Abandoned in a road, she is now looking for her parents

19 years ago, Valentine was found in the middle of the woods in Quiéry-la-Motte, alone and almost lifeless. She was saved before being adopted a few months later.

“Why didn’t they want me? Why have I been abandoned so far? Why didn’t you drop me off near a hospital? ” All these questions are those of Valentine, a young woman of 19, she was abandoned in the woods, a few hours after her birth.

“I know that I was abandoned around 9 / 9:30 am and I was found around 4 / 4:30 pm”, says Valentine in the show “it starts today”. It all began on October 3, 2001, a baby was found in Quiéry-la-Motte, in Arrageois, thanks to the dog of a local resident named Maurice.

She was then taken to a cafe, still by Maurice, who had notified the police. “The manager of the café took me in her arms and said that I was all blue, that she thought that I was going to die, that it was over”, she confides. Quickly transported to Arras hospital, doctors realize that her umbilical cord has been tied with sewing thread. Fortunately, his health is stable.

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Valentine will be placed in a nursery for two months, before being adopted by Fabienne and Denis, her adoptive parents. The couple then make the choice not to hide anything from their daughter. “I always knew it. Mom would read me stories about a little bunny who had been abandoned and then adopted. I quickly understood that I was the little rabbit in the end ”, she confides.

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Today, at 19, Valentine wants to find her biological parents in order to find out the reasons for her abandonment. She also wants to know if she has any siblings. To do this, she set up a kitty to call in a private investigator. “I started the research to find my biological parents, unfortunately to be able to use certain aids you need a fairly substantial sum of money that I unfortunately cannot afford to spend…”, she writes.

If you want to help him, you can go here.

Suruthi SRIKUMAR

Suruthi is a writer for the Aufeminin, Parole de Mamans and Avis de Mamans websites. She is also Community Manager for the social networks Facebook and Instagram of Aufeminin Maman. She is also …