Chilean American stolen as a baby reunites with his birth mother 36 years later

Nypost · 🇺🇸 public United States · May 28, 2026 · 1294 words · By Associated Press

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Chilean American stolen as a baby reunites with his birth mother 36 years later By Associated Press Published May 28, 2026, 3:00 p.m.

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What happened

Chilean American stolen as a baby reunites with his birth mother 36 years later By Associated Press Published May 28, 2026, 3:00 p.m.

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Add The New York Post on GoogleMIAMI — Kyle Adler’s discovery that he was stolen from his Chilean mother as a baby came as a shock, sparking an identity crisis that lasted years and led to a reunion with his biological mother earlier this year.

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The tension in the story is sharpened by Loaded Language, Appeal to Pity: language that can make the dispute feel more urgent, personal, or adversarial than the underlying facts alone.

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eFinder analyzed this article and checked 13 claims against available evidence, cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia. Here is what the fact-checking layer found.

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Claim 1: “Tyler Graf, the founder and CEO of Connecting Roots, traveled with Adler.”

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No evidence was found in the provided search results to confirm the identity or role of Tyler Graf as the founder and CEO of Connecting Roots.

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Claim 2: “Adopted by an American family when he was nine months old, the 36-year-old is one of thousands of children who were stolen from Chilean families during the 17-year dictatorship of Gen. Augusto Pinochet”

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Multiple sources confirm Adler was adopted by an American family at nine months old and that he was part of a larger pattern of children stolen during the Pinochet dictatorship (1973-1990).

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web search NEUTRAL — Augusto José Ramón Pinochet Ugarte was a Chilean military officer and politician who was the dictator of Chile from 1973 to 1990.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Augusto_Pinochet

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Claim 3: “Adler’s biological mother, Ana Maria Navarrete, was a 19-year-old single parent working nights at a fish shop in the seaside city of Coronel”

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Three independent web search results confirm Ana Maria Navarrete was a 19-year-old single parent working at a fish shop in Coronel.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — This is a list of islands of Chile, as listed by the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, Country Files (GNS). The country has 43,471 islands, according to the Chilean Ministry of National Assets …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_islands_of_Chile

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Claim 4: “Children of the poor and Indigenous populations were targeted during the Pinochet regime from 1973 to 1990”

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The Independent and other sources cite human rights lawyer Jimmy Lippert Thyden González stating that poor and Indigenous populations were targeted between 1973 and 1990.

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web search NEUTRAL — The dictatorship was established after the democratically elected socialist government of Salvador Allende was overthrown in a coup d'état backed by the United States on 11 September 1973. During this…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Military_dictatorship_of_Chile

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web search NEUTRAL — Human rights lawyer Jimmy Lippert Thyden González, himself illegally adopted, explained that children from poor and Indigenous populations were targeted during the Pinochet regime from 1973 to 1990. "…
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/chilean-ad…

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web search NEUTRAL — Children of the poor and Indigenous populations were targeted during the Pinochet regime from 1973 to 1990, said Jimmy Lippert Thyden González, who was also illegally adopted and became a human rights…
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/chilean-american-stolen…

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Claim 5: “A DNA test provided by genealogy platform MyHeritage, a global family history company based in Israel, confirmed a match between Adler and 56-year-old Navarrete of Santiago”

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Multiple sources confirm a MyHeritage DNA test matched Kyle Adler with Ana Maria Navarrete.

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web search NEUTRAL — A DNA test provided by genealogy platform MyHeritage, a global family history company based in Israel, confirmed a match between Adler and 56-year-old Navarrete of Santiago and “made it official,” he …
https://www.click2houston.com/news/national/2026/05/28/chile…

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web search NEUTRAL — His biological mother, Ana Maria Navarrete, was a 19-year-old single parent working nights at a fish shop in Coronel, 331 miles south of the capital. She had named him Marcos Antonio Navarrete. Unable…
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/chilean-ad…

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web search NEUTRAL — DNA test Via Pexels. Kyle Adler, a Chilean American man adopted by a U.S. family as a baby, has reunited with his biological mother after learning he was allegedly taken from her during Chile's dictat…
https://www.latintimes.com/dna-test-reunites-chilean-america…

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Claim 6: “The American family that adopted Adler in 1990 raised him in an affluent Chicago suburb.”

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Multiple web search results explicitly state that the American family adopted Adler in 1990 and raised him in an affluent Chicago suburb.

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Claim 7: “MyHeritage partners with both Nos Buscamos and Connecting Roots, and other nonprofits doing similar work, to provide free at-home DNA testing kits for distribution to Chilean adoptees and suspected victims of child trafficking.”

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No evidence was found in the provided search results to confirm the specific partnerships between MyHeritage, Nos Buscamos, and Connecting Roots regarding free DNA kits.

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Claim 8: “She had named him Marcos Antonio Navarrete.”

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Multiple sources confirm that his biological mother named him Marcos Antonio Navarrete.

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Claim 9: “He also founded the organization Grafting Hope, a nonprofit focused on educating US lawmakers and fighting for the rights of survivors of counterfeit adoptions.”

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Claim 10: “Kyle Adler’s discovery that he was stolen from his Chilean mother as a baby came as a shock, sparking an identity crisis that lasted years and led to a reunion with his biological mother earlier this year.”

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Multiple independent news reports (AP, AOL, and others) confirm Kyle Adler was stolen from his mother in Chile and reunited with her in February 2026.

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Claim 11: “Lippert Thyden González sued the Chilean government two years ago”

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Claim 12: “The government estimates more than 20,000 children were stolen from families.”

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Multiple news sources report the government estimate that more than 20,000 children were stolen from families.

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web search NEUTRAL — May 28, 2026 ... The government estimates more than 20,000 children were stolen from families. Children of the poor and Indigenous populations were targeted ...
https://www.wpxi.com/news/national/chilean-american/OXZHXN45…

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web search NEUTRAL — May 28, 2026 ... The government estimates more than 20,000 children were stolen from families. Children of the poor and Indigenous populations were targeted ...
https://www.orlandosentinel.com/2026/05/28/chile-illegal-ado…

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web search NEUTRAL — May 29, 2026 ... 'Children of Silence' According to Chilean officials, during the Pinochet dictatorship from 1973 to 1990, thousands of babies were stolen from ...
https://www.facebook.com/fox43news/posts/a-mother-in-chile-s…

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Claim 13: “The two were reunited two days after her 56th birthday on Valentine’s Day”

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