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Stolen as a baby from a Georgian hospital, woman reconnects with hidden past
- By Aisha Sultan St. Louis Post-Dispatch
- Apr 11, 2024
- Apr 11, 2024
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Natalie Wanzel, 34, of Valley Park, knew she had been adopted at 3 years old from an orphanage in Russia in 1992. Her American adoptive parents brought her to Manchester, Missouri, where she grew up in a caring, middle-class family in suburban St. Louis.
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Natalie Wanzel, standing, is shown when she was 3 years old at an orphanage in Russia.
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"Great joy can come out of tragedy. And mine is not a story of tragedy," said Natalie Wanzel, who poses for a portrait on Tuesday, Wednesday, March 20, 2024, at her home in Valley Park. Wanzel, holds her stuffed bear, Mishka, she took with her to Ballwin, when adopted at three-years old from an orphanage in Russia. Photo by Laurie Skrivan, lskrivan@post-dispatch.com
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