Two women from the Netherlands have been coming back to China hoping to find the biological parents of their children

The 50 year old Erika Olzheim-Smit adopted a Chinese girl whom she named Callista. Olzheim-Smit said that the girl was believed to have been born on December 26, 2002. The girl was found in a local train station by a man who later took her to a welfare home.

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Olzheim-Smit adopted the girl in April 2004 and took her back to the Netherlands.

In an interview with China Daily, Olzheim-Smit said that the girl has a happy disposition and loves to sing and dance. She also added that her adopted daughter is kindhearted and very helpful to others. However, when Callista entered the first grade, she became curious about her real parents. This was when Olzheim-Smit took her back to China hoping to find clues about the whereabouts of her biological parents.

Callista has been told about the one child policy in China, Olzheim-Smit said. The girl has been very much interested to know if she had any other siblings and if she looked like her parents, she added.

Olzheim-Smit’s twin Andrea, has been driven to come back to China to look for the real parents of her two adopted sons.

The two boys whom de Baar-Smit adopted are now 12 and 10 years old and were adopted in 2004 in Heilongjiang and Jiangsu. The 12 year old boy, Stefan, was previously brought to China in search for his real parents. The family of de Baar-Smit has also visited China in 2012.

Olzheim-Smit said that Stefan thinks that he was abandoned by his family and does not know where they are.

Two weeks ago, the twin sisters came to Huainan in search of the biological parents of their children. However, they weren't so lucky as their search turned out to be futile.

A 63 year old retiree Lyu Shunfang in Yixing established a website to help people find lost relatives helped the Dutch sisters. Olzheim-Smit and de Baar-Smit were also featured by some local media. An article published last June 4 regarding their search has prompted a man to call Lyu claiming to be the real father of Callista. However, he withdrew his statements shortly for unidentified reasons.

Another woman surnamed Kong also said that she could be the mother of Callista. She said that she gave birth to the girl on September 2001 and asked a family member to take the child to a welfare home in Huainan as she wanted a boy and not a baby girl. She also added that the family planning laws in China were very strict during that time.

The relative said that the girl was accidentally left at the train station. However, the disparities on birthdays raised questions regarding the woman’s claim. Kong said that the welfare home could have made errors on their records but were denied by the institution.

On the other hand De Baar-Smit has not gotten any feedback about her two adopted boys.

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