A man snatched from his home in China 33 years ago has been reunited with his mum after drawing a map of his childhood village from memory.
A man snatched 33 years ago has been reunited with his mum after drawing a map of his childhood village from memory.
Heartwarming footage shows the moment the family broke down into tears as they set eyes on each other after decades apart. His mother was quoted as saying: ‘I’ve finally found my little baby.’ The sketch contained impressive detail, including what certain homes looked like and how locals used big wooden buckets to cook rice.
Police matched the map to an area near the south-western city of Zhaotong in Yunnan Province, China’sAfter DNA tests, Li met his mother on Saturday, but tragically couldn’t reunite with his father who died without reconnecting with his son.Li Jingwei shared a video of his hand-drawn map to social site DouyinLi had been sold to a family living more than 1,100 miles away from his original home, but his mum later unknowingly moved just 60 miles away from him.
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