35-year-old man has only 'one message' for mom who abandoned baby in a car: 'Thank you'

Sherwin Moscovitch had always known he was adopted, but until his 35th birthday, he was clueless that he was found abandoned in a car, according to CBC. Moscovitch's adoptive parents adopted him when he was around 5, and ever since, he has had an amazing life growing up around them and his other adopted sibling. He had everything one dreams of, but somewhere, he couldn't stop thinking about his birth parents. "When my adoptive father got sick in 1999, it got me thinking more seriously about trying to find my biological parents," he recalled. 

Moscovitch's curiosity led him to a library that had old newspapers; he was hopeful his investigation would help him connect with his biological family. "As I rolled through each page of the newspaper microfiche, it didn't take long before I came upon a headline saying, 'Baby found abandoned in car,'" he shared. On March 23, 1964, when a doctor heading home opened his car door, he found a paper bag on the seat.

He went ahead and opened it, only to find a newborn baby, the newspaper article explained. Wrapped in a blanket, the infant was placed in the bag and left in the doctor's car. "What really struck me was the photo. I sat there stunned as I looked at it, the face so familiar from other baby photos of me. 'That looks like me,' I thought," Moscovitch recalled. He knew it was something that would tell him a lot about his origin; hence, Moscovitch drove straight to the Social Services and showed them the photo he'd found. 

The staff dismissed him, saying he wasn't the baby in the newspaper, but something in Moscovitch knew it was otherwise. "I'm not sure what happened after I left, but a few minutes later, I got a call asking me to come back. I knew instantly it was me. I was that abandoned baby," he revealed. Moscovitch returned to their office, where he was given a file with information on the incident.

He carried on with his investigation, contacting everyone connected to the case, but he found nothing substantial that could lead him to his real parents. "When DNA testing started becoming discussed as a more commonly used tool — with people saying they were having great success finding long-lost family — I figured this might be my chance," Moscovitch shared. Finally, in 2016, he sent his DNA sample to a company, and surprisingly, he found matches.

"I couldn't believe it when I saw a message from someone saying I was her half-brother. In fact, I had two half-siblings in Saskatchewan, and one of those half-siblings gave me my birth father's name and address," Moscovitch revealed. To his disbelief, he learned that his father lived in the same city as him, and so, he headed right over to meet his dad. Moscovitch met his birth father and could see the uncanny resemblance between them.

His father was old, and his memory wasn't good, so he couldn't tell who Moscovitch's real mom was. "I'd been glad just to see him face-to-face, but what I'd always wanted was to find my birth mom — the person who carried me for nine months and who gave me a chance to be found," he confessed. People often asked Moscovitch what he would say if he ever met his real mom, and he said, "I just want to say thank you. If she hadn't left me in that doctor's car, my life as I know it would have been erased. I wouldn't be here if she hadn't cared to try and give me a chance at life, a chance to be raised by two loving adoptive parents and to have my own family now."