On the third day of the Lunar New Year, Wang Jinhong, who had been away from home for more than 60 years, returned to his hometown of Xinjian Town, Yixing City, Jiangsu Province, where he thought about it day and night. The news of his return home spread all over the streets and alleys, and relatives, friends, and neighbors came to greet him, beating gongs and drums, and setting off fireworks and firecrackers to warmly welcome him. After meeting, he hugged his brother and sister-in-law one by one with tears in his eyes, and the touching scene brought tears to the eyes of the onlookers. The whole family had a reunion dinner together, which made him feel the taste of reunion.
The family welcomed Wang Jinhong home.
Wang Jinhong has lived in Changzhi City, Shanxi Province since she was a child. He only vaguely remembers that in the winter of 1959, he was picked up by his adoptive mother from a welfare home in Jiangnan. For decades, he wondered when and where he was born. In recent years, he has seen many people find their families one after another, and they also want to find their loved ones. In October 2023, Liang Suying, head of the Shanxi Workstation of the Jiangyin Family Tracing Volunteer Association, went to Changzhi to carry out volunteer activities, and Wang Jinhong's friend Wang Yunsheng (who is also a family seeker) called him to come to the event site and encouraged him to collect blood and put it in the warehouse.
Wang Jinhong saw Liang Suying and asked directly: "I don't have any information, can I find a home?" Liang Suying told him: "As long as you take a blood sample and put it in the public security database, you can screen out your ancestral information, and it is very likely that your relatives will be found through the information." Liang Suying collected samples for Wang Jinhong, Wang Yunsheng and other family seekers, registered the information, and mailed it to the Jiangyin Family Tracing Volunteer Association. After receiving the sample, the association sent it to Officer Ke of the Luqiao Branch of the Public Security Bureau of Taizhou City, Zhejiang.
Reunion site. On November 29, Wu Xia, a volunteer of the Jiangyin Family Tracing Volunteer Association, received a message from Officer Ke's reunion team: Wang Jinhong's ancestral home is in Yixing, Wuxi. The day after receiving the news, she led three volunteers to drive to Yixing City. After visiting all morning, a villager said: "There is also a family surnamed Chu in Zhashang North, you go and ask." They came to the local police office, and with the help of the auxiliary police and the unremitting efforts of the volunteers, they finally found Wang Jinhong's suspected elder brother Chu Guoqi and Chu Guoliang.
The second brother, Chu Guoqi, said that his parents gave birth to a total of 5 boys, 4 girls and 9 children, and sent out three children in a row. Among them, the 11-year-old sister was given to a family with better living conditions for adoption; 7-year-old sister was given to her aunt's house; The youngest brother Chu Xiliang, who was born less than three months ago, was sent by ship by his father and eldest brother to the Shanghai Welfare Institute. At that time, the welfare home was registered. After two years, the living conditions of the family were better, and when my father and eldest brother went to the Shanghai Welfare Institute to look for their little brother, it had been demolished, and the clue was broken.
Have a reunion dinner together.
After collecting the blood sample of Chu Jia's brother, on January 12, 2024, the news sent by Officer Ke's reunion team came with good news again: Changzhi Wang Jinhong and Yixing Chu Guoqi and Chu Guoliang's DNA tend to be all-sibling. Liang Suying told Wang Jinhong the news. Faced with the sudden good news, he was caught off guard.
Wang Jinhong felt like she was in a dream. After communication, he believed this fact, and hurriedly asked: "Where is home?" What's the last name? Are the parents alive? Have siblings? How old am I in the family? Liang Suying answered them one by one. Only then did he say from the bottom of his heart: "Thank you!" You've worked hard. Compared with the suspected younger brother, the Chu brothers were also very excited, and finally found their own brother.
Yangtze Evening News Purple Cow News reporter Yan Chunxu.
**: Jiangyin Volunteer Association.
Proofread by Faye Wong.