Here is a good story about a Korean adoptee in California who was contacted by his birth mom back in Korea that he had not seen in 52 years:

Willie Whitescarver — once known as “Jo Kyung-Nam” — is flying back to his native South Korea this month for the first time since he left in 1957 as a 2-year-old. He’s going to meet his birth mother, whom he hasn’t seen in 52 years.

Whitescarver, a 54-year-old Harrison building contractor, has lived in the United States since he was adopted as a toddler by Shirley and Jimmy Whitescarver of Redding, Calif., who gave him “a happy childhood.” He’s lived in Harrison since 1977, and his adoptive mom, now Shirley Childs, lives here as well.

Willie has lived his whole life with no information about his Korean family, and without having visited his homeland — until this year.

For the past 20 years, he has thought about making a trip to Korea, but it has never worked out, either for financial reasons or because of scheduling problems, he said.

“Last winter, I had decided I was going to go this fall, regardless,” Willie said.

He started making plans for a trip to South Korea, but at that time, he had no plans to try to find his birth parents.  [Harrison Daily Times]

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