Wang Dongjie and Wang Dongmei: Twin Sisters Return to China in Search of Their Roots | 王东姐、王东妹：从美国回到中国，双胞胎姐妹一起寻找生命的来处

From the very beginning of their lives, they have always had each other.

Twin sisters Wang Dongjie and Wang Dongmei are believed to have been born around 2 January 2000. The following day, on 3 January, they were found outside the Civil Affairs Bureau in Feidong County, Hefei, Anhui Province.

They were later adopted by American parents, crossing the ocean to the United States, where they grew up.

More than twenty years have passed. The sisters have always had each other by their side, yet much about the beginning of their shared story remains unknown.

Who are their birth parents? Why were the sisters left outside the Feidong County Civil Affairs Bureau? Does anyone still remember what happened that winter in January 2000?

This May, Dongjie and Dongmei returned to China.

They were joined by several other adoptees who had also been adopted to the United States and who, like them, hoped to learn more about where their lives began. Together, they embarked on a journey to search for their roots, travelling from the places where they grew up towards the places where their stories first began.

For many international adoptees, returning to China is more than a journey across geographical distance. The place names, dates and few lines recorded in their files can take on a different meaning when they are finally able to stand in those places themselves.

For Dongjie and Dongmei, this is a search they are making together.

They have been fortunate never to lose each other. Now, side by side, they are searching for the part of their shared story that remains unknown.

If you are from Feidong, Hefei, Anhui Province, know anything about the area around January 2000, or have any information that might be connected to the twins’ origins, please help by sharing their story.

More than twenty years have passed, but perhaps someone still remembers two newborn twin girls from that winter.

May this journey back to China, spanning more than two decades and thousands of miles, bring the sisters one step closer to the answers they seek. And may each of those travelling alongside them have the chance to find their way back to where their own story began.

Click here to watch Dongjie and Dongmei’s story.

她们从生命最初的时候，就一直拥有彼此。

双胞胎姐妹王东姐和王东妹，根据现有资料，大约出生于2000年1月2日。第二天，也就是1月3日，姐妹俩在安徽省合肥市肥东县民政局大门口被发现。

后来，她们被美国养父母收养，跨越大洋来到美国，并在那里长大。

二十多年过去，姐妹俩始终陪伴着彼此，但关于她们共同的生命起点，仍然有许多未知。

她们的亲生父母是谁？为什么当年姐妹俩会被留在肥东县民政局门口？是否还有人记得2000年1月那个冬天发生的事情？

今年5月，东姐和东妹回到了中国。

与她们同行的，还有几位同样被领养到美国、同样希望寻找自己生命来处的伙伴。她们一起踏上了一段寻根之旅，从成长的地方出发，重新走近各自故事开始的地方。

对于许多海外被收养者而言，回到中国，并不只是一次地理意义上的旅行。那些档案里的地名、日期和寥寥数语，当真正站在那片土地上时，也许会拥有不同的意义。

而对于东姐和东妹来说，这是一段两个人共同面对的寻找。

她们幸运地从未失去彼此，如今又一起寻找那段属于两个人、却尚未被知晓的生命故事。

如果您来自安徽合肥肥东，了解2000年1月前后当地的情况，或掌握任何可能与这对双胞胎姐妹身世有关的信息，请帮助转发她们的故事。

二十多年过去，也许当年的某个人仍然记得，在那个冬天，有一对刚刚出生不久的双胞胎女婴。

愿这场跨越二十多年、从美国回到中国的寻根之旅，让姐妹俩离生命最初的答案更近一步；也愿一路同行的每一份寻找，都有机会抵达自己的来处。

点击这里，观看东姐与东妹的故事。