Tears of joy as woman snatched as baby is reunited with family

A teenager who was stolen from hospital as a newborn baby has been reunited with her birth family as the woman she thought was her mother was charged with her kidnapping.

Thanks to DNA analysis, the 18-year-old now knows her birth name: Kamiyah Mobley.

She was in good health but understandably overwhelmed, Mike Williams, sheriff of Jacksonville, Florida, said.

Gloria Williams, 51, was arrested at her home in Walterboro, South Carolina, early on Friday, charged with kidnapping and interference with custody.

Ms Mobley, who was raised under her given name, Alexis Manigo, was allowed to spend a few emotional moments with Williams, crying "Momma" through the caged window of a security door after Williams waived extradition to Florida, according to WXJT-TV.

But a much different scene was described by the young woman's birth family, who cried "tears of joy" after a detective told them their baby had been found.

Within hours they were able to reconnect by video chat over FaceTime.

"She looks just like her daddy," her paternal grandmother, Velma Aiken, of Jacksonville, said, after they were able to see each other for the first time.

"She acts like she been talking to us all the time. She...