article_snippet.sent: For the first time, Zella Jackson Price, 76, and Melanie Diane Gilmore, 49, met in-person at Price's Olivette home.
article_snippet.sent: But Gilmore was alive and for an unknown reason adopted by another family.
article_snippet.sent: Price and Gilmore immediately embraced when Melanie Diane Gilmore arrived at Melanie Diane Gilmore 's house in Olivette, Missouri . '
article_snippet.sent: Gilmore's foster parents have since died, but Price said it was heartwarming to know that Melanie Diane Gilmore grew up in a good home. '
article_snippet.sent: They cared for Melanie Diane Gilmore so much,' Price said.
article_snippet.sent: Price and Gilmore exchanged many hugs and said Price and Gilmore loved one another during Price and Gilmore first in-person meeting . '
article_snippet.sent: Gilmore's four children knew about Gilmore's four children mother's wish and researched a name that Gilmore was given from Gilmore adoptive parents.
article_snippet.sent: Gilmore's four children eventually came across Zella Price.
article_snippet.sent: Price received a text message from one of Gilmore's four children at 4am several weeks ago, something Melanie Diane Gilmore 'will never forget'. '
article_snippet.sent: The mother and daughter eventually video chatted on Oovoo and the pair did a DNA test and confirmed Price was Gilmore's mother.
article_snippet.sent: And then The mother and daughter eventually video chatted on Oovoo and the pair did a DNA test and confirmed Price was Gilmore's mother decided to meet in person.
article_snippet.sent: Gilmore also had a chance to meet Gilmore biological brother Harvey, who picked Gilmore and Gilmore children up from Louis International Airport.  .
article_snippet.sent: Price said that Gilmore's kids told Gilmore Gilmore's kids hadn't ever seen Gilmore as happy as Gilmore was when Gilmore arrived in St. Louis to meet Gilmore biological mother. '
article_snippet.sent: Price (center) said that Price (center)'s looking forward to having a second chance at forming a relationship with Price (center) daughter, who Price (center) thought had died nearly 50 years ago .
highlights_snippet.sent: Price, 76, and Gilmore, 49, confirmed they were related through a DNA test .
  