My name is Gabby Ibanez born in Argentina during the “dirty war.” Being the daughter of a successful business man and loving mother, I received an enormous amount of love as a child. I cannot remember any bad days during the primary years of my life. The memory of huge dolls and ponytails constantly invade my memory.
However, all of my dreams tumbled down when one day my mother and father separated and I lived shared time between two homes until I reach the age of eighteen. I was very fortunate to have two nannies; one at each home. Rosa still worked for my father and my nanny at my mother’s home was Sara. Up until I was eighteen, I never imaged a past outside of my home with Roberto and Alicia, my adoptive parents. However, on my eighteenth birthday, my mother told me about my adoption and the limited information she had regarding my birth parents. It was at this moment that my unknown past became my history.
My mother informed me that my nanny, Sara, was in fact my birth grandmother. Although confused and upset, I learned of my parents from Sara only to find many similarities between I and my mother. The resemblance between me and my parents were so pronounced that it was frightening.
I am now twenty-five years old and I currently live in Argentina with my adoptive parents and grandmother. I studied medicine at the Harvard School of Medicine and returned to Argentina to practice medicine. Roberto, Alicia, my adoptive grandparents and grandma Rosa are still very active in my life.
I have started my own foundation for locating missing families through medical records.
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