title and knew.
Great story . Off the subject but doctors use to say being over weight is genetic . But look at at the mom child with the mom nd sister who we adopt .
Just an observation, New Jersey Is Not The Sunshine State! The Sunshine State Is Florida!
elder sister, not "elderly"......
I need you to learn how to get to the point and these sisters look like a before and after picture.
LOL
nice story, very nice story.
i have read the comments and it occurred to me that there areli re clearly some people who are faithless. let them believe what they want to believe.
me personally i believe in a higher power, but i do not believe in what the religious text have led everyone to think is true. because according to them "WOMEN CAUSED ALL THE SIN IN THE WORLD" and i find that hard to swallow..
Came here from Snapchat.
Who doesn't like chicken wings and have weird toes.
Olson has a beautiful face!
*gets blood test* it is 99%
That you two are
Not related
The explanation is God.
They look 100% not related...they look totally different
Angela WildBloom Their facial bone structure is quite similar.
long and tedious. also "older sister" not "old".
WHAT!!!???? non-traditional students!!!??? you've got to be kidding. most of them are upper middle class
rich kids - yeah, some are on scholarships; middle class kids without tuition usually need loans, which take
a lifetime to pay off!! There are a few 'different' types of students, but no more than any other college.
as a matter of fact, city and state schools are the non-traditional ones. most of the students at Columbia
are white (sprinkled with many Asians) who take vacations in the summer. They are not like the kids
who have to work at my grocery store, no matter how smart they are or kids who have to work in the
summer or have a job while studying (like i and five other kids did out of over 30 in my class).
non-traditional, my foot!!!!!!!!!! i went there and worked there, and live in the neighborhood!!! non-traditional, jeesh!!!
So much for genetics being the reason for obesity excuse.
Nice video, I like all the background information
Yee
Hmm. Kinda creepy. At least it turned out well for them, so yay! :)
B Mandel That's not creepy! Your comment is creepy though.
I've been trolled. Ugh.
"How to make a 20second story stretch into an excruciating seven-minute ear-bender" would be a better title.
LOL
Oh isn’t god great!?. Nah, she got abandoned and adopted to find her sister decades later. Honestly I don’t even know if to believe this story.
And if you know anything it is that most stories always have left out parts.
I.25x is the best way to watch this
get to the point left after 2 minutes. very annoying, you have to learn to tell a story
Talk about finding something creative to write about in class
If you pay attention this is often how videos are now. everybody has to cheat.
I know who knew. Not very funny.
Are these stories for real, or are they all made up?
Wholly cow! Get to the point!!!!
Isn't it amazing how God works?! Wow!
Tracy Hurd ikr first we add in the terrorism and school shootings and finally put one little fortunate thing on top. Mysterious ways
Yeah he cruely separated these 2 sisters so they missed their life together, don't give him credit because they happened to run into each other despite his best efforts.
Robert Luben Him*
Tracy Hurd why is it people of faiths think it’s gods work!
Craig Famly I am wondering the same thing.
Way too wordy. Repetition doesn’t replace meaningful content.
Great Video. If they were born today, Planned Parenthood would have insured this would not have happened.
mcconn746 *assured
too long winded
This is guy everywhere
Enjoy the stories, but sloooowwww. Come on, get to the point! Zzzzzzzzzz
Please can you start pronouncing the word also properly phonetically it's all so. It's not osal only my 3 year old neace says that and it's disturbing to hear a grown man say it.
Ahhhhh. I c
For some reason, I can't stand his voice. It's so annoying. Video too long with boring details that only needs 3 mins tops to tell the whole story
How sweet
Other then both having double chins, they look nothing alike at all in even the slightest.
bibby42 Their facial bone structure is quite similar.
3rd