Reunited: An Adoptee's Story | Adoptee Meets Birth Mom After More Than 40 Years Apart

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  • čas přidán 14. 01. 2021
  • For over 40 years, Nguyen Thi Dep had no idea what happened to her daughter, and Leigh Small had no connection to her biological family. Thanks to a connection made on Ancestry.com, Leigh was able to connect with the family she never knew.
    Small’s AncestryDNA results connected her with a half-sister who told her that her Vietnamese mother was looking for her. During the Vietnam War, thousands of children were evacuated before the fall of Saigon as part of Operation Babylift. Leigh was one of them.
    Follow along for the story of an adoptee reuniting with her biological mother after decades apart.
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Komentáře • 427

  • @tnt2054
    @tnt2054 Před 2 lety +495

    You can tell the Vietnamese mother loved her child through photos. Back then in a country that was having a civil war, taking photographs was a luxury

    • @hillarysudeikis2264
      @hillarysudeikis2264 Před rokem

      Lord Jesus Christ is coming back everyone, please don’t worship celebrities and entertainment, focus on Him alone. I promise there’s more to life than money, partying, homosexuality and music. Hell is real, repent from sinning confess your sins and ask God to forgive you, I know He will if you’re sincere. Anyone who thinks the Name of Lord Jesus Christ is a joke, boldly mocks and scorns Him or takes pleasure in people who do is in for a big unpleasant surprise on judgement day IF they don’t repent and follow Lord Jesus Christ. Hell is very hot, people please repent! In the mighty name of Lord Jesus Christ, Amen 🙏💪✝️💜❤️✝️!
      Idolatry such as, Islam, Catholicism, Sangomaism, Buddhism, Hinduism, Santa Clausism, Confucianism, New Age, Science, Evolution, halloweenism, Harry Potterism, Politics, Donald Trumpism, Easter Bunnyism and other religions/faiths that are outside Biblical Christianity lead to hell! Don’t believe them, believe the Almighty God the Father of Lord Jesus Christ, who begot Him. Our Creator, The God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob is mighty, He doesn’t need a woman to beget a son, He is God. I choose to put my faith in a God who can do anything and everything, a God who has unlimited and infinite power to beget!
      So, it’s time to confess that Lord Jesus Christ is the Lord and to believe that He died and rose from the grave after three days and you shall be saved if you only obey Him by praying, worshipping, praising, reading the Bible and living holy and righteously according to the Bible. You have to endure until the end, carry your cross daily and build your relationship with God by following Lord Jesus daily until the end. You must never renounce your faith in The Lord Jesus Christ, there’s hell awaiting those who reject/deny Lord Jesus Christ and those who continue living sinfully, even the Christians who don’t want to repent will face the same fate, so please repent beloved people, in Lord Jesus Christ’s mighty and precious Name, Amen.

    • @minhchaubuingoc8384
      @minhchaubuingoc8384 Před rokem

      Nope. Life was good before the civil war. Photograph was normal. Only after the American army retreated that the Southern Vietnam was taken over by the North and the whole civilization seemed to be reversed back to 20 years before. All properties confiscated, all education system destroyed. They don’t even dare to teach that in current history class and just skip over that period

  • @SuperTuhla
    @SuperTuhla Před 2 lety +302

    Poor mother..and she looked like a child herself. A beautiful child.

    • @1183tn
      @1183tn Před rokem +13

      Her name "Đẹp" literally means "Beautiful" in Vietnamese.

    • @teriangel8807
      @teriangel8807 Před 7 měsíci +3

      Dep, meaning beautiful you said? It sure is for a beautiful lady!!! ❤❤❤

  • @ericamary6778
    @ericamary6778 Před 2 lety +236

    I am so glad Leigh Small did the DNA test. Her Vietnamese mother was on Cath Turner's adoption story searching for her. So glad to see them reunited!

    • @hillarysudeikis2264
      @hillarysudeikis2264 Před rokem

      Lord Jesus Christ is coming back everyone, please don’t worship celebrities and entertainment, focus on Him alone. I promise there’s more to life than money, partying, homosexuality and music. Hell is real, repent from sinning confess your sins and ask God to forgive you, I know He will if you’re sincere. Anyone who thinks the Name of Lord Jesus Christ is a joke, boldly mocks and scorns Him or takes pleasure in people who do is in for a big unpleasant surprise on judgement day IF they don’t repent and follow Lord Jesus Christ. Hell is very hot, people please repent! In the mighty name of Lord Jesus Christ, Amen 🙏💪✝️💜❤️✝️!
      Idolatry such as, Islam, Catholicism, Sangomaism, Buddhism, Hinduism, Santa Clausism, Confucianism, New Age, Science, Evolution, halloweenism, Harry Potterism, Politics, Donald Trumpism, Easter Bunnyism and other religions/faiths that are outside Biblical Christianity lead to hell! Don’t believe them, believe the Almighty God the Father of Lord Jesus Christ, who begot Him. Our Creator, The God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob is mighty, He doesn’t need a woman to beget a son, He is God. I choose to put my faith in a God who can do anything and everything, a God who has unlimited and infinite power to beget!
      So, it’s time to confess that Lord Jesus Christ is the Lord and to believe that He died and rose from the grave after three days and you shall be saved if you only obey Him by praying, worshipping, praising, reading the Bible and living holy and righteously according to the Bible. You have to endure until the end, carry your cross daily and build your relationship with God by following Lord Jesus daily until the end. You must never renounce your faith in The Lord Jesus Christ, there’s hell awaiting those who reject/deny Lord Jesus Christ and those who continue living sinfully, even the Christians who don’t want to repent will face the same fate, so please repent beloved people, in Lord Jesus Christ’s mighty and precious Name, Amen.

