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Baylor senior Emily Knaub may have a better understanding of the phrase “Baylor family” than anyone.<\/p>\n
Like many Bears, she was born into a Baylor family; her mother, Lisa Pardo, graduated from Baylor in 1982. But to the best of their knowledge, that was as far as their Baylor legacy extended; they didn’t\u00a0know any more than that\u00a0because Lisa was adopted.\u00a0Since Emily’s\u00a0birth, Lisa had been searching for her biological family, with no luck.<\/p>\n
But that all changed this spring.\u00a0While in Austin as part of Baylor\u2019s Bob Bullock Scholars Program<\/a>, Emily had a chance meeting with an adoption Search Angel — someone who voluntarily helps adoptees, siblings and birth families locate their relatives. After 21 years of fruitless efforts, Emily and Lisa found the rest of their family.<\/p>\n [WATCH:\u00a0Emotional reunion as brother and sister meet for the first time<\/a> (via News 4 San Antonio)]<\/strong><\/p>\n After so many years, however, the family\u00a0was hesitant to meet with the Knaubs. After all, they had no idea who Emily and Lisa were; how could they trust total strangers?\u00a0It wasn\u2019t until they happened to send the family some Baylor-related photos that something clicked. In one of God’s mysterious workings, those\u00a0long-lost family members recognized the green and gold; they were part of the Baylor family, too! In fact,\u00a0Lisa\u2019s biological brother had a son who was also at Baylor — walking the campus at the same time as Emily.<\/p>\n The Knaubs\u00a0finally got to meet their new family when they returned\u00a0to Baylor this fall. \u201cIf it weren’t for Baylor giving me the opportunity to go to Austin, I would not have met the Search Angel who helped us find the family,\u201d Emily says. \u201cAnd if it were not for Baylor being in our genes, than the family may never have opened up to us. The Baylor family really is something so much deeper than just the name.\u201d<\/p>\n Sic \u2019em, Baylor family!<\/p>\n [We learned of this\u00a0story from a Bear who shared her\u00a0Baylor pride.\u00a0Do you know of an inspiring story, news item, or just a fun link that makes you proud of Baylor and the Baylor family? Let us know!\u00a0Click here to submit your point of pride!<\/span><\/a>]<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Baylor senior Emily Knaub may have a better understanding of the phrase “Baylor family” than anyone. Like many Bears, she was born into a Baylor family; her mother, Lisa Pardo, graduated from Baylor in 1982. But to the best of their knowledge, that was as far as their Baylor legacy extended; they didn’t\u00a0know any more […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,7,14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-17336","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-alumni","category-extraordinary-stories","category-student-life"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www2.baylor.edu\/baylorproud\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17336","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www2.baylor.edu\/baylorproud\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www2.baylor.edu\/baylorproud\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www2.baylor.edu\/baylorproud\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www2.baylor.edu\/baylorproud\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17336"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www2.baylor.edu\/baylorproud\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17336\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www2.baylor.edu\/baylorproud\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17336"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www2.baylor.edu\/baylorproud\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17336"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www2.baylor.edu\/baylorproud\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17336"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}