Seeking father, French woman meets VN grandparents in poignant reunion
A young French woman has met her paternal grandparents during a search for her long-lost father in Vietnam.
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| Lysiane Danièle Josette (middle) sits with her paternal grandparents at their house in Ba Ria-Vung Tau Province, southern Vietnam, January 15, 2019. Photo: Tuoi Tre |
Spurred by the desire to meet him, the 26-year-old woman on January 13 flew to Ba Ria-Vung Tau Province, about 100km from Ho Chi Minh City, when she had a photo of him and knew only the names of the man and her paternal grandmother.
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| Lysiane Danièle Josette (right) is seen with her paternal grandmother in Ba Ria-Vung Tau Province, southern Vietnam, January 15, 2019. Photo: Tuoi Tre |
She had the information published in local newspapers and on social media and it reached her father-side family in Ba Ria-Vung Tau.
Receiving the news of the family, she canceled a tour in Vietnam to promptly travel to the province and a poignant reunion followed on January 15.
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| Lysiane Danièle Josette is seen with her paternal grandfather in Ba Ria-Vung Tau Province, southern Vietnam, January 15, 2019. Photo: Tuoi Tre |
She was visibly touched during the occasion and the grandfather took her to the ancestor-worshipping altar in front of which she offered incense sticks in line with a time-honored Vietnamese custom.
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| Lysiane Danièle (right sitting) and her Vietnamese relatives pose for a picture in Ba Ria-Vung Tau Province, southern Vietnam, January 15, 2019. Photo: Tuoi Tre |
The grandparents gave her a meal with local delicacies and told her that her father is now living in France and had married a Vietnamese-French woman before starting a relationship with her mother.
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| Lysiane Danièle Josette is seen with her father in this photo from her grandparents’ family album. |
Lysiane Danièle Josette is leaving Vietnam in a few days to meet her father in the European country.