    • @tomtran1
      @tomtran1 Před rokem +9

      Her mother is not under-age. But in westerners eyes maybe

    • @musk-eteer9898
      @musk-eteer9898 Před rokem

      asian are late bloomers

    • @KimAhrina11
      @KimAhrina11 Před rokem +6

      @@TsarOfRuss yes she was.. But it was back then, a lot of soldiers in general did sexual intercouse with minor in those countries wars/coloniation era. Even until now, Asia especially Southeast Asia is like their heaven for that

    • @TsarOfRuss
      @TsarOfRuss Před rokem +1

      @@KimAhrina11 Mmm, thats true! i agree..
      case closed

  • @TruongNguyen-wm7jq
    @TruongNguyen-wm7jq Před 2 lety +194

    The greatest mom in the world . Respect the mom big time !

    • @hillarysudeikis2264
      @hillarysudeikis2264 Před rokem

      Lord Jesus Christ is coming back everyone, please don’t worship celebrities and entertainment, focus on Him alone. I promise there’s more to life than money, partying, homosexuality and music. Hell is real, repent from sinning confess your sins and ask God to forgive you, I know He will if you’re sincere. Anyone who thinks the Name of Lord Jesus Christ is a joke, boldly mocks and scorns Him or takes pleasure in people who do is in for a big unpleasant surprise on judgement day IF they don’t repent and follow Lord Jesus Christ. Hell is very hot, people please repent! In the mighty name of Lord Jesus Christ, Amen 🙏💪✝️💜❤️✝️!
      Idolatry such as, Islam, Catholicism, Sangomaism, Buddhism, Hinduism, Santa Clausism, Confucianism, New Age, Science, Evolution, halloweenism, Harry Potterism, Politics, Donald Trumpism, Easter Bunnyism and other religions/faiths that are outside Biblical Christianity lead to hell! Don’t believe them, believe the Almighty God the Father of Lord Jesus Christ, who begot Him. Our Creator, The God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob is mighty, He doesn’t need a woman to beget a son, He is God. I choose to put my faith in a God who can do anything and everything, a God who has unlimited and infinite power to beget!
      So, it’s time to confess that Lord Jesus Christ is the Lord and to believe that He died and rose from the grave after three days and you shall be saved if you only obey Him by praying, worshipping, praising, reading the Bible and living holy and righteously according to the Bible. You have to endure until the end, carry your cross daily and build your relationship with God by following Lord Jesus daily until the end. You must never renounce your faith in The Lord Jesus Christ, there’s hell awaiting those who reject/deny Lord Jesus Christ and those who continue living sinfully, even the Christians who don’t want to repent will face the same fate, so please repent beloved people, in Lord Jesus Christ’s mighty and precious Name, Amen.

    • @tonysaldana7120
      @tonysaldana7120 Před rokem

      😬😬😬 such good mom she left her

    • @Leyla7292
      @Leyla7292 Před rokem +17

      @@tonysaldana7120 So rude comment of you!! Did u not listen or did u not understand? In the begining of the video, they tell becuse of the war in Asia it was 2 risky & poverty, to keep her baby! The mum send her 2 America so she would survive, & have a safe & better life. The father was american if u remember that?

    • @tonysaldana7120
      @tonysaldana7120 Před rokem

      @@Leyla7292 Yes I'm aware I watched the video. She abandoned her kid

    • @bn6942
      @bn6942 Před rokem

      @@tonysaldana7120 Well, the monster Vi Ci was about taking over the country. If I was her mom, I would do the same thing

  • @rosahacketts1668
    @rosahacketts1668 Před rokem +52

    This is why it is so important that adoptee parents to educate and expose their adopted children about the cultural custom and heritage of their natural parent(s) in doing so there wouldn't be a struggle.

  • @marys2382
    @marys2382 Před 3 lety +247

    I remember the week when the kids were brought over from Saigon in a plane. We had friends brought into our sixth grade classroom who also had a Vietnamese mom and American soldier dad, but he'd brought her and all children over. Only one was theirs together. All her other children were from a Vietnamese soldier helping the Americans, who had died fighting with us. For how difficult their lives were there, learning on a dirt floor classroom, they were all more advanced than us and valued their education immensely. It was a real lesson to me.

    • @chloekit4861
      @chloekit4861 Před 3 lety +20

      It’s crazy how many children were conceived during the war

    • @hillarysudeikis2264
      @hillarysudeikis2264 Před rokem

      Lord Jesus Christ is coming back everyone, please don’t worship celebrities and entertainment, focus on Him alone. I promise there’s more to life than money, partying, homosexuality and music. Hell is real, repent from sinning confess your sins and ask God to forgive you, I know He will if you’re sincere. Anyone who thinks the Name of Lord Jesus Christ is a joke, boldly mocks and scorns Him or takes pleasure in people who do is in for a big unpleasant surprise on judgement day IF they don’t repent and follow Lord Jesus Christ. Hell is very hot, people please repent! In the mighty name of Lord Jesus Christ, Amen 🙏💪✝️💜❤️✝️!
      Idolatry such as, Islam, Catholicism, Sangomaism, Buddhism, Hinduism, Santa Clausism, Confucianism, New Age, Science, Evolution, halloweenism, Harry Potterism, Politics, Donald Trumpism, Easter Bunnyism and other religions/faiths that are outside Biblical Christianity lead to hell! Don’t believe them, believe the Almighty God the Father of Lord Jesus Christ, who begot Him. Our Creator, The God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob is mighty, He doesn’t need a woman to beget a son, He is God. I choose to put my faith in a God who can do anything and everything, a God who has unlimited and infinite power to beget!
      So, it’s time to confess that Lord Jesus Christ is the Lord and to believe that He died and rose from the grave after three days and you shall be saved if you only obey Him by praying, worshipping, praising, reading the Bible and living holy and righteously according to the Bible. You have to endure until the end, carry your cross daily and build your relationship with God by following Lord Jesus daily until the end. You must never renounce your faith in The Lord Jesus Christ, there’s hell awaiting those who reject/deny Lord Jesus Christ and those who continue living sinfully, even the Christians who don’t want to repent will face the same fate, so please repent beloved people, in Lord Jesus Christ’s mighty and precious Name, Amen.

