Helen Thomas Convinced Fossil Remains of "Lucy" Are Her Long Lost Daughter White House Correspondent Helen Thomas reportedly erupted in a startling orgy of joy yesterday when she saw the recreation of "Lucy," a 3.3 million year old skeleton discovered in Ethiopia. According to insiders who were able to decipher Ms. Thomas' grunts and squeals, Lucy is the spitting image of a baby the famed reporter gave up for adoption when she was a teenager. "I've never seen Helen quite like this," said one anonymous colleague. "She was squatting in her chair and pointing at her computer screen, yelling, 'LUCY...