‘They stole my baby’: Chinese woman discovers son is alive 17 years after relatives took him and told her he was dead
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The heartbreaking story of a woman from eastern China who discovered her baby son was stolen by a relative almost two decades ago has gone viral on mainland social media.
Zhang Caihong, from Jiangsu province, has just learned that her cousin’s sister-in-law stole her son 17 years ago, hk01.com reported.
Prior to the birth to her son, Zhang feared that her ex-husband and his family might harm her so moved to the safety of her cousin’s home.
On the day of delivery, Zhang was devastated when her cousin’s sister-in-law told her that her son had been born with a severe handicap.
Zhang said she had no reason to doubt the sister-in-law’s word, and as she was bedridden following the birth, she asked the sister-in-law to seek help from a doctor.
The woman told Zhang that the boy was paralysed in both legs and convinced Zhang to give the child up.
Later Zhang’s cousin told her that her son had frozen to death after suffering from exposure. Zhang believed this at the time.