On the Search for Army Vet's Long-Lost Twin Kids: Part 2

Pam Slaton tries to track down Allen Thomas' son and daughter, who he last saw in South Korea.

[@James-zy8vk]

I was stationed in South Korea in 1966-1969. There is no excuse for him to have left the children and abandoned the mother. As a soldier he could have gotten a free "Military Hop" on a US Air Force aircraft at any time to get back to S. Korea, I did this in each direction three times during my stint in the US Army between 1965 and 1972. Each time I went to a local Air Force Base and signed up for a hop on standby and flew into Seoul on leave for thirty days. At the end of my leave I went to Kimpo AFB and hopped back to the states. Don't blame the wife she was young and fearful but brave to send those kids to the states, at that time mixed kids like that were outcasts in Korean society and often mistreated by EVERYONE! They should be thankful that their mother loved them enough to give them up for a better life here!

[@magnificent6668]

True that. My Uncle brought back his Korean wife, his baby & her eldest daughter he adopted. What was stopping this guy? He was MARRIED to her.

[@lorettabrail7806]

I have a freind who served over there. He had a son with a Korean woman and tried to get her state side. So much paper work. He sent her money all the time and when he went back for her and their little boy who would have been a year old, he couldn’t find her. The woman she was rooming with stole the money and then said she put this woman in some kind of sex trafficking. Never found out what happened to them. I should get hold of my high school friend to see if he ever found them. So heartbreaking. .

[@barbarakilman271]

Did you ever think she didn't want to come here?

[@barbarakilman271]

@@magnificent6668 my cousins dad stayed in Japan

[@aftersexhighfives]

He might have already been married state aside

[@mcciaccio]

This is why I couldn’t leave my son overseas to suffer. I spent every dollar I had and jumped through so many hoops to get him a USA passport/citizenship and on a plane to America. Being young at the time it was overwhelming, but I’m so glad I did.

[@louisasmiles]

They were the most gorgeous little children. I'm so glad they found each other.

[@Linny95]

To the people saying the mother was a gold-digger, the half-brother explained she was not. She gave her children up for adoption because South Korea was still a developing country that was VERY poor. America, however, was the "land of opportunity" and arguably the best country in the world back then. Furthermore, the half-brother said her mother would constantly cry because she regret her decision of giving them up for adoption. She would also tell her neighbours that if they ever see Korean-American twins to notify her. Finally, she saved all the money that Allen Thomas sent to her from mail and saved all the letters from America. When she passed away, she said that she still regrests not seeing them again. This is all explained in Part 5 of the video.

[@かんぐちあき]

Linnyboy So, where's part 3, 4, 5? Uploaded anywhere on KZbin?

[@jesfxt8894]

But these two kids were not even grateful to their heartbroken mother, instead feel bitter and hateful and believe the father's words. Really fucked up, heartless ,after having a good life in America. Never had they thought abt going back Korea and see her. They can find her if they wanted to.

[@getlostwhenwondering393]

Linnyboy America is not a land of opportunity for non whites

[@James-zy8vk]

@@getlostwhenwondering393 Your "last name" does not apply to you where is it better?

[@getlostwhenwondering393]

@@James-zy8vk my last name is not my IQ, my experience, my life lived or my whole heritage. Kind of sad or ignorant of you to assume that.

[@SK-ix8td]

Sad, that lady waited for her husband n children for years. She at least deserved to meet her kids. Real strong woman.

[@carolsmart238]

Why did he not go back to get her & the kids. He also abandoned her son that he had adopted. I feel so sorry for the mother & all 3 children. Heartbreak all around. Thank goodness the older brother & his wife were good people.They can enjoy being siblings & have more love & family in their lives 🙏🏼💕🤗

[@louisasmiles]

Both parents tried. Mum saved everything for those kids. I don't believe she was as hard as we're led to believe.

[@RallyGal94]

There are stories of soldiers who found young love in war, legitimately wanted their foreign families, and tried for decades to re-unite. This is not that story.

