An Incredible Father-Daughter Reunion After 40 Years

Saturday, January 26, 2008
By Glenn Sacks

“A Vietnamese woman who traveled to Taiwan to find the father she had never met, ended up working for him without knowing it…Their reunion only came about because she mistakenly left some keepsakes at his home, which he had given to her mother more than 40 years before. Tsai Han-chao, 77, said he could not help crying when he found out he had a daughter he never knew about.”

This heartwarming father-daughter reunion is one of the most bizarre stories I’ve ever read. It is also a stunning rebuke to the Single Motherhood by Choice crowd’s assertion that kids don’t feel a sense of loss when they don’t have a relationship with their fathers.

Maid finds boss is missing father
BBC, 1/22/08

A Vietnamese woman who travelled to Taiwan to find the father she had never met, ended up working for him without knowing it.

Tran Thi Kham, 40, did not discover the truth until after leaving her employer.

Their reunion only came about because she mistakenly left some keepsakes at his home, which he had given to her mother more than 40 years before.

Tsai Han-chao, 77, said he could not help crying when he found out he had a daughter he never knew about.

“Life’s ups and downs are just like television drama. How could I have ever dreamed that she is my daughter? I couldn’t stop crying when we were finally united,” he told Taiwan’s TVBS cable news channel.

Ms Tran had travelled to Taiwan a few years earlier to search for her father.

Her only clues were a gold ring and a photograph of him as a young man.

He had given the mementoes to a Vietnamese woman he had fallen in love with in Hong Kong in 1967. (more…)

HELP FOR NORTHERN CALIFORNIA FATHERS
If you’re a father in Northern California who’s going through a divorce or its aftermath and need legal help, contact The Law Offices of Douglas R. Slain. Slain, a graduate of Stanford Law School, has over 30 years of experience in family law and criminal defense. He can help you protect your relationship with your kids and your finances. To learn more, click here, or call toll-free 800-438-6820 or 510-926-2630.

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