Hmong Refugee Finds Long Lost Cousin in Laos

In 2017, my mother and I accompanied my father as he returned to Laos for the first time. It was his first visit to the country since he left as a Hmong war refugee (Secret War) back in 1975. One of his goals during our visit was to find and reunite with his long lost cousin. The journey would not be an easy one. After days of searching, he managed to find his cousin and reunite with him. A touching and heart warming story.

[@162playboyz]

What touched me most is you speaking Hmong to your aunt.

[@passport_ced]

Really? That’s kind of you to say.

[@AsianAmericanGuy]

@@passport_ced your father's hmong accent sounds frenchnized different from us in america.

[@jenni605]

Wow. I have high respect for his wife and son. I am speechless and cry with happy tears at the same times because most of us left our loves one behind. I hope someday I will find my siblings. I left my family since I was two days old.

[@passport_ced]

Wow! Your siblings!? I hope you guy get the chance to reunite someday. And thank you for watching. Much appreciated

[@andrewlee7613]

@@passport_ced I did not know u are Hmong too brother!! That’s pretty amazing.. ur dad must be Hmong French !!

[@YourfavoriteAsianYouTuber]

This is very touching. I’m happy for your father to have found his family and for you to gain more relatives. My parents went back to Laos to visit their old village and where they grew up and it’s all jungles and graves now. War is such a disease and the innocent pays the price.

[@passport_ced]

Thank you. Much appreciated. Sorry to hear about your parents’ experience tracking down their old village. That unfortunate

[@user-hm5rs7wn5v]

Amen! Only the elite and rich people profit from war, that’s why they push for war! Look at the Ukraine war, Russians and Ukrainians suffer. Only the big corporations and elite profit from the war. Normal, innocent people always suffer from it.

[@Nyab.NojMov]

Thanks for showing us your family’s journey. It’s great that you can speak and read Hmong. My kids are fully Hmong and we’ve tried to teach them but English is so natural to them. Love it when you speak Hmong!

[@passport_ced]

Believe me, I went through the same things with my kids. I was lucky enough to grow up around my grandparents. That really helped.

[@ObieOne2002]

Had me in tears. This was wonderful.

[@passport_ced]

Thank you for watching

[@criolla10]

The loyalty, the importance of family is what makes this story important.

[@daoyang223]

it's crazy that you speak fluent English. As a Hmong American who speaks only two languages I am always envious of foreign born people who can speak like 3 languages. I made friends with a Hmong French girl who spoke fluent English, Hmong, French, and Japanese lol

[@criolla10]

Is to commend his mother that even she is not Hmong made sure the son learned the language and his roots. Important in any marriage of people from different cultures, countries.

[@ylxyoutubememories1630]

Awesome story! Gald your father found his long lost cousin. May God bless the ones that we all left behind in the old country!

[@passport_ced]

Thank you

[@keosay6608]

Amazing story ...never forget your families ..Your father done the right ..by not forgetting family ...Thanks for sharing..

[@passport_ced]

Thank you.

[@samthao3612]

It brings tears to my eyes because I am like your father too. Lost a lot of my family’s members during the war.

[@ZZXyooj]

Good time to fond lost brother..congratulations

[@jussticexiong6228]

This is so heart warming but so sad.

[@passport_ced]

Thank you!

[@user-wm9fc7br3q]

Thank you for this. My soul needed to see and hear this today.

[@passport_ced]

Glad I could help :)

[@yachaoldesttraditionalshao9754]

So happy to know that you as the son can speak Hmong so good. Your story is not so much different from our stories.............

[@passport_ced]

Thank you. I appreciate that. And yes, most of us share a very similar background/story.

[@hmongCAM]

Glad to see your dad found his brother after all these years. You have a great voice for narrating! Thanks for sharing.

[@passport_ced]

Thank you so much. Very kind of you to say.

[@giannalee4021]

Great video log! Thanks for documenting this journey and reunion for your family and I'm happy that your dad was able to re-connect after so many years.

[@passport_ced]

Thank you. It was definitely a memorable moment. Blessed

[@ny-sl6mn]

It's great that you know how to speak Hmong. Cherish it and teach the language to your children. Thank you for sharing your story with us❤

[@NcoNtsoovLuagTejTxiajNtsim]

Very touching when they haven’t see each other for so many years. Glad your dad found his cousin.

[@passport_ced]

Me too. Thank you.

[@yimvsongpaisan]

@ 6:41 to 7:15, I felt her sadness through her voice. Koj niam hlob hais tau tu siab kawg 😢.

[@tofu860ify]

Great video, the Hmong culture is very beautiful once you understand it.