    • @Steevee14
      @Steevee14 Před rokem +9

      @@chloekit4861Thankfully, some people were taking the "make love, not war" slogan very seriously!

    • @KimAhrina11
      @KimAhrina11 Před rokem +1

      With the same story like above? The kids were adopted tho?

    • @peachygal4153
      @peachygal4153 Před 16 dny +1

      We had a neighbor with a Vietnamese wife too. So not all the solders abandoned them. This was circa 1975, they were like early 20's. They had no kids yet, so he married her because he loved her.

  • @OneEyeWise
    @OneEyeWise Před rokem +71

    I was a Vietnam war child and this story made me cry, glad love is reunited, as for me ... life goes on, no matter what

  • @michellepascual1679
    @michellepascual1679 Před 2 lety +176

    My mom has been looking for her biological mother in Guatemala for 72 years. I hope she too is able to have a 😊 happy story like you. Thank you.

    • @bea6564
      @bea6564 Před 2 lety +12

      I hope she receives peace.

    • @brendajerez2235
      @brendajerez2235 Před rokem +11

      I have been looking for my mother in Guatemala for the last 62 years. Best wishes to them ❤️

    • @tonysaldana7120
      @tonysaldana7120 Před rokem

      72 years? Why look for her after so long? She must be dead.

    • @tonysaldana7120
      @tonysaldana7120 Před rokem

      @@brendajerez2235 your mom must be dead. Just stop wasting your time

    • @barbarakosloski9260
      @barbarakosloski9260 Před rokem +2

      DNA testing might connect you to half siblings or cousins. I would not count on parent's still living but one can only hope. Good luck and get the DNA tests done quick!!!

  • @AlaaAllaf
    @AlaaAllaf Před 3 lety +131

    wow!! 44 years.. was very difficult for this mother to get used to it and to kill her sadness. not all the mothers have a mother heart. but this mother does.

    • @claudiasoare9032
      @claudiasoare9032 Před 3 lety +4

      Lately womans don't know what a real mother mean....or even fathers...Both chose the easy way out...

  • @lovinglife8097
    @lovinglife8097 Před 2 lety +143

    Vietnamese People are very family oriented. They love each other. I CAN'T imagine how her mother lives her intire life knowing she has a daughter living far away from her and not seeing her little girl growing up. I am happy that The daughter found her birth mother.

    • @thetruth5479
      @thetruth5479 Před rokem +2

      Im a little surprised at her adoption Family for not trying to find the young Girls mother early on????

    • @tita8202
      @tita8202 Před rokem +4

      @@thetruth5479, true

    • @KimAhrina11
      @KimAhrina11 Před rokem +7

      Asian people in general are very family oriented

    • @KimAhrina11
      @KimAhrina11 Před rokem +2

      @@thetruth5479 they didn't have access maybe. If Leigh/woman didn't do dna test, maybe they wouldn't find her until now

    • @gail9299
      @gail9299 Před rokem +2

      @@KimAhrina11 no Dna access for the public, no internet, no mobiles, no landlines for many. A very different world making it a 100 times harder than it would be now.

  • @tenbroeck1958
    @tenbroeck1958 Před 2 lety +120

    Her mother is such a beautiful lady. What a great story- Of course I was adopted, and spent much of my life searching and feeling like an outsider.

    • @hillarysudeikis2264
      @hillarysudeikis2264 Před rokem

      Lord Jesus Christ is coming back everyone, please don’t worship celebrities and entertainment, focus on Him alone. I promise there’s more to life than money, partying, homosexuality and music. Hell is real, repent from sinning confess your sins and ask God to forgive you, I know He will if you’re sincere. Anyone who thinks the Name of Lord Jesus Christ is a joke, boldly mocks and scorns Him or takes pleasure in people who do is in for a big unpleasant surprise on judgement day IF they don’t repent and follow Lord Jesus Christ. Hell is very hot, people please repent! In the mighty name of Lord Jesus Christ, Amen 🙏💪✝️💜❤️✝️!
      Idolatry such as, Islam, Catholicism, Sangomaism, Buddhism, Hinduism, Santa Clausism, Confucianism, New Age, Science, Evolution, halloweenism, Harry Potterism, Politics, Donald Trumpism, Easter Bunnyism and other religions/faiths that are outside Biblical Christianity lead to hell! Don’t believe them, believe the Almighty God the Father of Lord Jesus Christ, who begot Him. Our Creator, The God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob is mighty, He doesn’t need a woman to beget a son, He is God. I choose to put my faith in a God who can do anything and everything, a God who has unlimited and infinite power to beget!
      So, it’s time to confess that Lord Jesus Christ is the Lord and to believe that He died and rose from the grave after three days and you shall be saved if you only obey Him by praying, worshipping, praising, reading the Bible and living holy and righteously according to the Bible. You have to endure until the end, carry your cross daily and build your relationship with God by following Lord Jesus daily until the end. You must never renounce your faith in The Lord Jesus Christ, there’s hell awaiting those who reject/deny Lord Jesus Christ and those who continue living sinfully, even the Christians who don’t want to repent will face the same fate, so please repent beloved people, in Lord Jesus Christ’s mighty and precious Name, Amen.

