Finding Out The Truth About My Mother | Made In Asia | Real Families

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Published 2021-09-02
In the second part, we follow two women who return to Kolkata, India, where they were born. They look for answers to who their real parents are and why they were adopted as children. Their journeys will help them get closure over their own life stories, and reveal new details they never knew before.


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All Comments (21)
  • @rekhachez8211
    Respect to their adoptive parents… they gave them a better future !
  • @nanderizer
    I feel so much for the older lady, especially when she said if she did her search 10 years earlier she could've been able to help her mum. Only to find out later on in the documentary about the quality of her mum's life and the state of her burial grave, and the situation with her father's grave. I can't imagine the pain.
  • A special word of acknowledgement for Vijay ji who has taken so much effort at that age to help her. Truly genuine spirit of love he has
  • @MIDRaju
    I am an Indian. I just watched it. Baffled by the whole thing, the tyranny of life.Pain in my heart and tears in my eyes.
  • @Sunniguleria
    When she gave birth to you, proves that she loved you and wanted to give birth. The pain a mother tolerate to give birth prove her love..A mother is as good as the creator of universe as she create a life by tolerating so much of pain..My heartiest respect to all the mothers of the universe..🙏
  • @jomama5186
    I wish anyone who finds themselves in this situation peace, love, and happiness, whether they ever find the missing pieces or not. It cant be an easy feeling to have. They are all blessings.
  • To Teri, I don't know you personally but I feel your pain like we were blood related. Take courage knowing that your mom and dad are in a better place. Am very glad that you finally got in contact with your sisters. I do hope that you find much comfort and consolation in the process.
  • @QueerCripple
    What an emotional roller coaster... I wasn't adopted, but I also didn't get to meet my mother before she died. I wasn't expecting to get so torn up watching this.
  • @theonlyyari
    I cried my eyes out, made me think of the story of Moses, selfless mother giving her child with the hope of a better life.
  • They were Lucky to have such a wonderful adoptive parents who did not hide the true facts about their adoption and birth country. I wish them good luck always in their lives. We are so lucky to be with parents always and pray that there will be on orphans in this world in the future ...! This thing really hurts.
  • @ildiphoenix
    I took a DNA test on MyHeritage and I found out many of my family connections around the world .As my parents immigrated after the WW2 from Hungary to Brasil I didn’t know most of my families! Maybe having this DNA she can find about grand parents and some family! I wish luck and pray for the girl that don’t know who her mother is 🙏
  • I can feel the pain when she said " if she've made a trip 10yrs earlier she could have met her birth mother" 😥💔
  • Teri darling, feeling all the same emotions as you just watching this but love you need to understand you can't afford to be angry at how your parents were laid to rest. That is how the way of the world is in India especially for those less fortunate. You are a strong woman and you continue to live the life your mother would have wanted for you ❤️ take care
  • @sirmadam8183
    Adoptee crying at the cemetery has lived a sheltered life and doesn't understand the concept of poverty. People who have not traveled, don't read, don't read the newspaper do not understand the depth of poverty that can exist. I hope she has come to fully realize how fortunate she is.
  • When this documentary is entirely from the pov of the children, it's easy to get carried away and forget that their birth mothers also have a right to anonymity. Those who think that the Hope foundation fudging the documents was with nefarious intentions, should think about the time and culture where they worked and what their actual purpose was. In that context they did what was the best solution for both the mother and the child. Had they insisted that the mother's be photographed, those women might not even have approached them, worst case senario these kids might have gotten abandoned on the streets instead. Had they been completely honest about the birth mother's intention for anonymity, these kids wouldn't have gotten adopted. Their purpose was to protect the mothers and get these kids homed...and they did what was needed for it, no matter how improper or unfair it may seem now. Those mothers probably thought that getting those kids a safe future was much more important than letting them have all the answers for all their questions to trace their way back to their mothers
  • My heart breaks for Teri. U finally build the courage to find your birth parent and you come to know her last days were so heartbreaking .. 💔 dying alone with no one to take care of her . 💔 super sad
  • At the end when Terri say I actually have a family now I have mother, I have sisters is heartbreaking for me as the adoptive parents doing all for her and because of them she is what she is and she doesn't even say that I now have both of my families(biological and adoptive). She doesn't even consider them parents ie mother and father. Feel so sad for adoptive parents as they do everything, may be even more then the real parents would do as they hold a greater responsibility for raising a child but in the end they are sidelined I guess, that what this case seems like at least.
  • The Couples who adopted them are AMAZING PEOPLE.. straight wonder gift of God.. God blessed 💯❤
  • @lesliesmith5797
    I’m happy for Teri to meet her sisters 😄. And the other lovely girl just needs to believe whatever gives her heart comfort 🦋🦋🦋🦋
  • @devdasrai
    Both stories are truly saddening and must have been emotionally damaging for both women. For Terry to find out her parents have been dead for years and buried in unmarked graves was heartbreaking to watch. And for Leila woman to find out everything she’s known all her life was a complete lie and not get any answers must have been traumatic and confusing for her. I truly feel for both of them!