The Mercury News reported this week that Albino's niece in Oakland, using DNA testing and newspaper clippings — and with assistance from police, the FBI and the U.S. Justice Department — found her uncle living on the East Coast.

I was always determined to find him and … it could help other families going through the same thing. I would say don’t give up.”

Luis Armando Albino was abducted from a park in Oakland, California, in 1951 while playing with brother Roger, before being tracked down 73 years later by his niece

A six-year-old boy who was abducted more than 70 years ago has been found alive. Luis Armando Albino vanished after he was taken by a woman in a park in West Oakland, California, on February 21, 1951.

A six-year-old boy abducted in 1951 has been reunited with his long-lost brother 73 years on after his dedicated niece cracked the cold case. Luis Armando Albino, who is now 79, was abducted by a woman on February 21,

In 1951, a woman abducted six-year-old Luis Armando Albino, left, from a park in West Oakland. For over 70 years, his family searched for him, with his mother holding onto hope until her death.