A boy kidnapped from a California park more than seven decades ago was found alive and well as a senior citizen and reunited with surviving loved ones after his niece found him across the country through her own DNA research,

The Mercury News, based in San Jose, was the first to report on Saturday that, thanks in large part to Albino's niece, the long-lost man has finally been found. Working on a hunch from an online ancestry test,

Luis Armando Albino was just six when he was lured from a California park in 1951 by a woman who promised to buy him candy at a nearby store.

A boy who was kidnapped from an Oakland playground in 1951 has been found alive on the East Coast, a remarkable resolution to a mystery that has haunted his family for over half a century. On Feb. 21,

Luis Armando Albino was 6 years old in 1951 when he was abducted while playing at an Oakland, California park. Now, more than seven decades later, Albino has been found thanks to help from an online ancestry test,

Luis Albino, a retired Marine and firefighter, was lured from a park while playing with his older brother in Oakland, California.

Luis Armando Albino was 6 years old in 1951 when he was abducted while playing at an Oakland park. Now, more than seven decades later, Albino has been found thanks to help from an online ancestry test,