[@passport_ced]

Indeed

[@khanvang23]

A journey that will open your eyes and change the way of life forever. Beautiful story

[@passport_ced]

Definitely

[@TheDragonb13]

What a journey. Glad your dad found his cousin. Awesome story. I still need to do mine. 🙏

[@passport_ced]

Thank you and good luck

[@monginspiredwoman3703]

Thanks for sharing. It's very informative. God bless you and your family.

[@passport_ced]

Thank you. Much appreciated

[@DUDEfreestyle]

This was an amazing watch thanks for recording and sharing with us viewers.

[@passport_ced]

Thank you so much. It’s my pleasure.

[@txawjyaim9518]

what a great reunion for both parties!!!

[@passport_ced]

Absolutely. Thank you.

[@vsp2801]

Dang ..! Love ur families stories for me tears up we have similar life stories came from the same motherland I hope someday I would find my ways back home .. ❤ thanks for sharing

[@passport_ced]

Thank you for watching. Much appreciated.

[@Jeksta28]

Zoo kaws os s tij, Bless you and your family 😇🙏🏻✌🏻

[@passport_ced]

Thank you

[@tubpheejhmooyang8974]

I’m not that kind of cry person, but today I seen this video I’m crying watching it

[@passport_ced]

Thank you for watching

[@916hmonglee9]

Happy to see the family all together brother

[@passport_ced]

Thank you. Much appreciated

[@johnmascardo7047]

😢😢😢I cried

[@passport_ced]

🙏 thank you for watching

[@vangmx]

Thank you for the video. Like many Hmong, we all share similar family stories and history. After the fall of Laos, my father made the long and dangerous trip to Thailand on foot, swimming across the Mekong River into freedom. He had to leave his family behind. After 15 years in the US, he was able to sponsor his mother, brother and sister. Sadly his father passed away in the mid 80s, so I never got to know my grandfather. My grandmother passed away about a year ago but at least she was able to live the last 25+ years with family. Anyway, we the current generation of Hmong must continue sharing our family stories and history. We are here today because of the sacrifices made by those before us.

[@tooktooknee]

This is the beauty of being Hmong.

[@greentortoise4629]

Thank you for sharing your reunion journey with us. It brought me to tears. How torn apart families were from the war, and being able to reunite after so long.

[@passport_ced]

It’s my pleasure. Thank you for taking the time to watch this

[@baihum8861]

Very nice video.... thanks good he finally found lost cousin

[@passport_ced]

Yes. Thank you.

[@mssiamoua2004]

What a touching story!!

[@passport_ced]

Thank u.

[@billy4780]

Nrog nej sawv daws zoo siab kawg li os.

[@passport_ced]

Thank you

[@mayvang8317]

Thanks for sharing.

[@passport_ced]

My pleasure of course

[@alexanderhxiong5143]

It is very nice to find and meet your relatives even for so many years.

[@passport_ced]

It is indeed. Thank you.

[@dm-media3463]

Congrats good to back to find ur cousin

[@passport_ced]

Thank you. They were both very happy.

[@pxiong84]

Amazing!

[@chaxiong8413]

Congratulations 🎊 they're found each other for more than 40 yrs...

[@passport_ced]

Thank you

[@toojmastsab]

Good video….THIS is how things should be documented.

[@passport_ced]

Thank you for the compliment

[@simonyang775]

It took me forty four years to get back there; crossed the bridge of Hin Heu in foot with my older brother reminding us that that bridge gave us freedom..!!

[@passport_ced]

Glad you made the pilgrimage.

[@Hunnybee2613]

This video brought me tears of joy because I also have families in Laos that I haven't met in years because I left Laos when I was a baby. You speak Hmong so well lol. Did you take hmong class? Or your Dad taught you to speak hmong? And where are you from? Glad that your Dad found his family ❤

[@americanronin5223]

Very touching story.

[@passport_ced]

Thank you for watching

[@NYC.2019]

Thai story is so beautiful! Not a lot of mix Hmong French kids can speak Hmong. So glad you found your cousin!! 😉 just realize you’re NOU’s husband. Cool!

[@passport_ced]

Thank you. I appreciate it. Yes, I’m Nou’s husband :)

[@Pajflowerful]

Wonderful!!

[@passport_ced]

Thank you

[@no1sbabes]

Crying with happy tears

[@passport_ced]

Thank you for watching

[@mryang3644]

So happy for you.

[@passport_ced]

Thank you

[@johnharrita3599]

Perfect video I like it.

[@27gv]

Thank you for sharing brother. It is imperative to retrace our roots and reconnect. Understand where we come from and cherish every second of life. God bless you!

[@passport_ced]

Much appreciated. Thank you

[@masiong1596]

Vous avez faire des très longue chemin pour les trouvers vous êtes très généreux mon frère.

