By ABC News 06/24/2015
\”Verda Byrd spent the past seven decades of her life as a black woman, but at age 70, she discovered a shocking family secret her parents took to their grave that she\’s recently made peace with — she was born white.
Byrd, now 72, was adopted as a baby in 1943 by her black parents, who never told her that her biological parents were actually white, she said, explaining that she only uncovered the truth in 2013 about her birth after she went on a search for her biological parents\’ history.
\”It was overwhelming,\” she told ABC News today. \”You cannot erase 70 years of your life and just accept what the papers say instantly. It\’s like 70 years pass by, and in a blink of an eye, you’re a different race. …\”
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