[@marianunez9711]

This story reminds me when in the late 80"s...I used to get my nails done in Santa Ana,Ca. And all the staff there were Vietnamese. Well,...long story short...I met this one young lady...she must of been 34...she looked to be mixed with caucasian. ..so I one day asked her if one of her parents were caucasian. And she said that her father was. ..., but that she didnt renember him because he had left Vietnam and he was currently back in the U.S. She even told me the State where he lived at. Her mother had gave her that info. So....I asked if she would visit him one day...and she said yes...but she had to first prepare herself more...Meaning she was going to school to better her English. My heart sank when she thought she wasn't good enough. As she also mentioned that she was saving some money to buy better clothing for her to visit her father. She was so pretty...with her short light ash colored hair...and her light green eyes. Till this day I still wonder if she ever got to meet him 😢

[@BanaBung]

@adele de solla d

[@najma2613]

So she was pretty because her features had resemblance to west eurasian making her beautiful in your eyes? Wow...she would be beautiful with black hair and eyes as well. Keep that in mind. Beauty doesn't come with select mutated colours. Lol

[@dan_ta_lion]

@@najma2613 theres always someone who pulls the race card lol

[@765respect]

Xidiga Who specifically said West Eurasia features? She had ash hair and green eyes, so what? It was a description, just like you read in a book, makes the characters come alive.

[@najma2613]

@@765respect those off mutations dominate west eurasia. The person commented she had an American (obviously euro american) dad making them eurasian in her eyes. To state a subjective teem than define in through enlisting features supports those features lead you to state the word...aka the og commentor believed she was pretty because of those mutations which is false. That's my point. Read a little more why don't yah. Your own ciment contradicts itself.

[@crystal_snow875]

the stigma of being a single mother in S Korea alone is enough to drive a mother to put up her child for adoption much less having multiple children being of mixed race. I really feel for the mother, i hope she was able to find some peace and not be too critical of herself and the decisions she felt she had to make back then. And i hope the twins can also find peace in themselves and with their mother.

[@sassiebrat]

Long story short...this guy left his wife and abandoned his kids! Why would Mom have the NEED to ask for money? You should have been sending it VOLUNTARILY!

[@ZLL668]

Exactly

[@hannahdawson1326]

You’re wrong this man was made to leave because he wasn’t a citizen of the county his children and wife were in. He was forced to leave. DO MORE RESEARCH BEFORE YOU ASSUME THIS POOR MAN WAS FORCED TO LEAVE!

[@guitarsinger1231]

@@hannahdawson1326 But still he did have an option to take the children to America with him

[@lagunn327]

Actually, no! Our country would not let them bring the entire family only his kids. She would not allow him to separate her fro her children and he did not want to separate them from their mother and older brother. He did go back and visit but their relationship fell apart. She wrote him to come get the kids but he could not afford to come back without being in the military!! He continued to write but she did not write back and life took its course. They would not even give him information since she had given them up for adoption. A very different time!!

[@slydoll7877]

@@hannahdawson1326 Meh. There's always a way. He could have sent money even if he had to leave.

[@joannaariate1385]

This guy have no balls to admit that he abandoned his wife & twins that's plain & simple

[@chs75]

He didn't though..you have to watch the whole story.

[@wanderlustandsparkle4395]

GI Soldiers were not allowed to go back to those countries to be with their families so for you to assume you know he abandoned his wife and has no balls to admit it is rude on your part.

[@bigtimepimpin666]

@Cherry Pun no numb nuts, he didn't go to war. He was in Korea in 1960. The war ended in 1953.

[@junglesuperstar9270]

@Mark Guerrero and then ?

[@junglesuperstar9270]

@Mark Guerrero clearly he was not present .

[@roygalindo9976]

A lot of abandoned children by the american military in the Philippines as well.

[@PO-PANDA]

The mom died and no one really knows her side of the story but the brother in South Korea. I believe the brother over the dad. I hope the twins go back to South Korea to see their half brother.

[@crazymomhappymom3315]

Po Panda the mother was bitter., and he was a kid .. he could be easily mislead to believe that his adoptive dad was a bad person

[@YT4Me57]

Let's not believe in fairy tales. That man abandoned his Korean wife and three children. He never went back for them and didn't send money to help her support them. He left her to face disgrace and abuse alone. She gave up her children for adoption because she had no other resources. Meanwhile, back on the ranch, this white man decided it was too much to bring his Asian wife and children back to America because he couldn't deal with the racism and resistance probably in his own family. Years later, after the Civil Rights movement, and society became more accepting of diversity, he decides he wants his children? The poor woman died of heart failure. I guess so after the life she had.

