Feb 11, 2018
Ming Foxweldon shares her many and varied experiences trying to locate her birth parents in China, Ricki chimes in with commentary and Iris reads stories of successful family reunions inside China. Although in the end, Ming did not locate her birth family, her story is a long rollercoaster ride of success, failure and determination, full of examples of how she learned what to do and what not to do, and she sums it all up with valuable advice for adoptees. Ricki Mudd compares something of Ming’s experience to her own, and she offers her thoughts about the emotional sensitivity surrounding a search for birth relatives that often hinders communication between adoptive parents and adoptees. Iris Leung continues to consider BaoBeiHuiJia, coming away with a couple example volunteer reports to share with us of successful family reunions with missing relatives inside China. Mention is made by both Ming and Iris of the Chinese reality TV show, Waiting for Me, in which missing children are reunited with family members. An episode of Waiting for Me can be viewed here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LgKJClo1Pgo