After the match was confirmed, Mobley was described as "in good health but overwhelmed".[1] She had been living in South Carolina under the name Alexis Manigo and had since graduated from Colleton County High School and had a boyfriend.[2] She had been raised alongside Gloria Williams' two other children.[3] Mobley connected with her father and grandmother over FaceTime and planned to reunite with other biological family members in person.[4] She had never met her biological father, as he was incarcerated at the time of her birth for drug possession and delivery and because he was 19 while Shanara was 15 at the time of Kamiyah's conception.