Jenessa Simons posted this image on Facebook on Sunday which so far has received more than 12,000 likes, it has been shared 135,000 times and she has received 89 comments wishing her good luck with her search

A Utah woman who has been trying to find her birth mom for three years, believes she may have finally found her just three days after posting an appeal on Facebook.

On Sunday Jenessa Simons, 21, posted a picture of herself holding a card with the limited information she knew about her birth written on it.

She was born at Utah Valley Regional Medical Center in Provo on Nov. 17, 1991. Her parents were both 16. They named her Whitney.

The woman who contacted Jenessa, claiming to be her birth mom, was able to send pictures of her as a baby that her adoptive mother had shared

In the photograph Simons, who is married and has a child of her own, also held a separate sign that read ‘Please like and share,’ and that is exactly what her friends and other people have done.

The image has so far received more than 12,000 likes, it has been shared 135,000 times and 89 people have posted comments wishing her good luck with her search.

'I figured a few friends might share it, but this has been overwhelming,' said Simons. 'It's mind blowing.'

She also received about 30 emails from people offering help - many providing links to adoption websites, although some offered false claims.


Jenessa, 21, is now married and has a young baby

The photograph also caught the eye of a woman who attended high school with someone who she believed was Jenessa's birth mom. That woman – who hasn’t been named – then sent Simons a message.

Skeptical at first, Simons knew she had found her mom when the woman was able to provide information that proved she was real, including the fact that Jenessa had been a caesarean section birth.

‘She sent pictures of me as a baby that my mother had given her,’ Simons told ABC News. Her birth mother has also provided Jenessa with information about her apparent birth father.


Jenessa now hopes to help other people find their birth parents

Simons says the idea to use Facebook came to her last week after she had grown frustrated with the seemingly endless paperwork involved in dealing with the mutual consent agencies who typically connect people with their birth parents.

She now hopes to learn more about the woman she believes is her birth mother and possibly meet her. ‘I hope I’m the daughter that she pictured me as all these years,’ she said.

Simons also hopes to help other people find their birth parents. ‘This page has gone crazy and I would love to turn it into a resource for others to help find birth parents,’ she wrote on Facebook.

By David Mccormack

Source: dailymail.co.uk