China woman reunites with birth parents after being abandoned in toilet by grandad 28 years ago

2026.03.20 01:20 A Chinese woman who was abandoned in a toilet as a baby by her grandfather and then adopted by a Dutch couple has been reunited with her biological parents nearly three decades later. Photo: SCMP composite/Douyin A Chinese woman who was abandoned in a toilet as a newborn by her grandfather has reunited with her biological parents 28 years after being adopted by a Dutch couple. Hong Yangli, 28, was born into a rural family in Nanchang, Jiangxi province, central China, as the third child, the mainland media outlet Daxiang News reported. Her mother, Yang Xiaoying, said that a day after giving birth, her father-in-law offered to take the baby home and look after her. Hong Yangli’s mother, above, was overcome with emotion when she finally met her daughter. Photo: mp.weixin.qq.com Still weak after childbirth and with her husband away, she agreed. It was the last time she saw her daughter. The grandfather who favoured boys over girls abandoned the infant in a toilet in another village. Yang said she grew to despise him after he refused to say where her daughter was, and she never spoke to him again, even before his death. Hong’s father, Xu Lihong, said he had carried guilt for years. Constrained by filial piety, he neither challenged his father nor reported the case to the police. Finally: Hong and her mother embrace after nearly three decades apart. Photo: mp.weixin.qq.com “I kept looking for our youngest daughter, but there was never any news,” Xu said. At just two days old, Hong was found crying in the toilet by a passer-by and taken to a local welfare home. She had been left with 120 yuan (US$20), a bag of milk powder and a note bearing her date of birth. The welfare home gave her the name Hong Yangli and later placed her with a foster family. Hong’s delight is clear to see as she is pictured with her biological parents. Photo: mp.weixin.qq.com A year later, a Dutch couple adopted her and took her to the Netherlands, where she was raised with love and

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