Georgian Journalist Discovers Birth Father Was Facebook Friend for Years

Tamuna Museridze's eight-year search for her birth parents uncovered her father's identity and a massive baby trafficking scandal in Georgia.

Tamuna Museridze, a Georgian journalist, began searching for her birth parents in 2016 after discovering inconsistencies in her birth certificate following the death of her adoptive mother.
Her investigation led her to uncover a decades-long baby trafficking scandal in Georgia, where newborns were falsely declared dead and sold to adoptive families.
Museridze's search revealed her birth mother, who initially denied her existence but later confirmed their connection through DNA testing and disclosed the name of her father.
She discovered her father, Gurgen Khorava, had unknowingly been her Facebook friend for three years and was following her work reconnecting families impacted by the trafficking scandal.
Museridze reunited with her father and his extended family, but her birth mother refused further contact after asking her to lie about being a victim of the trafficking scheme, which Museridze declined to do.