[@passport_ced]

Merci 🙏

[@kuvuafilmsraukojsaib5475]

Good JOB my Nephew

[@passport_ced]

Thank you

[@maikavang478]

I’m literally balling my eyes out. No matter where our loved ones live, we will always find them if we keep trying.

[@passport_ced]

Thank you for watching.

[@pajtaubchawkajsiab5750]

Wow....I'm very happy that your dad found his brother. Thanks for sharing.

[@passport_ced]

My pleasure. Thank you for watching.

[@SilverYoungStudio]

Nyob zoo os. I’m so happy for them both. I didn’t a similar documentary of reuniting with my biological father after 33yrs in 2018. We the Hmong people still have so many missing family members during the war. Thanks for this inspirational video to encourage others to keep searching. Hmong strong 💪

[@passport_ced]

I’m almost certain I watched that bro! Thank you for tuning in. Much appreciated.

[@keeyang6355]

Your video clip made me cried as I have left my two sisters behind in Laos. Thank you so much for sharing your video.

[@passport_ced]

Sorry to hear that. These things aren’t easy and sometimes difficult for others to understand. Thank you for watching. Much appreciated

[@harryv6752]

That's totally awesome. It was quite the adventure there. Glad everything fell into place. Much love n respect. ✌️

[@passport_ced]

Thanks bro. A journey indeed.

[@nemoneon]

Thanks for sharing..you should have a interview with your dad and talk about his experience and what he’s been through

[@passport_ced]

I’ll definitely consider that. I do have a couple videos with him on this trip in my Laos play list. You may find them interesting if you haven’t watched them already

[@kuvxwb6296]

Aww this is priceless moment 😢 And amazed the wife and sons speak Hmong ❤️ so happy your family is reunited 🥰

[@passport_ced]

Thank you so much.

[@bounthavygoytphoneyavong3204]

My story come in ohiousa in 1980...we still speaker 🇱🇦 around our friends..i a O.G. now.2023..

[@LoveLove-qu8rb]

Excellent documentary and the detail of the Hmong heritage. Thanks for sharing!

[@passport_ced]

Thank you for taking the time to watch it. Much appreciated

[@tublis20091]

Nej kuj mus tau lom zem kawg os tij liaj tsua

[@diannaxiong693]

Zoo siab nrog nej sib nrhiav tau es nrig nej los2 kua muag kawg li os.

[@passport_ced]

Thank you

[@DJsaintpaulstudios]

Nice video bro I like ur voice lol good story teller.

[@passport_ced]

Well thank you for the compliment.

[@akameyui4152]

zoo siab pom koj rov qab mus hriav tau kj tus tij laug lawm os ..happy or you an your family.. kv yog blooj tooj vas os..

[@passport_ced]

Thank you!!

[@user-cj5dz1wx1i]

no disrespect, but I didn't think your Hmong speaking wasn't gonna be that fluent but good job with all respect and love all your videos. do more video with you speaking in Hmong

[@passport_ced]

None taken. Thank you for watching. I appreciate it

[@charlielee6159]

Nej cov hmong Asmesliskas no tseem hais lus fab kis meej kawg laiv yom

[@aialeeleeyiavue2189]

Wow those are my parents, now they are also in America, this video must be recorded for a very long time ago at lease 3 years I think

[@TheXpiredBand]

I'm so glad you gotten the chance to experience and see what life is like back in the mother land. I think it is nice that most of the younger generation would have experience what you experience so they can appreciate how wonderful and lucky they are to be in USA. I do also want to maybe one day to give my children to experience the same. Great video and thank you for sharing. ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

[@passport_ced]

Thank you for the kind words. Definitely give your children the experience if you have the opportunity to.

[@Hmonks]

Or better yet use that money to get them involved with activities or help save for their college education

[@leader4243]

That was good bro! Had me in tears!

[@passport_ced]

Thanks bruh

[@PTMusicful]

Great story brother. Keep it up.

[@passport_ced]

Thank you. Much appreciated

[@mouavang3371]

It's a very emotional video, I cried watching it because I still have cousins back in Laos too.

[@passport_ced]

Thank you

[@xuekong4302]

That's what love is. I'm so I happy for you that you have found your cousins, even though had been long time. Everyone's of us had almost the same story.

[@passport_ced]

It’s very much a “Hmong Story”. Thank you!!

[@tommyvang5486]

Sad story

[@yangxwb6493]

Gosh so emotional!! You speak Hmoob so well! If I see you, I wouldn’t guess that you were hmoob too. Thank you for sharing!

[@passport_ced]

Thank you for the compliment.

[@xiaxiong]

I understand you live in France. I am amazed at how well you can speak Hmong and your mom too? The credit goes to your dad who taught your guys to speak Hmong.

[@passport_ced]

I actually live in the states now. And yes, we grew up in and around the community so it was inevitable.

