"When I told her the name of Pae Seong-eun, and she had twins and, you know, there was this whole story on Facebook, I got a feeling that she knew who I was talking about, but she wouldn't admit it," Cho told "20/20." "She said, 'Only siblings have rights to ask for it.' She gave me that hint."Ĭho found Connie's other son Jae-Im, whom Thomas had adopted in the '60s. The post was shared over one million times, catching the attention of ABC News’ “20/20,” who enlisted the help of investigative genealogist Pam Slaton and ABC News’ Seoul Bureau Chief Joohee Cho. This April, Thomas, who lives in Mossyrock, Washington, posted photos and documents on Facebook asking for help finding his twins. But because of privacy laws, Thomas was not given any other information. Buck Foundation, which helped support Asian-American children, that Connie had put the twins up for adoption and that they were adopted into the U.S. He found out in the early '80s through the U.S. They did everything they could with the resources that they had, but always seemed to run into roadblocks," Charlene Thomas told "20/20." "My mom had helped my dad search for so long. They also had a third son together, but he never forgot about his children in Korea. He adopted both of them, daughter, Charlene, and son, Scott. In the years that followed, Thomas divorced Connie in absentia and married Polly Paquin, a high school friend who already had two children. Thomas said he continued to write to Connie for years asking about the twins, but eventually the letters were returned without a forwarding address.
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