    • @minhchaubuingoc8384
      @minhchaubuingoc8384 Před rokem +10

      In fact, her very name, Đẹp, means beautiful in Vietnamese

  • @tonychin5065
    @tonychin5065 Před 3 lety +75

    Very touching. Her mom has endured suffering for a half of century.

  • @julie-anna.a.2207
    @julie-anna.a.2207 Před 2 lety +159

    My dad was on one of the individuals on the planes caring for babies during “Operation Baby Lift.” He is no longer with us, but used to tell us about his experience.
    He unfortunately had nightmares on a daily basis about what he witnessed when the “doors” or “bay” closed on the plane, seeing parents screaming.
    However, some of the “babies” now adults reached out and he was so grateful.
    If anyone was apart of “Operation Baby Lift,” I would love to speak/meet you. Your experience was such a big part of my dad’s life.

    • @shawnkincheloesr5192
      @shawnkincheloesr5192 Před rokem +22

      May God bless you entirely Julie-Ann. In Jesus Name. Julie-Ann, I just loss my Father on May 20th 2022 & my Father simply did not do all too well and he was ( shell shock ) / PTSD, and my Grandmother, Aunts, and those that raised me would never allow him to take me anywhere as a child & I loss contact with him for years, then I caught up with him, but he never talked about the war to me, and I recently found out that he never had a great relationship with his Father through his only Sister. After the war, my Father would get locked up, do drugs etc etc etc, but he recently died at age 74, but through my Father, I just recently found out that I have a really really large family and his Mother was 1 of 14 and I also found out that his Father was 1 of 12. My Father ( because he was shell shock ) he became the black sheep of the family so not many people even knew that I even existed. So now that I have reached out to my Cousins, they are almost in total shock 😱 once they find out who I am & none of my Cousins even try to deny me because of our dominant genes. My Father’s Mother’s people are all receptive of me, but I have yet to find out anything about my Grandfather’s side of my family, but this is what I will be setting out to do very very soon. 🙏🏾

    • @herowillrose3198
      @herowillrose3198 Před rokem +3

      Just like to say thank you your father served in Vietnam. My parents and many relatives served and protected south Vietnam along with American helped, some got killed, all others in re-education and concentration camps until 1982. We were the boat peoples.

  • @acex8124
    @acex8124 Před 2 lety +57

    This is Mrs. Ace X. This womans mother looked so beautiful, hugging her child. Then the last hug, you see the pain of having to let her daughter go again. I hope that they become very close, to help lessen the internal scars that her mom bares. I hope in that her daughter will get more from this relationship than she ever dreamed, and that only good will come from it. Let us hope together.

    • @N_ReYeS
      @N_ReYeS Před 2 lety +1

      Plz the look on that woman's face was like okay have u had enough... While her mother is overwhelmed with grief and happiness to have her to hold again.. Sorry seems like she had this "ugh this is where I come from?"energy.. I didn't like it..

    • @robertflor6560
      @robertflor6560 Před rokem

      @@N_ReYeS it’s not for you to like or dislike and really if you didn’t like it why read it than reply to it

    • @N_ReYeS
      @N_ReYeS Před rokem

      @@robertflor6560 yoυ ѕoυnd crazy ι can ғeel нowever ι wanт... вυzz oғғ ѕтrange page

    • @robertflor6560
      @robertflor6560 Před rokem

      @@N_ReYeS yes you can feel anyway you want and it’s a fact it’s not for you to like or dislike what transpired between the mother and daughter its a happy reunion between them though awkward and filled with emotions on both sides the first meeting had the daughter flying to Vietnam to see her mother and she was going back 45 plus years

    • @KimAhrina11
      @KimAhrina11 Před rokem

      @@N_ReYeS how can you even think like that? It was more like she was kinda awkward. Her mom also

  • @stacyfrazierbauer8811
    @stacyfrazierbauer8811 Před rokem +57

    I couldn't imagine having to give up my child. This is heartbreaking. I'm glad they reunited. I looked this up because I saw the first one it had me in tears. Bless your family.

  • @markr.devereux3385
    @markr.devereux3385 Před 2 lety +39

    I understand how difficult these type of reunions must be. All the travel connections the strangeness of the land the amount of time separated. I salute this beautiful woman for seeing it through. Heartbreaking really.

  • @simcastpodvids
    @simcastpodvids Před 2 lety +66

    This is such a touching story and gut wrenching. I hope her mother has found peace and I hope this daughter now feels whole after finding her birth mother.

  • @noyc1394
    @noyc1394 Před rokem +18

    I’m glad her half sister decided to help her mother find her daughter.

  • @thecountdown4402
    @thecountdown4402 Před 3 lety +39

    all that matters is you found each other 🥰🥰🥰 ............... the mom must be so proud of how beautiful you are 🙏🙏🙏

  • @teriangel8807
    @teriangel8807 Před 7 měsíci +3

    Her mother was stunningly beautiful!!!! ❤❤❤

  • @CaliKiwi-
    @CaliKiwi- Před rokem +4

    Her mom is so beautiful. She made the hardest choice a mom can..

  • @Emy53
    @Emy53 Před 3 lety +54

    She was honest about her bond with her biological mother
    So much time had already pass, but just knowing I was adopted and my biological mother was searching for me, I would be extremely emotional about it. She suppressed a lot over the years. It will all unravel once the reality sets it.

