According to foreign media reports, Susan Gervais, 57, of the UK, was stolen by his adoptive parents at the age of 4. He did not realize that he was not adopted by his adoptive parents but was secretly taken away. He finally reunited with his original family after 53 years.
It is reported that Susan Gervis's real name is Susan Priss. He lived in West Yorkshire, England when he was 4 years old. Now Ms. Gerves lives in Australia and has 3 children and 4 granddaughters.
In 1969, a couple from Scotland took Gerves, the 4-year-old Gerves on vacation to Disney for two weeks and promised to send her back to England after obtaining the consent of Gerves' biological mother. The couple obtained a copy of Gervis' birth certificate before taking her to Canada, Australia and New Zealand . The adoptive parents raised her as their biological daughter. Gerves felt that her biological family would not recognize her, and her foster parents gave her a lot of love.
Gerves said, "When I was a kid, I lived in an old pastor's house with six siblings, and there were often people in foster care. I knew a couple from Scotland who had two sons and I knew they wanted a daughter. They asked if the mother could take me to Disney and the mother gave them my birth certificate so that I could travel abroad with my birth certificate and my parents' permission."
However, Gerves's "foster care family" added her name to her family's passport and took Gerves to Canada, Australia and New Zealand.
"We live in the immigration community and they spoil me very much. When I was 10, my adoptive mother died of illness. But even so, I am still very popular. I am very happy that I have traveled around the world on my growth."
16 when Gevis returned to Australia from New Zealand to Australia, he needed a passport and applied for a father or mother's signature. It was not until the "father" told her that she was not adopted, but was taken away secretly. So Gerves waited until she was 18 to apply for her passport and returned to Australia at the age of 19, where she met her current husband and had three children and four grandchildren. Her "father" died when she was 21 years old.
"I was not defeated by these tragic experiences, I just continued to live. However, when people asked how I would feel when I saw my family in the UK, I was very touched."
In June this year, Gerves's husband encouraged her to look for relatives on social media, and found her relatives in less than 30 minutes. All six of Gervis's siblings are alive, and all five are still living in West Yorkshire. In October, Gerves had reunited with four of the siblings.
She said: "When I talk to my family, they all cried hysterically because I was still alive. Until today, we don't know why the police have never been involved. I think it must be because of my mother allowing them to take me away, and the fact that we live in a foster care site. But for years, my mother kept coming back to me after moving away."
Unfortunately, Gervais can never be reunited with her biological mother who unfortunately died eight years ago, and she didn't know that her daughter was safe when she arrived.
Ms. Gevis' niece Emma McFadden said: "It is said that Susan's mother did go out to find her over the years, but she got nothing. Now, there are still many questions that have not been answered. The situation was different at that time, without written records, and no police reports."
"We never thought that this would happen. It was great, especially for my mom. She has Parkinson's disease and dementia, and it was amazing to reunite with her sister before the condition worsened, and she fulfilled her long-cherished wish."
Ms. Gevis said: "My experience conveys a message to all those who have lost their loved ones: miracles do happen, and there is hope for the missing children."
Jiupai News Intern Reporter Liu Yating
[Source: Jiupai News]
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