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Weird News

For almost 70 years, Genevieve Purinton believed the daughter she gave birth to had died because that was what she was told by doctors.

But the 88-year-old Florida woman was stunned earlier this year when that baby girl reached out to her and asked to meet.

Connie Moultroup, now 69, had not died and instead was adopted by a California family.

This week the pair finally reunited at Purinton's Tampa-area retirement home, thanks to a DNA kit.

Moultroup whose adopted mother died when she was five said: "It's been a lifetime of wanting this. I remember being five years old, and wishing that I could find my mother."

She added: "(She said) 'I think I'm your mother'. "You could've heard a pin drop. I said, 'Oh, my God'."

And when they met in person, Purinton said: "You're really not dead!"

Noise is a greater stress of Christmas shopping than queues or present hunting.

Our well-being is scientifically proven to drop by as much as 16 per cent when we experience the festive shopping chaos.

Experts recommended taking regular breaks, listening to music and blocking out the noise with headphones.

Patrick Fagan, behavioural science expert at Goldsmiths University said: "As a nation, a staggering 88 per cent don't wear headphones when out shopping; however, wearing such tech appears to increase happiness and feelings of well-being and can provide a simple solution during this stressful time."

Meanwhile, Sony's WH-1000XM3 headphones benefit from a newly developed HD Noise Cancelling Processor QN1.

Claire Poux, Head of Sound, UK & Ireland at Sony comments: "Our WH-1000XM3 headphones give shoppers the opportunity to experience our industry leading noise cancelling headphones, allowing them to cut out the chaos surrounding them on the high street this Christmas".