    • @jamesbroomfield7799
      @jamesbroomfield7799 Před rokem +23

      Did you feel she seemed a bit ungrateful and comes off as in denial or ashamed of her heritage? Idk. I m good at reading ppl. And she didn't seem as happy as you'd think someone should be after hearing their mother, who had to give them up because of the communists in the Vietnam war, has been searching for her for 40 years. It seemed she was content with her life and was just doing this to not hurt her moms feelings when she should be asking her mom if she's ok and if she needs anything and if she has food to eat etc. Growing up in Vietnam after the war I heard was brutal. I heard it made any ghetto in USA look like Disneyland. So imo, she should've put herself in her moms shoes and had some empathy. She's not realizing what her mom probably had to live through those next 10 or 20 years after siagon fell. She's so used to identifying as white, living in her nice American home living a cushy life while her mom probably went through many nights where she didn't even have food to eat or clean water.

    • @zeyv4551
      @zeyv4551 Před rokem +9

      @@jamesbroomfield7799 not gonna lie, I kind of felt that too.

    • @11marchand11
      @11marchand11 Před rokem +6

      @@jamesbroomfield7799 omg!!! i felt it strongly. i agreed 100% what you said. my theory is because she looks more american than asian so she felt she need not to know her heritage and it just came up. i didn't feel authenticity from her at all. if she had her mother's nose she would be asking all her life who she was.. why do i look like this.. LOL

    • @tnguyen403
      @tnguyen403 Před rokem +7

      @@jamesbroomfield7799 Her lack of empathy is kinda nauseating. I'm a bit surprised most commenters don't pick this up.

    • @11marchand11
      @11marchand11 Před rokem +2

      @@tnguyen403 agreed

  • @jjj3627
    @jjj3627 Před 3 lety +37

    You are so lucky to be given the opportunity to meet your mom. You have so much incredible strength and your mother too.

  • @BronzeNotes
    @BronzeNotes Před rokem +9

    “I just wanted to give her all the sunshine.”🥺❤️ Such a beautiful heart.

  • @cameraduong9886
    @cameraduong9886 Před 3 lety +27

    She has her mother smile , so happy they finally united

  • @katzwhite5962
    @katzwhite5962 Před rokem +7

    So happy they found each other. Mum is and was beautiful.

  • @brittneyp9208
    @brittneyp9208 Před rokem +17

    🥲🥲 beautiful story, glad she found her, I couldn't imagine what she went through all those years

  • @giearomin2738
    @giearomin2738 Před 3 lety +24

    It was lovely they finally found each other

  • @anthonyromo8684
    @anthonyromo8684 Před 2 lety +7

    Mother and daughter...
    ...two courageous ladies!!

  • @lauren3173
    @lauren3173 Před 3 lety +59

    I liked that she talked of her feelings and her thoughts when forming a relationship with her mother. That is something I didn’t think of even though I’m starting my search right now. I hope I get this moment some day.

    • @codygreyeyes1610
      @codygreyeyes1610 Před 3 lety +10

      Good luck! 👍
      If you find her, don't be sad if there is no love on the other parents behalf. Whatever happens just forgive, everyone. Including yourself.

    • @looneygardener
      @looneygardener Před 2 lety +4

      I firmly believe if it's meant to be it will happen. It happened for me when the time was right. Good luck. You must be prepared for anything!

    • @monita1967
      @monita1967 Před 2 lety +6

      Realized from all these reunion stories that the mother's usually never give up spending their whole life looking for their children. Don't give up . Hope u have best of luck like them

    • @looneygardener
      @looneygardener Před 2 lety +1

      @@monita1967 not true! My birth mother freaked out and not in a good way. We have no contact. I was a secret she didn't tell anyone.

    • @supermom_2023
      @supermom_2023 Před 2 lety +4

      @@looneygardener it's okay dear important thing is that you forgive ntake it as a closeture, move on! God bless you

  • @eloneatmyshorts
    @eloneatmyshorts Před 3 lety +84

    Made me cry. Loved it. And I fully understand Leigh's mix of emotions; it's complex to navigate having instant family.
    I wish them well.

  • @tintintrump77
    @tintintrump77 Před 2 lety +20

    No more wars and no more separations! Peace to all!

  • @ahong5746
    @ahong5746 Před 6 měsíci +3

    I can't stop crying when I am watching the video....I lost my son due to divorce,didn't seen him for almost 35 years..anyway I am just so happy to see mother and daughter getting together again...just beautiful ❤️

  • @erinlevere6881
    @erinlevere6881 Před 3 lety +20

    Her mom is beautiful

  • @sir_iosis6760
    @sir_iosis6760 Před 3 lety +25

    Not gonna lie... i cried like a baby!

  • @Fabby47
    @Fabby47 Před 3 lety +34

    Sooo happy for this story of a mom and daughter. Blessings.

  • @beatrizarevalo7587
    @beatrizarevalo7587 Před rokem +2

    I don't think I would have been able to have the strengths to live without my children....I feel so bad for this poor mother.....my kids are everything for me.....thank God she was still alive to see her daughter again

  • @weareomegapro889
    @weareomegapro889 Před 2 lety +24

    "Did you have a good life? " - all that matters.

  • @tanya8131971
    @tanya8131971 Před 3 lety +43

    This was a wonderful story, so glad her and her mother finally reconnected. Her mom saved her life sending her to America, Children of American soldiers were not treated well in Vietnam.

    • @cameraduong9886
      @cameraduong9886 Před 3 lety +8

      As an vietnamese they seen a tons of bomb dropped on their village and killed unkown numbers what do u think?

    • @mryaj0095
      @mryaj0095 Před 3 lety +1

      Raped....... i can guarantee it happened.

    • @SuzyW0ozy
      @SuzyW0ozy Před 2 lety +8

      @@mryaj0095 yes, lots of women were raped and murdered during the war. It’s really heartbreaking. There’s even a documentary on the children of Vietnam war.

