A woman who finally reconnected with her birth mother has learned that she starred in her favorite TV show.
According to TODAY, 54-year-old Lisa Wright, who was adopted at a young age, had gone more than half a century without ever knowing the identity of her biological mom.
But having a child of her own changed all that after her own son suggested that she take a DNA test to learn more about her heritage.
Watch the interview with Lisa here:TODAY reports that Wright's adoption was a closed one - meaning that the records were sealed and her adoptive family and her birth parents didn't know each other.
Wright agreed to go through with it, and a few days after taking the test, she was put in contact with her biological uncle.
During a phone call, her relative explained that her mother was just 18 when she gave birth to her back in 1964. After giving birth, her mom moved to Hollywood to pursue a career in acting.
Wright soon had the shock of her life when her uncle placed her biological mother on the receiver, and she was blown away to discover that the woman who gave birth to her was none other than 75-year-old actress Lynne Moody.
Take a look at this clip of the show's intro in the video below:Indeed, it turned out that Wright had been watching her own mother without ever knowing it, as Moody had starred in one of her daughter's favorite television shows: the ABC sitcom That's My Mama.
Per TV Obscurities, the 1974 show centered around a middle-class African American neighborhood in Washington, D.C., in which Moody starred as the younger sister of protagonist Clifton Curtis, played by Clifton Davis.
Commenting on her incredible discovery in an interview with TODAY's Sheinelle Jones, Wright stated:
"I grew up watching my mother on TV and didn't even know it. That's My Mama; that was our must-see TV. We all sat down and watched That's My Mama every week, and who knew? No idea."
Meanwhile, Moody commented on the emotional reunion by stating:
"During those 50 years, all I did was try to learn how to live with it. I didn't know if she was hungry. If she was alive. If she was happy. If she was adopted.
"When I found out that she was my daughter, at that moment, it was like I was giving birth. Because I lost my legs, I was on the floor in a fetal position, screaming and crying. I didn't know how deep that hole was."
