Woman learns son’s bride is her long-lost daughter on their wedding day – but since he was adopted, couple can still tie the knot
- A mother in eastern China discovered that the woman her adopted son was meant to marry was her long-lost daughter
- The future mother-in-law realised the bride had a birthmark that was identical to one her baby had
The eagle-eyed future mother-in-law asked the bride’s parents an uncomfortable question: “did you adopt your daughter?” The adoption had been a family secret, so the fact that the woman knew this confidential information was a major clue.
When the family said “yes”, the mother-in-law broke down in tears and claimed the bride was her daughter that she had been trying to find for 20 years. Then the bride also broke down, saying she had also been searching for her biological mother.
The bride said finding her mother was a happier occasion than the wedding itself, according to the reports.
But the twists do not stop there. Hong Kong newspaper Oriental Daily reported that, after failing to find her daughter, the mother-in-law had decided to adopt a boy, meaning that, because the bride and groom were not biologically related, the couple was allowed to follow through with the wedding.
Online, people poked fun at the story. On Baidu, China’s dominant search engine, one person requested a television drama be made about the incident. Another person asked if the groom was simultaneously a son and a son-in-law.