    • @charleshoang7687
      @charleshoang7687 Před rokem +1

      My aunt adopted a girl like this woman, after the communist took over she was afraid for the girl so she sent her to live with relatives in countryside but the family maid cry and begging my aunt to keep the little girl in the family in the city.

    • @KimAhrina11
      @KimAhrina11 Před rokem +1

      @@SuzyW0ozy women were raped? Who did that? The soldiers?

  • @MadMaxx000
    @MadMaxx000 Před 3 lety +27

    Wow!!what a lovely story I watched over and over

  • @matthew7835
    @matthew7835 Před 2 lety +21

    Leigh is a very well spoken Lady 💙

  • @henriktranvanhien7021
    @henriktranvanhien7021 Před rokem +6

    Thank you so much for airing this heart touching story. It is a happy ending for a family that suffered from the VN war.

  • @richardle6200
    @richardle6200 Před 2 lety +5

    Her Mum is so beautiful 💕💕

  • @belle9438
    @belle9438 Před rokem +12

    I think it would be hard for her mother to say what she truly feels because she speaks a different language. But you can watch her eyes and know what she is feeling. How horrible she had to give her daughter up to protect her. This is what war does but of course government doesn't care as long as their families are fine.

  • @Team-iv5uo
    @Team-iv5uo Před rokem +2

    Lord the mother was so gorgeous. I'm happy for Leigh.

  • @Fernandez218
    @Fernandez218 Před rokem +5

    4:54 some nice empathy here. the little girl, now 47y/o only had 2 MONTHS to build up this moment or meeting her long lost relative. her vietnamese mother on the other hand was waiting for 42 YEARS. holy hell. lol. she definitely deserved this moment -- the mother. that's some crazy persistence. maybe only the kind of persistence known to a mother.

  • @louise2519
    @louise2519 Před rokem +5

    My biological parents were unwed immigrants. My mom is Filipino Chinese and my Ethiopian Italian Indian father. I was adopted and raised Jewish in a horrible foster care home. My adopted mother Ms Watson gave me vague information about my identity and ethnicity. My mom is displaced from the Philippines. My biological mother lives in California area. I've been trying to find peace with my biological parents. My life journey has been extremely rough and I have hope to be able to secure 🙏🏼 a relationship with my biological mother.

  • @alexhoang4272
    @alexhoang4272 Před 3 lety +12

    Wow! Your story is so emotional 😭 I hope you will be spending lots of time together. Your mother love u with all her heart.

  • @user-zt1pq7hq6y
    @user-zt1pq7hq6y Před 9 měsíci +1

    A birther is not a mom. A mom is the person that was there day and night when you where sick, scared, hungry, educated you, keep you warm, love you, held you, nurtured you...giving up her time and youth to take dare of you--that is a mother.

  • @billwilliamdexter2300
    @billwilliamdexter2300 Před rokem +1

    Very touching indeed.I am a very soft hearted person and when I come across such stories my heart freeze and melts.It cannot get more emotional than that. So touching indeed.

  • @positivelybeautiful1
    @positivelybeautiful1 Před 3 lety +7

    This is a beautiful story of love Thank you for sharing.

  • @lawrencelou3545
    @lawrencelou3545 Před 11 měsíci +1

    A Miss Saigon story .. with a happy ending.. she endured separation just to give her daughter a chance at a better life.. a heart wrenching personal sacrifice only a mother can offer her daughter..

  • @mrjames7295
    @mrjames7295 Před rokem

    It made me cry!God bless them.Lots of love from Nepal.

  • @frankrios3812
    @frankrios3812 Před rokem +1

    gosh just tears after tears it's a sad and happy story.

  • @robertflor6560
    @robertflor6560 Před rokem

    Congrats finding your Mom and your past may your story encourage others to seek out lost family members your story is very touching and may your Father RIP

  • @larrymercado5689
    @larrymercado5689 Před rokem +1

    Watching the story from the San Gabriel valley Cali. Brought a tear and then a smile to my face 👍

  • @Altysha8
    @Altysha8 Před 2 lety +5

    She looks like her dad, beautiful story💗

  • @RosezanneMarcus
    @RosezanneMarcus Před rokem +6

    Oh wow what a tearjerker. I've always loved the play Miss Saigon because it somehow gave a tiny glimpse of what it must have been like living thru hell like the Vietnam War. In that play, it showed a Mother's love for her child. Just like this woman's biological Mother. Giving her up so she can have a better life. Happy that they were able to be reunited.

  • @erikrodriguez5608
    @erikrodriguez5608 Před rokem +1

    A mothers love is so strong and unbreakable thats what i think my mom was my best friend, and to know how much my mother loved me, i cant imagine how that woman felt seeing that being that she had to give up to save her

  • @pelyor2413
    @pelyor2413 Před rokem +1

    So many hearts were broken, And this is just one story that as be exposed, What a great story xxxxxx

  • @goddessmanbo5374
    @goddessmanbo5374 Před 2 lety +23

    She gave more emotion for the father than she did the mother that’s the vibe I got.

    • @ShadeandShadow4ever
      @ShadeandShadow4ever Před 2 lety +10

      She was pretty emotional at the beginning in another video. She went to Vietnam to meet her whole extended family. The father is dead and comes with less, there's no easy way to say this, baggage. I would say maybe she's happy there is only one half-sister IMO.

    • @tnguyen403
      @tnguyen403 Před rokem +6

      @Goddess Manbo: That's because he's White. LOL

    • @angelonearth8498
      @angelonearth8498 Před rokem +3

      I felt that too but it’s only because of relatable similarity of appearance and that kind of gave her a sense of comfort vs a foreign mom that she never really got close too and no resemblance. But it doesn’t mean she don’t love her mother. She does I am guessing that is why she want to know her past and who her real parents are/were. I am happy she took the time to traveled to Vietnam, got the reunion and kinda went back to memory lane evem though it was mostly for her mom’s part. Fact remains, she is grateful at least one parent is alive to share the story….that is valuable and god bless the mom for staying healthy, thanks to her the daughter got closure.

