Arizona resident Steve Dennis was left in a phone booth 64 years ago.After doing an online ancestry DNA test, Dennis found his birth mother, according to the Lancaster Eagle Gazette.Dennis plans to meet with his birth mother for the first time this month.He may still never know his real birthday.Almost 64 years ago, a baby was found abandoned in a phone booth, and, though this news made headlines, people were unable to locate the baby's mother. This week, however, thedecades-long mystery was put to rest after a man discovered he was actually that baby. And it was all thanks to an online DNA test.DNA helped Steve Dennis find his birth family.Phoenix, Arizona resident Steve Dennis' who was quickly adopted after having been left in a phone booth just off of US 22 right outside Lancaster, Ohio ' would have had no idea about any of this if his daughters hadn't bought him an Ancestry.com DNA testing kit.A first cousin who had also used Ancestry.com was found after Dennis submitted his swabs, according to the Lancaster Eagle Gazette. That cousin then sent a message to Dennis that said, "I think I know who your mother is. We've heard throughout our lives that there's a baby that we're related to that was left in a telephone booth," reported the Lancaster Eagle Gazette.Through that cousin, Dennis reconnected with a half-sister ' who also knew this story about the baby in the phone booth, reported the Lancaster Eagle Gazette. All the kids in the family had heard the story, so Dennis' half-sister got a DNA test as well to confirm their relationship. It was a match. Dennis said he hadn't wondered where he came from because his family loved him ' and had told him a different story.Dennis' adopted parents had told him since he was a very young child that he was adopted. He told the Lancaster Eagle Gazette that he never heard about the baby in the phone booth until he was a teenager. By that point, he dismissed it as an urban legend ' it was too wild to be real. Steve Dennis told the Lancaster Eagle Gazette that as far as he's concerned, his adopted parents are his real parents ' but he wouldn't mind learning his actual birth date.'It's interesting. It's not like earth-shattering or anything like that," Dennis told The Arizona Republic. "My true parents, of course, were my adoptive parents. It would be almost impossible for me to think otherwise.'Steve Dennis' birth mother is still alive ' and they're meeting for the first time as adults later this month.Through Steve Dennis' half-sister, he found out his birth mother is still alive ' and is 85 years old. Her memories of baby Steve are hazy ' but according to Dennis, she was coerced by his father into abandoning the baby in a phone booth all those years ago.Steve Dennis was abandoned as an infant and left in a phone booth in Ohio. With the help of DNA testing, Dennis has found his birth mom. https://t.co/RWLppb0k2H pic.twitter.com/u20Svyg4kq' Lancaster E-G (@EagleGazette) August 20, 2018He was born in a hospital, but then his father told his mother that he'd marry her if they could just abandon the baby. At some point during a drive from Kentucky that wound its way through Ohio, he physically removed baby Steve from their vehicle and left him in a phone booth.A bread deliveryman found the baby a short time later, and the abandoned infant became a hot local story for some time, according to the Lancaster Eagle Gazette. Adoption offers came flooding in, as well. Not long after, the father disappeared and nobody in his biological family knows where he went.Despite this amazing find, Steve Dennis may still not find out his real birth date.The meeting is an amazing step forward ' but Dennis told the Lancaster Eagle Gazette that his half-sister has said their mother simply doesn't remember all the exact details. Dennis said, "I'm not going to make a real big deal about this. I'll just take whatever she gives me and leave it at that. I mean, you can't hassle an 85-year-old woman '- so whatever she feels comfortable saying to me, I'll take. It's more than I had before."For more great stories, head to INSIDER's homepage.Join the conversation about this storyNOW WATCH: I woke up at 4:30 a.m. for a week like a Navy SEAL
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