Tortured journey

TRESSA REEVES stares at the framed piece of paper on the wall.

The birth cert takes pride of place in her home. After a battle with the state lasting almost 50 years, she finally has official recognition that she gave birth to a boy in 1961.

Following a journey involving religious secrecy, denial, an illegal adoption and a false birth registration, she registered André as her own last October. She was 70. He was 48.