Chinese girl adopted by American family reunited with her birth parents after 13 years apart

Thanks to the internet and a father who never stopped searching, Kylee Bowers finally found her way back home

On July 1st, 18-year-old Kylee Bowers was reunited with her birth family in China after getting lost 13 years ago and ending up being adopted by an American couple.

In May 2005, Kylee, or as she known then, Liang Jinglang, was taken by her biological father, named Liang Hua, from her hometown in Leizhou, Guangdong province to Shunde district in the city of Foshan where he worked. However, since his workers’ dormitory didn’t allow for the 5-year-old girl to live with him, he instead placed his daughter under the care of his brother, who was living in a house in the nearby city of Zhongshan, according to a report from The Paper.

Unfortunately, on May 20th, the homesick little girl tried to return back to Leizhou, but quickly became completely lost. Later that day, an elderly woman found her wandering near a bridge and took her to the police station. However, Kylee couldn’t understand the officers there, being only able to speak her hometown’s local dialect.

The little girl was later sent to the Zhongshan Children’s Welfare Institute and…