Local newspaper helps adopted Chinese woman look for birth mom

A 24-year-old Chinese woman, who grew up in an adoptive American family, is seeking help from the media ahead of this year's Mother's Day as she tries to find her biological mother.

A photo taken in 1996 shows Kexin and her adoptive family in Fuzhou, Fujian Province. [Photo: Fuzhou Evening News]

Born in 1994, Kexin was abandoned at a cathedral in Fuzhou, Fujian Province when she was one month old. She was found by a passer-by, who took her to the city's child welfare office.

Kexin was adopted in 1996 by an American couple who worked at the children's home she was staying at. She settled permanently in the United States with her adoptive family in 2005.

On Mother's Day in 1998, Kexin's adoptive mother shared the family's story with Fuzhou Evening News in the hope of letting her biological mother know that Kexin was being looked after.

Kexin's biological mother wrote a letter to the news agency expressing her appreciation to the American couple.

A photo taken in 1998 shows a letter Kexin's biological mother wrote to the newspaper. [Photo: Fuzhou Evening News]

Kexin is now studying psychology at graduate school. She decided that she wants to find her biological parents. So on this year's Mother's Day, Kexin reached out to Fuzhou Evening News in the hope they can help her find and make contact with them.

In response to the letter they received 20 years ago, the adoptive mother has written another letter to Kexin's biological mother asking her to contact them.