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Indian woman finds long-lost half-sister in China

A file photo of Jennifer An. (Photo/CRIEnglish.com)

  A file photo of Jennifer An. (Photo/CRIEnglish.com)

  An Indian woman has found her long-lost half-sister from her father's first marriage.

  62-year-old Jennifer An and her husband spoke to CRI last night in Beijing, trying to locate her elder sister, Roesai An.

  Jennifer's husband Balaji says it's his father in law's wish to reunite with Roesai An.

  "His last wish was to see his daughter, to get in touch with his daughter and meet up with his daughter, which he couldn't do. He couldn't fulfill his last wish. So that was also one reason when we got married, I said you see that was your father's last wish. Let me start. I will do it. "

  Roesai An, now 81 years old, is a retiree living in Beijing. CRI's Tamil department found her today.

  Roesai An is the only surviving family member of her father's first marriage, which was broken up by the Japanese invasion of China. The father, An Chi Pong, was a Chinese Marine Engineer. During the war, the ship he was on ran into trouble while on a port-of-call in the then-Indian city of Bombay, now Mumbai.

  As it was during the height of the war, An Chi Pong ended up settling in India, eventually moving to the city of Madras, now Chennai, and married a local.

  An Chi Pong and his wife eventually had four children, including Jennifer.

  But due to the travel restrictions at the time, it was virtually impossible for An Chi Pong and his family to return back to China, though Jennifer says this was always one of her father's desires.

  An Chi Pong continued to hold Chinese citizenship until his death in 1982.

 
Date:2015-05-14 10:09     
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