China couple reunite with son given away by grandmother 37 years ago due to poverty
- Parents find son nearly 4 decades after grandmother sent him to live with another family without their permission
A couple in China were recently reunited with their son 37 years after he was given away by his paternal grandmother who said they were too poor to raise another child.
In 1986, a woman gave birth to a baby boy in Weinan, Shaanxi province in northwestern China. He was their third son, the Jiupai News reported.
When he was just a day old, his grandmother sent him to a man, surnamed Zhao, to be raised with his family.
The parents had not given their consent and had no idea about the older woman’s decision.
The grandmother later told the couple she had made the choice on their behalf because she thought it would be too difficult for them to bring up another child when they already had two sons.
It is not clear how much money Zhao paid the grandmother.
