DNA Results for Bearded Lady, Son to Be Unveiled (Exclusive Video)

(Nov. 23) -- Shocking news, Maury Povich fans: This Wednesday's show will not feature a paternity test. But fear not, the upcoming "Maury" episode isn't straying far. This time, it's a maternity test -- conducted to prove a bearded lady and a young man are truly mother and son.

Two months ago, AOL News first reported on the reunion of bearded lady Vivian Wheeler and her son, Richard Lorenc, after 30 years of separation.

The story led to the taping on "Maury" and offered Wheeler and Lorenc a second reunion at the show's studio in Stamford, Conn.

Wheeler, who wears an 11-inch beard, had requested the appearance on the show seeking the DNA test to provide closure. She felt in her heart that Lorenc was her son but wanted absolute certainty.

"Maury is a good man, he has a wonderful heart," Wheeler told AOL News right after the taping. "I wanted to be on his show, not just for the DNA but to help Maury help people out there to understand that there's billions of people out there that never find their children, and I'm one in a billion that did. The man above made it all possible."

Wheeler was born a hermaphrodite, and the birth of her son proved dozens of doctors wrong after they told her she'd never be able to get pregnant.

Accompanied by her good friend Joseph Harper, Wheeler made a three-day trek by train from her home in Bakersfield, Calif., to get to "Maury." Complications with epilepsy prevent her from flying.

"I wouldn't let her come alone," said Harper, who, like Wheeler, gets around in a wheelchair. "I think too much of her. I think she's special. I'd marry her in a minute if she'd have me."

Though Wheeler smiled at the mention of marriage, resolution with her son is her priority.

As for Lorenc, he initially had mixed emotions about doing the show. "I was kind of reluctant, but they treated us so good," he said. "They treated the piece well. I've rarely seen such a somber piece on their show."

"Maury"'s typically boisterous audience sat quietly, immersed in the story and respectful of both Wheeler and Lorenc.

"I was touching everybody in that audience, not physically but just looking around, touching them in different ways," Wheeler said.

Executive Producer Paul Faulhaber agreed. "Our audience was rooting for her, and rooting for Richard. It was obvious that the two of them really wanted this to happen," he said.

"What people really appreciated was that here was this young man Richard, with an everyday normal life, and he didn't look at his mom as the bearded lady or a carnival sideshow person," Faulhaber added. "You could see that no matter what happened, there was unconditional love there. We were all sitting there rooting for a positive outcome."

Lorenc has truly embraced having a bearded lady as his mother.

"I am lucky -- having this life story attached to it, it's cool," he said. "It's something I would've never imagined in a million years. But for this story to bring attention to Vivian is something else. It's a dream come true, I know, for her."

His adoptive parents have been equally accepting and supportive. In fact, it was his adopted mother who made the initial request to the Kansas Department of Social and Rehabilitation Services to find out about Lorenc's biological mother.

The "Maury" segment begins with Povich and Wheeler discussing her years in a sideshow and her experiences as a bearded lady. Then Lorenc comes out to join them. With the presumed mother and son together onstage, they recounted their initial reunion at the end of June.

"There was almost a calmness in her, because in her heart she knew she had found her son," Faulhaber said. "She's just at peace with the world. This was the last piece of the puzzle she needed to figure out."

Povich held that final piece, the definitive answer from the DNA test, tucked inside a small envelope. AOL News has agreed to withhold the results, which will be announced during Wednesday's show.

For Wheeler and Lorenc, "Maury" is just the beginning. Since AOL News broke the story in September, they've received attention from around the world and are hoping it helps them raise money to move Wheeler closer to Lorenc's family in Kansas.

They've already filmed a segment for "Inside Edition," and over the next few months they will also appear on a Guinness World Records show in Italy, two Japanese shows and others.

Wheeler would like "The Dr. Oz Show" to call next. She also looks forward to having a wax figure of herself in the Guinness museums.

"And maybe someday a movie about me," she added. "Whatever the man above wants to go on in my life, that's what will happen."