MSNBC - Father finds son after a lifetime apart
LEADWOOD, Mo. - The father kept the photos of his son tucked in a drawer, fading reminders of the smiling baby he last held in his arms nearly 60 years ago.
Bill Iahn had few memories of his only child besides the pictures: one showed him as a young soldier with a dimple-chinned baby in a high chair, another was a portrait of his son on a rocking horse with the inscription, "To My Daddy, Dec. 25, 1945."
The little boy had been spirited away by his mother after the couple divorced, soon after that, and she had pledged he'd never see his son again.
Iahn tried to prove her wrong. Many times.
Over the decades, his family made calls, pored over phone books and scoured the Internet for clues that would lead him to his son. Nothing panned out.
At age 87, Iahn had given up on seeing his son's face again.
Then one day this fall, Iahn's great-nephew, Denny Huff, was chatting with a friend in this tiny town where secrets are as rare as strangers. He mentioned his Uncle Bill's long-lost son ...
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