71 years after a baby girl’s birth, her mother gets a gift

Patricia Hamlin, left, and her biological mother Brooke Mayo, are photographed at Brooke’s home in Paso Robles. Patricia looks uncannily like a painting of Brooke that was done in the 1970s. (Mel Melcon / Los Angeles Times)

Dec. 25, 2013 2:48 AM PT

For decades, Brooke Mayo believed her daughter, born of rape and given up for adoption, was dead. Then a letter arrived.

Patricia Hamlin, 71, left, visits her 90-year-old mother, Brooke Mayo, at Brooke’s home in Paso Robles. Since the two first met earlier this year, they’ve developed an easy banter. (Mel Melcon / Los Angeles Times)

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71 years after a baby girl’s birth, her mother gets a gift

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