Durham family opens home to brother of adopted Ugandan girl

A 16-year-old Durham girl who was adopted from Uganda in 2010 reunited with her younger brother for the first time in years Thursday night at Raleigh-Durham International Airport.
Posted 4/12/2013, 4:09:12 AM Updated 9/23/2025, 7:49:36 PM

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>> VERY FORTUNATE.

>>> A DURHAM COUPLE EXTENDED

THEIR FAMILY.

THEY REUNITED THEIR BROTHER AND

SISTER WHO WERE SEPARATED FIVE

YEARS AGO.

KEN SMITH WAS THERE FOR THE

EMOTIONAL NEWSROOM AND JOINS US

NOW WITH THE STORY.

>>Reporter: LET'S JUST SAY THERE

WASN'T A DRY EYE ANYWHERE NEAR

BY.

JERRY AND JODIE TUCKER HAVE FOUR

ADOPTIVE CHILDREN ALREADY.

WHEN THEY FOUND OUT SHE HAD A

LITTLE BROTHER.

THEY DECIDED THEY HAD ENOUGH

ROOM AND LOVE IN THEIR HEARTS

FOR ONE MORE.

THIS IS WHAT IT LOOKED LIKE

THROUGH THE EYES OF A

16-YEAR-OLD GIRL.

>> I'M SHAKING.

>>Reporter: WHO'S DREAM OF

SEEING A LITTLE BROTHER AGAIN.

IS ABOUT TO COME TRUE.

THIS PICTURE IS TAKEN OF AGNES

TUCKER AND LITTLE BROTHER FRED

WAS ONE OF THE LAST TIMES SHE

SAW HIM.

>> WRE IN URGANDA.

>>Reporter: HER GREEM STARTED

WHEN JODIE TUCKER AND HER

HUSBAND ADOPTED HER.

SHE FOUND OUT THEY HAD A LITTLE

BROTHER THAT WAS SENT TO A

DIFFERENT ORPHANAGE.

>> WE KNEW WE WOULD FIND THEM

AND TRY TO REUNITE THEM.

>>Reporter: AFTER DEALING WITH

ONE DELAY AFTER ANOTHER FOR

ALMOST THREE YEARS, THE DAY FOR

AGNES'S LITTLE BROTHER ARRIVED.

>> COME QUICK.

>>Reporter: TIME COULDN'T HAVE

MOVED FASTER.

AND FINALLY, THE MOMENT SHE'S

BEEN DREAMING ABOUT.

HER LITTLE BROTHER WAS FINALLY

HOME.

JUST SEEING THE JOY ON THEIR

FACE, COMPLETING THE WHOLE

PROCESS, IT'S JUST, YOU KNOW,

IT'S IMPOSSIBLE TO PUT INTO

WORDS.

>> WHAT WENT THROUGH YOUR?

>> I WAS VERY HAPPY AND EXCITED.

>>Reporter: THE WELCOME SIGNS,

THEY ALL SAID IT ALL AND FOR

AGNES, HER FAMILY PORTRAIT IS

NOW COMPLETE.

IT STILL BREAKS ME UP.

LK ALONG WITH AGNES AND FRED

THEY ADOPTED TWO OF THE COUSINS.

THEY ALSO HAVE A 17-YEAR-OLD

ADOPTED DAUGHTER AND THREE GROAN

CHILDREN.

SO -- THREE GROWN CHILDREN.

THEY WANT HIM TO GET ACCLIMATED

WITH THE NEW FAMILY, AND NEW

COUNTRY.

>> SUCH A SPECIAL FAMILY THEY

HAVE SO MUCH LOVE TO GIVE.

HE'S GOING TO BE VERY WELCOMED

HERE.

>> SHOW HIM HOW TO USE AN

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