After 37-Year Search, Chinese Parents Reunite With Long-Lost Son

After decades of searching and matching DNA through a national database, the couple was finally able to reconnect with their son.

The intense pain of losing a child is a deeply affecting experience for parents. The overwhelming grief often includes deep sorrow, emotional numbness, and a sense of profound loss, according to The South China Morning Post. However, the return of a long-lost son after 37 years can be beyond words.

In a recent heartwarming development, a couple in China was reunited with their son after 37 years. The child was given away by his paternal grandmother in 1986, when the boy was just one day old. The grandmother, believing the couple was too poor to raise another child, sent him to a family headed by a man surnamed Zhao.

The parents had not agreed to this decision and were unaware of the grandmother's action. She later explained that she had made the choice on their behalf, thinking it would be too challenging for them to care for another child, given they already had two sons.