Credit: SWNS / Collab<br /><br />An adopted woman found her mum using a DNA site and Facebook after decades of searching - allowing her to reunite with her grandma just days before her death.<br /><br />Rachel Ruiz, 35, always knew she was adopted, and was given information about her birth mum - including a handwritten letter - on her 18th birthday.<br /><br />But it contained limited information, and after unsuccessful online searches and attempts to unseal her records, she was no closer to finding her other family.<br /><br />She eventually turned to ancestory.com and while her messages to relatives went unanswered, it led her to her grandfather's obituary. <br /><br />Rachel tracked down her birth mum, Angie Howard, 52, on Facebook - and knew instantly it was a match due to their similar appearance.
