Looking back was the father after 25 years lost thanks to Facebook

Katerina currently lives in Frankfurt, Germany. Cthe box starts the search for the father about 5 years ago. Her family separation since 1987, when her father was Mr. Nguyen Chan left the Czech about Vietnam. Her mother then married a German man and Katerina to neighbors living until now. Since then, she's no longer in touch with her father again.

All that she has only operated slightly less information and a photo of his father. Until the end of October, she was a Vietnamese are living in the city of Frankfurt, the help find my father news posting on Facebook and few days later, the miracle happened.

Mr. Vu Quoc Dung family, a Vietnamese living in the city of Frankfurt, the call has found the real father, must at once after the new calm. Katerina She immediately called her mother. She also does not believe such fast and next day appointments will come to visit her daughter.

"All that night I couldn't sleep, for suspense as the first little girl to go to school," Katerina said.

First heard his father's voice after 25 years

That day, 31/10, Katerina just outside on the next and is her last vacation day. Should have unloaded in the suitcase out, washing, cleaning the House, going to the market ... but Katerina has no mood to do anything. Morning, she contacted Lubos Tran, who helped found Mr. Nguyen Thanh Long, the father of Kateria. About 14 h, she has her father's phone number.

"My mother see me nervous too so volunteer said before: ' Pavel, Darling? '". Then two people talking very happy and quite long, moderates many memories of old, laughing to loud, "she said. What surprised her was the Czech-speaking father very fluently, completely open talk, naturally, does not stand a bit of rice.

"Later I talk to my father, and immediately I felt very intimate, intimacy, as if we had know each other for so long. My father as I imagine, can also do or ask my mom about him so I imagine about him quite clearly ", Katerina tells the next.

Enquire about my father's family, Katerina was know for about two hours with her father's sister she would go and she can talk to you. After two hours, she called again and talked to Kitts, her sister's name. Kitts said good English and right from the beginning expressed pleasure to meet Katerina.

"I feel tears," Katerina said. "Oh, don't know how to describe, just excited, relieved, elated, elated worried, nervous".

"Before the phone call I just fear not know will talk to my father, and the worse thing is he don't want me or not to know of my involvement. I am also mature enough to mentally prepared if it happens, "Katerina said. "I have identified the main ones that I have achieved the goal, knew his roots and be familiar with who was born. Yet tell me pretty good instincts and inherent in this job I absolutely have a good feeling, so concerned on just transient. "

Katerina said, between her father's almost no language barriers. Two people who use Swedish, English. "If I know little Vietnamese, would be better. Sometimes a person in the us is slightly mysterious, but still other words easy to understand right now, it looks like we understand each other not necessarily through language, through an invisible cord, "she said.

She is proud when inherited from the father of the black eyes and thick hair. From small parents said computer she gentle, little said, discreetly like, different mom always lively noisy.

The lines of thanks Katerina.

Eager about homeland

Czech girl for her before, or learn about Vietnam, but not much. After the search was the father, she is actively find out on the Internet about Vietnam as culture, traditions, history, cuisine, of Hanoi, Da Nang ...

She'd about Vietnam as soon as possible, but still have to resolve some of the. Her vacation time this year was well off. First year she must register with vacation time, companies have to make a new passport because the old ones were near expiration, find out visa procedures, vaccination ... should not be specific about the date, but said the plan was already up.

"In Vietnam, I will visit his grandmother's grave in Haiphong and Danang, visit Uncle Lubos, acquainted with the inner party, relatives enjoy Vietnam specialties and regional dishes she cooked", Katerina excitedly, mentioning the name of his wife after her father's. "I enjoyed the dish of fried rice with duck, rolls, peanut sauce, the dish has many vegetables. From now till then I will try to learn Vietnamese and learn about Vietnam ".

Katerina had a friend from Vietnam on schools, but he was born and raised here so more European quality. You get familiar with all those that she guessed was the Vietnam to find his father.

Two years ago she also thanks the family home the snack bar in the center of Frankfurt. This couple has retrieved all the information about her, send thanks to the friends help but no results. In addition she has also several times with free ones at the supermarket for help. The interesting thing is initially surprised anybody but are willing to accept.

The biggest obstacle in the journey to find the father of Katerina you don't have much information about him, if not exactly. After this she knows her father was born and raised in Hanoi, only some three years living in Haiphong, from Czech back he also lived in Hanoi and not anywhere else.

The second obstacle is that she not speak Vietnamese, with no conditions and are not confident enough to back Vietnam find the father. "Maybe things would be easier if I live in Vietnam. However I have never had the intention to quit. I want to be at, because daily life at a temporary calming, but I know how I finally found my father, "she said.

The Karetina kid was Mr. Nguyen Thanh Long. In the lower left corner of the thumbnail is he Long today. Photo: Minh Thuy.

"My mother shared with me a lot about the things you remember about my father. For the last 5 years ago we sat together, record all the information about the father on a sheet of paper, write the content coherent truth, save to your computer to see anyone who wants to help can take immediately, "she said. "My mother was thanks to the Czech people and friends I gut in Usti nad Labem, where I was born in Czech, to enquire about my father. In one of the Czech visiting family, my mother has asked City Hall to see if my father left household registration, to the dormitory of the Vietnamese pasted leaflets with contents to find my father, but without results. "

"Uncle I also said though life continued for nearly 30 years now in Usti nad Labem, but he also never seen my father. Previously, I had to tell my mother about his family in Vietnam but parents too young to remember. Only after the search was the father, she really get acquainted with her and my uncle through Facebook. She encouraged me, willing to support financially and be the first to share the fun with me, "Katerina.

The German colleagues and friends were happy when she found her father, Katerina because they know that is the wish of her for a long time. "Many people complain is the call for me because the phone was always busy. A man who donated for the Vietnamese school books. Few others is they have never actually believe I can find my dad, and they all say it's magic ", Katerina tells.

"I thank all who have helped me to find my father, who had shared the joy with me, especially readers VnExpress. I know it is very popular in Vietnam VnExpress and I am very surprised, touched on the warm of the Vietnamese people. Only articles posted news search was my father had nearly 300 comments, all are happy and have fun, many people said to have cried while reading this article. Thank you and the readers, "Katerina said.=