Man finds birth mother and uncovers his family’s unbelievable past. Air Force Colonel Bruce Hollywood always knew he’d been adopted. His Asian features clearly didn’t come from his parents, who were of European descent. And in fact, his parents had always been upfront with him about having adopted him back in the 1960s in Japan. But despite encouragement from his adoptive mother, he had never felt the desire to meet his biological parents. That all changed after one event in his mid-40s, an event which would trigger a globe-crossing search and lead to discoveries he’d never dare to imagine.
Our story has a frightening beginning. One early morning in 2005, Air Force Colonel Bruce Hollywood was getting out of his car in the Pentagon parking lot, like he did every morning. Suddenly, he felt a sharp pain in his chest and fell to the ground. As he lay on the ambulance’s stretcher, he thought, « This is where it ends. » During his recovery, he realized he had two regrets in life. The first was that he wouldn’t be able to help his son get into college, and the second was that he never made the effort to speak to and thank the Japanese woman who gave birth to him. Read the full story here ▶
