In China, U.S. Adopted Teen Finds His Roots
September 5, 2009 by happytopics.com
Filed under National News
His father and uncle fall to the ground, crying uncontrollably. After 11 years of not knowing, relief of finding a child they thought had been lost forever pours out of them.
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Everything changed in April this year when his adopted mother, Julia Norris, contacted lawyer Zhang Zhiwei, who works with volunteers in China, reuniting lost children with the parents.
"Based on Jiacheng’s memories we did some analysis, like his eating habits," Zhang said. "He likes vinegar, which should be in northern China and close to Shanxi. He also likes garlic … and from his memory his family grew potato and corn, which gave us a hint of the region he used to live."
