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" watched him when he was born and grew up"

Do you mean when she says " I've been waiting, Snake, for a long time. Waiting for your birth, your growth, and the finality of today."? That dialogue is from MGS3. She says it around the time of their final battle. It has nothing to do with his actual birth. It represents her longing for a successor to take her place. Now that Snake is taking the burden of the fate of the world on his own shoulders, she can finally die.