Twin brothers reunited after 41 years apart
Published: 2013 July 05 11:46:54 (4410 Views)
Twin brothers, separated as babies, have been reunited after more than 40 years following a chance encounter in China's Sichuan province.
In late June, a friend of Chengdu resident Zeng Yong, 41, said he had met a man in the city of Neijiang, 200km away, whom he claimed was identical to Mr Zeng.
Mr Zeng, a hotelier, travelled to Neijiang, home to close to four million people, to see the man for himself.
Amazingly, on meeting Liu Yonggang, a junior manager at the city’s bus company, he realised he was his long-lost twin brother.
Due to their parents' poverty, the pair had been put up for adoption in 1972 when only a few months old. They were taken by different families.
Since being reunited, the brothers have tracked down their estranged 74-year-old mother on July 3.
Twins reunited after 41 years apart After being reunited, the twins tracked down their mother.
She was living in Jianning, having remarried after the death of the boys' father a decade earlier.
The twins' story has proved popular on China's Sina Weibo social media website.
One user commented: "People nowadays can't understand the helplessness of parents in that era of poverty.
"Keeping children at home meant leaving them to die of starvation … I hope they are both happy."
Another said: "Brothers reunited. Words can’t express it. 41 years apart, how sad. I wish them all the happiness."
Mr Liu's colleagues at the bus company have organised a party to celebrate the reunion and welcome the new family members to Neijiang.
- SkyNews
In late June, a friend of Chengdu resident Zeng Yong, 41, said he had met a man in the city of Neijiang, 200km away, whom he claimed was identical to Mr Zeng.
Mr Zeng, a hotelier, travelled to Neijiang, home to close to four million people, to see the man for himself.
Amazingly, on meeting Liu Yonggang, a junior manager at the city’s bus company, he realised he was his long-lost twin brother.
Due to their parents' poverty, the pair had been put up for adoption in 1972 when only a few months old. They were taken by different families.
Since being reunited, the brothers have tracked down their estranged 74-year-old mother on July 3.
Twins reunited after 41 years apart After being reunited, the twins tracked down their mother.
She was living in Jianning, having remarried after the death of the boys' father a decade earlier.
The twins' story has proved popular on China's Sina Weibo social media website.
One user commented: "People nowadays can't understand the helplessness of parents in that era of poverty.
"Keeping children at home meant leaving them to die of starvation … I hope they are both happy."
Another said: "Brothers reunited. Words can’t express it. 41 years apart, how sad. I wish them all the happiness."
Mr Liu's colleagues at the bus company have organised a party to celebrate the reunion and welcome the new family members to Neijiang.
- SkyNews
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