Have you ever imagined life without a mother? A mother and her children are always inseparable. The mother has the power to rip out those who harms their child. What can a mother do if her child’s father betrays her? Ever imagined what a child will go through if he has been separated from the birthgiver? A woman from Ireland had a similar bizarre incident that left her completely destroyed. A father went on a trip overseas with his two-year-old daughter. He never came home. The woman never gave up on her daughter. It took the mother 17 years to get her child back.
According to reports, Cork, Ireland’s Victoria O’Leary married a Saudi Arabian national, and the couple had a daughter. In 2007, Fatima (who is 19 years old now) was two years old when her father brought her to Saudi Arabia. Once she arrived, she declined to go back, and her relatives declined to give Fatima back. Victoria’s ex-husband informed her that the trip would only last a few days. Victoria claimed that he broke off communication with her as soon as he brought the toddler into the nation, and his family in the Middle East declined to transfer Fatima back to her.
Over the past 17 years, Victoria had made multiple personal travels to the Middle Eastern state, but she had been unable to get her daughter back from her ex-husband’s family. The loving mother never gave up after years of back and forth with Saudi Arabian and American government agencies with no results.
Victoria kept in touch with Fatima over these last 17 years via WhatsApp and Snapchat and continued to send her money when required. When Fatima turned eighteen and used the legal system to assist her escape, they both felt a glimmer of hope in 2023. Victoria travelled to Saudi Arabia to receive her daughter, whom she met at the hotel. Their eyes began to well up with emotions as they hugged each other.
Speaking to a radio show, Victoria said, “She came to the hotel where I was staying and banged on the door. The strange thing is that I had a chain on the lock and when I opened the door the chain wouldn’t open! I was attempting to break through the door to hug her, and when I finally succeeded, I gave her a huge, bear embrace. It was completely weird, it felt unreal. Even though she was shocked that I was finally in front of her, she just had a big smile on her face.”
The mother took her daughter home, and the girl’s grandparents gave her a warm welcome. Victoria said her parents had been a wonderful support system for her during the process, and she added that the grandparents were ‘over the moon’ to finally meet their granddaughter yesterday when she brought her back to Mahon.
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