[@xiaxiong]

You need to have your mom and dad to share how the met, and ask your mom to share what

[@Yurito12]

the U.S should definitely open a program to reconnect families that have been disconnected because of the war

[@kyngo550]

And France too since a lot of Hmong also migrated to France, especially the overseas department of Guyane Française

[@musnconcokoj]

🎉very sad story 😢

[@mmx2025]

I love how calm your dad's voice is when speaking hmong.

[@passport_ced]

I’ll let him know you said so

[@blasblasblas2094]

@@passport_ced Just curious if his French wife speak Hmong at all because she hardly said a word to any cousins there. Maybe she wasn't feeling comfortable? LOL

[@passport_ced]

@@blasblasblas2094 she speaks hmong. Not much of a talker. Very quiet by nature.

[@blasblasblas2094]

@@passport_ced less headache for the husband then. " Thiaj tsis tau sib ceg tsis mob hlwb" 😂😂.

[@NyabtubnkeegChanel]

❤❤❤❤❤

[@chaoxiong2256]

Wow his son know more hmong then my owns kids😂

[@passport_ced]

Thanks. I know enough to get by.

[@qudanyo7952]

His wife owes it to him, she married him knowing this is his past and that one day he’d want to go back good for them

[@First_Emperor]

Geography and distance won't stop family coming together. Happy for your family. Question: why is it that your parents speak French and you speak English?

[@passport_ced]

We are multilingual. We speak French, English and Hmong. I was born in France and later moved to the US. Learned Hmong through the community.

[@First_Emperor]

@@passport_ced Fantastic.

[@Hmonks]

Until it come for asking money it’s a different story😂😂😂😂

[@baihum8861]

Hmong ppl are good❤ppl

[@luckylor6438]

😢😢😢

[@ExtremeForever]

Wow how many language does your dad speak? He seems very educated for his age and and his early days.

[@passport_ced]

Thank you. I believe he speaks 4 languages

[@hmoobmeskastravelandtour6969]

A good trip come with a great story….!

[@passport_ced]

Yes indeed

[@pomade34]

émouvant comme vidéo, belles retrouvailles

[@passport_ced]

Merci!!

[@HmongCrypto]

Looks like you got a good experience from all of this. I'm glad. Most people whom goes overseas without a good guide usually ends up bumping into unwanted behavior or end up being lucky enough not to experience anything crazy. The old generation of Hmong tourist especially the bad ones are slowly weeding out. OGs use to go over there and create a bad name for us hmong tourist and those overseas would get use to categorizing all hmong tourist the same.......that we only go over there to take advantage of them. But over the years, I think i see the narrative changing. Especially now that some of the younger hmong generation are making a difference overseas. Soon.....hopefully their will be less of a love and hate gap between hmong Americans, hmong french and those overseas

[@sunlee6984]

Well put video my big brother

[@passport_ced]

Thank you

[@JJ-cl7nu]

so touching I love my Hmong

[@passport_ced]

❤️

[@charleedoessolarmaintenain9149]

Amazing storytelling brother. You and your pops fit in perfectly the next day when they were butchering the pig. Watching this made me think about how fast the Hmong culture and language is being lost. My baby brother doesn’t speak a lick of Hmong 😂 and I think he barely understands lol😂. Love watching your stuff with your pops.

[@passport_ced]

Thank you. You’re right about our culture slowly vanishing. My kids can barely speak a sentence.

[@DejNtab]

In 2002 I I went to visit Laos, especially, KM 52, Vientiane, and 516 for a fiance. I got really sock... TSIS MUAJ I TUG neeg txheeb ze thiab PAUB uas tsis HAIS TUA npua thiab nyuj los sis twm (water buffalo) hu yus plig Nrog UA 1 pluas mov KHI hlua tes... txaus TU SIAB KAWG nkaus... Twb tsis TUA QAIB hu yus lub nad. YOG kuv tus finance tsis tu kuv thiab SAIB xyuas kuv... Kuv tsis MUAJ leej twg mas txhawj kawg nkaus thiab NTSHAI tuav plig rawd tsam rov los TSIS txog USA TIAG.

[@maipha8560]

Omg! 🥲🥲

[@passport_ced]

Thank you for watching

[@Emperor_1971]

Very Good stories brother I’m Hmong n we are too in same boat more videos please

[@passport_ced]

Thank you. Much appreciated

[@nottiAmELIxer]

Peb yog hmoob neej Im A God believer Never grew up a shaman But i heard in laos if ur hmong and shaman u do a lot of ua neebs to ward off spirits

[@NyabtubnkeegChanel]

My Uncle and my auntie

[@hauvtoj]

I can't believe your dad didn't know the difference between the 2 Nong Khiew. But I am glad that everyone found each others.