Complex sentence: After turning 18, Eckermann began searching for her birth mother, Audrey, finding her when she was 34 after information was released with the "Bringing Them Home" report in 1997.
Split into simpler sentences: After turning 18, Eckermann began searching for her birth mother. Eckermann found her birth mother when when she was 34 after information was released with the "Bringing Them Home" report in 1997.