
Then She Found Me
At first, April is skeptical that Bernice is her real mother so she obtains a hair sample and has it tested for DNA. The problem April has with Bernice stems from Bernice's ability to embellish any story to make her sound good. When April asks about her biological father, Bernice tells her it is Steve McQueen. This turns out to be false and only adds to the mistrust April already has towards Bernice. Another question April has always wondered about is why her mother gave her up for adoption in the first place. Bernice tells April she had no choice, and that she gave April up right after she was born.
On one occasion, April finds herself looking through Bernice's drawers and stumbles onto some photos. The photos show a young Bernice with a child clearly older than a newborn. April confronts Bernice again and discovers her mother did not actually give her up right after she had her, but over a year later. Bernice admits that raising a child as a young single mom without her parents support was too hard for her to do so she gave April up for adoption. Her real biological father was just a local teenage boy who never married her.


- Cast
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Helen Hunt, Bette Midler, Colin Firth, Matthew Broderick
- Director
- Helen Hunt
- Produced By
- Helen Hunt, Pamela Koffler, Katie Roumel, Connie TavelChristine Vachon
- Language
- English