  • @rolfazil1203
    @rolfazil1203 Před 2 lety

    You are so lucky,the reason that you were separated.from your mother to save your life is not the reason because of porverty nor because of lack of money to save your life but because of war lightly reasons....great story of real life where many can relate and find the hole un their life.that needs to be filled with UNDERSTANDING, FORGIVENESS AND MUCH MUCH MORE LOVE..

  • @sandraclaus5514
    @sandraclaus5514 Před 2 lety +4

    Thank you for sharing your experience.🥰

  • @everettumphrey
    @everettumphrey Před rokem +3

    What a great story and reunited love. I'm happy for them. I also am thinking about a half-brother or Half-Sister that my Father may have had back in 1953 in Seoul Korea. I didn't even know until we received his Military records Five years ago. I will remember this lady's words to say the same message if we ever meet. "Do you have a good life? That's the only thing I wanted to know." God Bless them and thanks for sharing your story.

  • @jackbautista6012
    @jackbautista6012 Před rokem +1

    i salute you mommy...!!! greatest Vietnamese mother.....! from PHILIPNES 🇵🇭

  • @onetwothree1715
    @onetwothree1715 Před rokem

    So happy for you and your mother.It makes us feel good to see people happy and that happiness that has been waiting since long time. I wish that happiness for every one who have been waiting for reunification.I wish and pray may this sort of suffering happen to none even to my worst enemy. God bless

  • @may_laytrucker3127
    @may_laytrucker3127 Před 9 měsíci +2

    Wonderful story and very happy for both of them 🥰

  • @keithharris4378
    @keithharris4378 Před rokem +3

    More than likely she truly did save your life. Cant imagine how the living conditions were like.

  • @eloisacandelaria3739
    @eloisacandelaria3739 Před rokem +1

    God is good all the time, a beautiful reunion bet a mother and her biological daughter. a very emotional scene when they hug each other😢🙏🙏🙏

  • @jostrong2385
    @jostrong2385 Před rokem

    Thank you, wonderful story; appreciate the depth.

  • @geeuwhycarrah305
    @geeuwhycarrah305 Před rokem +3

    Her mother so beautiful ❤️

  • @rodolfoayalajr.8589
    @rodolfoayalajr.8589 Před 3 lety +8

    Emotional 😭. Amen 🙏🏻.

  • @sevenclipclop
    @sevenclipclop Před 3 lety +111

    I heard that the mom didn’t get married again. She never stopped looking for her daughter.

    • @bonniehall3428
      @bonniehall3428 Před 2 lety +5

      Wonderful results of her decision to save her daughter.

    • @yennguyen-uj3ri
      @yennguyen-uj3ri Před 2 lety +3

      Her mother never remarried.

    • @lushpon4311
      @lushpon4311 Před 2 lety +1

      How can I locate my birth parents in Vietnamese during the Vietnam war

    • @nalad9387
      @nalad9387 Před 2 lety +1

      @@lushpon4311 maybe start with your adoption agency? see if they have records of your place of birth & birth name

    • @narylynnl.o995
      @narylynnl.o995 Před rokem +1

      @@lushpon4311 you should do DNA test on ancestry and upload your DNA to different website.

  • @2008MrsKim
    @2008MrsKim Před 2 lety +38

    Let's get real, a lot of those children were Soldier babies. A lot of pregnant women left behind to fend for themselves when America pulled out of Vietnam. You can clearly tell she is mixed.

    • @stevejette2329
      @stevejette2329 Před 2 lety +4

      2008 - Let's get real ? OK. Yes, it was easy to see that dad was a US soldier. AND ?
      "She is mixed" ? Uhhh, ya. Welcome to America. I am from Minnesota with French, English, Norwegian, German and a touch of Dutch. So ?

    • @2008MrsKim
      @2008MrsKim Před 2 lety +2

      @@stevejette2329 Lol' I am mixed also. The Doc makes it look like a lot of Vietnamese women just abandoned their children, the truth is a lot of soldiers helped create and then left them there. Just tell the whole story alright. I myself am Black/Jamaican/German/Irish/Scottish/Indian( ...Ok

    • @stevejette2329
      @stevejette2329 Před 2 lety +1

      @@2008MrsKim I didn't see it that way. Not sure what a "lot of Vietnamese women" means. I would think it was a very small minority. And "just abandoned their children" is different than sacrificing so the baby wouldn't be killed. True that "a lot of soldiers helped create and then left them there."
      "tell the whole story" ? Is there something incomplete ?

    • @fuanasantuary1277
      @fuanasantuary1277 Před 2 lety +5

      @@stevejette2329 I saw a raw footage interview in Vietnamese where a local talked to the mother 1-2 years ago. The woman said that her lover the american g.i collected money from his g.i buddies to give to her when her house was damaged from a fire. She also said he intended to marry her and take her back to the states. Regarding immigration laws and paperworks, this was possible but can be difficult to deal with so I'm not surprise it didn't ended up that way. I don't think he was aware he had a daughter. I'm sure there were other details I missed or can't remember. Not every g.i was a deadbeat some of them did married local viets girls and took them back as in the earlier ww2 with japanese and lesser extend chinese war brides.
      I noticed most of these white men are deadbeat the most to black females whom they have have a night stand and leave for good.

    • @stevejette2329
      @stevejette2329 Před 2 lety +1

      @@fuanasantuary1277 Wow. Thank you !

  • @stevenlemken9353
    @stevenlemken9353 Před rokem

    What a beautiful story so touching

  • @loneaxolotl
    @loneaxolotl Před rokem +1

    This is so heart-warming!

