Madrid - Antonia Radas had always thought her mother abandoned her.
That was what she had been told by her adoptive family, one among the many Spanish families supportive of 1939-75 dictator Francisco Franco, which raised children taken away from the general's opponents.
Antonia only met her mother Carmen at age 54 thanks to a television programme helping people locate lost relatives.
"I recognized her immediately," the daily El Pais quoted Radas as saying. "She was like me, but 30 years older! I really liked my mother."