Travelling 5000 Miles to Colombia to Visit Her Birth Family | Long Lost Family: What Happened Next

just over a year ago we reunited Christina Barlow with her birth parents in Colombia today she's traveled to the capital city of Bogota to see them again and celebrate her birthday with them for the first time we build really colorful some of them don't have particularly sturdy and she's not just planning to visit her parents I have two brothers and a sister and they're all older than me growing up my siblings were not told about me and it was something that my birth parents felt quite ashamed about I would really like to have a friendship with my siblings I want them to be as much a part in my life as I can make them the firmly have arranged to meet at Christina's sister's house on the outskirts of the capital [Music] I feel actually quite worried I just hope that they will like me and and want to know me as much as I want to know them [Music] it's doing we feliz de mantenimiento [Music] doing we police the birthday cut them into pieces yes yes what theater is getting starvin out for a birthday choice they cater more to you one of Christina's brothers was unable to get time off work but her sister Luz marina and eldest brother Carlos are here to greet her muy bien gracias jr. may see until Coco neviah sorry I'm interrogating in a minor it's a no sir yeah miss Cain choking kj+ marijuana yes our demo antara noises my Kamal sarcomas Paris a la la felicidad as Christina Spanish is still quite basic the translator is here to help with the initial meeting I mean could you please say that I would like to I wanted to give them some gifts and to show them how much I love them we know Christina let's get this here okay dallisa Trejo Nora garlic can open I like Miss antipholus Coney Island area is simply out of range it's you - you see another patient opening of a nice condo ended up in your eyes this gift is for you papa gracias here another it's a traditional English hat called a flat cap [Music] what does he carry going over you will tapes that yeah more gracias bye mama he misses his fellows of Revenue's Magento policeman's super sister I love you sister I love you t of course Christina has a memento of her own to treasure I love this present very much always reminds me of you here's a ladybug II don't think I in Ikea the movie content don't make content about caffeine which is especially inequality huh yep gracias did you like it how much safely put out a busy fellow [Laughter] this trip is an opportunity for Christina to experience her family's daily life my siblings left school at 12 and they have to start working to fund themselves and the family one thought wasn't so they could keep eating entonces he must kick those mangos he plays my little banner whammy Carlos and marina funded themselves through second education when they were in their late early twenties it does make me feel guilty to see that my family don't have as much as I do we are MOLLE my life could have been so different it just makes me feel humble that I was lucky enough to have more opportunity that thing closed si why me what gave me the right ready on the eve of her birthday Christina's parents have asked her to accompany them to the local church because if they were here as a senior but okay Christina you know the church is such a big part of their culture they actually said we prayed for a miracle and that miracle was that a daughter would would find us and I found them he does just in you is a look at you mustn't 11 you know me enough whatever it's the morning of Christina's birthday she and Encarnacion are marking it by returning to the orphanage where her life began 29 years ago the first of February has always been a sad day my birth mother I am sure she never imagined that she would step foot in that place again let alone with with her daughter that she said goodbye to their so in such a poignant moment that we can share that together [Music] Barbara Escobar the director of the orphanage has agreed to show them around Cristina so this is some the room where we have our children between four and five years old this is where they sleep at night I love teddy bears where we want our children to feel that this is their yeah you have muy bonito it's time for tea you know do you know how they found a fan turn on occur solution make it go in your cup you mean you made your move only teller cancer week with the MPLA Nura when I thought your content appellees por que pasó una una we are moving any nice y'all ready the part of a Leslie don't we contain your Muslim women's your nice the Michael things in might see your motion aunty are you happy happy baby since it opened in 1942 the orphanage called la casa de la madre el nino home of the mother and child has arranged 8,000 successful adoptions it's a wonderful wonderful place where people's lives are turned around and made better my casa gave my birth mother just a little bit of hope and a ray of light and otherwise really dark time she looked around and thought my baby will be will be safe and given her a good home and she was right I ended up getting a wonderful family hey Christina I'm going to show you your book of course la casa was a special place for both of Christina's mothers see you guys donate bye bye mama Christina's adoptive mother Jane was so thankful for her baby girl that she kept in touch with the orphanage throughout her life sending news of Cristina as she grew up it was my dream to be able to introduce you to my dad my mum because I know she wanted to say thank you for giving her the gift of a child but obviously as she's died this feels like the closest thing we can get to you meeting they're gonna see I'm more trying yeah a cornerstone e-w son whenever I see a poor kid it simply was exactly like ela now laughs you're lying with your towel if your thought there's no doubt thoughts I felt a lot of emotion a lot of almost relief I think that my birth mother could come back to this place and rewrite a bad time into a good time now we can be happy and we can make memories together you

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Length: 10min 17sec (617 seconds)

Published: Fri Aug 09 2019