Oct 9, 2009 6:54 am US/Pacific
Woman Finds Biological Father On Facebook
DENVER (CBS) ―
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Nicole Kreps and Hans Schreus meet for the first time.
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Hans Schreus' yearbook photo (center, left)
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Hans Schreus' Facebook page
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Kreps and Schreus have a lot of catching up to do.
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A Colorado woman who spent several years searching for her biological father finally found him using Facebook.
On Thursday CBS station KCNC-TV was there when Nicole Kreps hugged her dad for the first time at Denver International Airport.
Kreps, 23, was conceived in the mid-1980s in Osseo, Minn., when her mother Laura Wright was 17. Wright and the father weren't together anymore by the time Kreps was born and they didn't stay in touch.
Wright's parents wound up raising Kreps in Minnesota and during her youth she knew little about her father.
"I don't think I told Nicole much, except maybe his name," Wright told KCNC-TV.
Kreps moved to Denver and as an adult she got very curious about her dad - Hans Schreus.
During that stretch Kreps went on vacation several times in Myrtle Beach, not knowing Schreus was living right there in the South Carolina resort town. If she had bumped into him Kreps wouldn't have known it was her dad, anyway. The only photo of Schreus she had ever seen was from her mom's Osseo high school yearbook.
As this past summer came to a close, Kreps decided to give Facebook a try. The social networking site helped her find Schreus almost immediately. Kreps had enjoyed using Facebook before, but she hadn't expected a life-changing event.
Soon after the two started a text chat, though neither was really sure yet they were father and daughter.
"We just started talking. I was sitting at my computer bawling and he was crying," said Kreps.
Schreus' family had immigrated to America from Peru when he was young and Kreps told KCNC-TV she learned family pressure played a part in Schreus' decision not to stick around after she was born.
Schreus and Kreps agreed to do a DNA test, and after the results came through Kreps got her first-ever call from to her father.
"He called me with the results and the first thing he said was 'Nicole, this is your dad!'" Kreps said.
They shared news of their life. Schreus is recently married and has a 5-month-old son. Kreps also has a child of her own.
"He wrote a letter to his family after connecting with me saying I'm part of his life and he's never going to make the same mistake again," she said.
Then the two arranged to meet in Denver, along with Kreps' mom, who now lives in San Diego.
With such a long effort finally coming to its successful conclusion, Kreps couldn't help having butterflies in her stomach as she waited for Schreus to arrive at DIA.
"I guess I'm calm and nervous," Kreps told KCNC-TV.
Schreus came up into the main terminal of DIA with his wife and child, and immediately started smiling as he saw his daughter. They hugged for a long time.
"I've waited 23 years for this," said Schreus. "I have thought about her all of my life."
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