  • @tonymai1844
    @tonymai1844 Před rokem

    very emotional story. my tear drop

  • @zeuds2676
    @zeuds2676 Před rokem

    ... this beloved and very strong Mother was trying to do the only very best for her child... !
    Thank you for sharing this story...
    EUDS
    .

  • @lisabanks7742
    @lisabanks7742 Před rokem

    Beautiful story. She does resembling of her mother.

  • @ngohung49
    @ngohung49 Před rokem +2

    Congratulations 🎊 👏 for meeting 💙 with your mom and your sister ❤

  • @kathleensilva2414
    @kathleensilva2414 Před rokem

    Mother and daughter- both beautiful.♥️

  • @dexterechiverri6631
    @dexterechiverri6631 Před rokem

    An absolutely beautiful story.

  • @blessed1940
    @blessed1940 Před rokem +7

    she looks like her mom. look at those pictures. the mom loves her then and now.

    • @tnguyen403
      @tnguyen403 Před rokem

      She looks nothing like her mom.

    • @jamiemohan2049
      @jamiemohan2049 Před rokem +2

      She looks more european to me. Her father had strong genes. I can tell she is part asian when pointed out but. But she could pass as a white woman. Her kids look so different from their grandmother. That father had strong traits.

    • @gold9ja
      @gold9ja Před rokem

      @@jamiemohan2049 I agree she looks like a white woman to me, the only Asian I see in her are her eyes to an extent.

  • @teacherfinaofficial
    @teacherfinaofficial Před rokem +2

    Great story that ended with a wonderful reunion of a family...

  • @candyluna2929
    @candyluna2929 Před rokem +1

    I have two daughters , I couldn't but I also know her heart.

  • @onemarine6666
    @onemarine6666 Před rokem

    I found a half brother (Vietnamese) using ancestry dna. He lives in Ca and I in Tn. My dad was a soldier in Nam. It has been great to meet my brother and his family.

  • @shawnkincheloesr5192
    @shawnkincheloesr5192 Před rokem +8

    Wow ! I absolutely love this story 🥰 & this is so so touching 🥲 & may God bless them all 🙏🏾 My Father just passed & he took so so so many memories to his grave with him 😞 & my Father did not do all too well after that Vietnam war, so this video brings up certain emotions out of me 🙏🏾

    • @herowillrose3198
      @herowillrose3198 Před rokem

      Thank you your father served in Vietnam. Both my parents served and protected south Vietnam until both got locked ups and sent to re-education and concentration camps until 1982. We escaped several times got captured and served again. Finally, we got out by boat- the boat peoples.

  • @olivebattad1132
    @olivebattad1132 Před 3 lety +26

    Wow! Beautiful story. This is the gist of Ms Saigon, the musical, where Kim the mother sacrificed giving up her child with an American GI to have a better life
    in the US. But this could be the sequel where Kim, now in her mid- 70's, finds her daughter alive and is living the good life she dreamed she will have. Ms Saigon is real!

    • @earth5153
      @earth5153 Před 3 lety +1

      But kim died and she has a son.

    • @mollyjohnson4843
      @mollyjohnson4843 Před rokem +1

      I loved that musical. Sad but taught me a lot about the war and made me want to learn more.

  • @maryfaith5519
    @maryfaith5519 Před 2 lety +1

    Wow that Beautiful I’m glad you find your mom

  • @richardle6200
    @richardle6200 Před 2 lety +3

    Beautiful story ❤️❤️❤️

  • @samanthaluangviseth7484
    @samanthaluangviseth7484 Před rokem +4

    Beautiful story🧡

  • @junsison3648
    @junsison3648 Před rokem +2

    The internet was a big help to trace and find each other after 40 years of separation. I imagined that it was a big jubilaion to both of them especially the biological mother when they met.

  • @nicolarollinson4381
    @nicolarollinson4381 Před 3 lety +3

    Beautiful house...bless them ❤

  • @codygreyeyes1610
    @codygreyeyes1610 Před 3 lety +1

    Yessss, ty. Watching now.

  • @beatpirate8
    @beatpirate8 Před 8 měsíci +2

    it was such a horrible time. some women were raped some women had to do what they had to do to get food. but their children were not accepted . im glad they had a good life. and reconnected without resentment

  • @kookaburrakookaburra
    @kookaburrakookaburra Před 2 lety

    OMG this is incredible.

  • @mmn5585
    @mmn5585 Před 2 lety

    Amazing story!

  • @TobiasRaphael1
    @TobiasRaphael1 Před 2 lety +9

    The mother sacrificed so much for the daughter. Just be grateful and love the mother for it. Don't make it a complicated issue. It's your mother that has proven her love for you!

  • @realaussiemale567
    @realaussiemale567 Před 2 lety +26

    Her mother was very attractive as a young woman.

    • @tonysaldana7120
      @tonysaldana7120 Před rokem

      No she was not 🤣🤣🤣🤣

    • @norhadzirahramli74
      @norhadzirahramli74 Před rokem +5

      @@tonysaldana7120 what happen to you?. Can't you see how attractive she was when young . With chiselled face and high cheek bones

    • @tonysaldana7120
      @tonysaldana7120 Před rokem

      @@norhadzirahramli74 She looks like the corpse bride. I can tell she was malnourished. Nothing attractive about that.

    • @lc5929
      @lc5929 Před rokem +4

      @@tonysaldana7120 she was absolutely gorgeous

    • @tonysaldana7120
      @tonysaldana7120 Před rokem

      @@lc5929 😬

  • @tonynguyen36
    @tonynguyen36 Před 2 lety +1

    Two greatest mother reunited