[@joannbrown575]

Girl body she had put it to rest back in now is it on the table and d cc red d

[@EgyptianDarling]

@@YT4Me57 I came to this video from another video that explained more. He tried to bring the wife and kids back with him at the end of his tour in Korea but the US would only allow the twins to go, not his wife or her first son. I heard this happening all the time when I was in the military in the 80's. Just because you marry a US soldier did not automatically give you rights to a US Visa. He volunteered to go fight in Vietnam so he could visit South Korea and see his wife and kids. His wife was convinced he had met another woman in Vietnam and was bitter towards him. Later she contacted him and asked him to come get the kids but he did not have the money to fly to Korea and do all the legal paperwork to get them so she adopted them out. The guy volunteered to go to war so he could visit South Korea during his R&R and see his kids. Not many men would do that.

[@nikkiimarie6276]

I know were they are they went to their real marriages thank ummm Desss...any questions

[@kristenherrera9517]

I feel so bad for the mother I can only imagine what she wEnt through.

[@beedabee1221]

Kristen Herrera yes. She was heartbroken and had to raise 3 kids alone after the war? Can you imagine the struggle? The backlash from The community??

[@robinnelson3868]

he abandon his children, pure and simple

[@topkek5164]

Sure ...

[@ireyonmoya]

It tells you the whole story: kzbin.info/www/bejne/d4fShmqHiNuZmrc

[@salvadorkim9211]

Typical American behavor

[@alohalivin556]

That is so unfair, you clearly have not lived long enough to have any idea of what happened during those wars, and after, it’s sickening and pathetic how quickly people judge.

[@alohalivin556]

Salvador Kim Kiss our collective rear ends you jerk. Sounds like jealousy but that is a lie. Military men across the world leave children, check the crap in your Y chromosome for the key to this world-wide problem! Still this man didn’t abandon them, he had no options and if you aren’t smart enough to know that please do research about policies during the end of the war and maybe why the older child and mother couldn’t come immediately - please check out facts before opening your uninformed mouth!

[@h.t.2727]

A beautiful family with a beautiful and kind parents. God bless you all.

[@naeemahbadia4266]

I looked this up and saw an actual video of them all reuniting and the son looks exactly like his father !

[@annalaurie741]

Could you send a link to that? I would so like to see the end of the story. Thanks.

[@marchveris]

The guy made the Korean lady sound like some gold digger that only married him for money but if you look at part 5 she was saving all the bonds he was sending her and kept all of his letters and photos even after giving kids away. She wished one day her kids would find her because there was no way a single mom would be able to raise 3 kids on her own in S. Korea. If her first child was an American, I'm sure she would have decided to send him for adoption as well. The guy basically went deadbeat and she thought he found a new girl at Vietnam. You have to understand, South Korea after Korean War was one of the poorest nations in the world. It took time for the nation to get to where it is today. She probably thought the kids were better off going to America and get loved and educated by an American family instead of living with her in poverty. Single mom with 3 kids didn't really have much options in 70's S. Korea.. My grandpa worked at Camp Humphreys and he saw a lot of so called "yang-saekshi"which translates to American wives (Korean women who are girlfriends to an Ameican soldiers). Don't get me wrong, there are people who raised the kids by themselves and kids turned out well but mixed kids who lacked father figure just had hell. I remember up until late 90's when you were mixed and you didn't have your foreign parent figure around (usually fathers), people viewed you as "oh his dad was a soldier who lied to a Korean girl and just enjoyed her and left her when his time was done." I lived in Itaewon, a town where lot of foreigners lived, when I was a kid and two of my bestfriends are mixed Koreans. It's only from mid 2000's when those stereotypes disappered as you saw someone with mixed background on Television and movies and you stopped hearing about GI going deadbeat.

[@bowtiecat3799]

marchveris He says a lot because he knows she's not there to give her side of story. His story doesn't add up anyway.

[@donttalktomeyoureannoying8736]

Thank you for sharing this! I think the dads story is baloney !!!

[@dyamano]

marchveris Interesting!! Did already know “mixed children” of those times had very hard time. Liked ur information a lot. Thanks for ur input!

[@lucycabana9970]

I feel for both the father and mother. He married her, adopted her son, wanted to take the family to America, but the U.S. wouldn't let the the mother and adopted son immigrate. Due to communications difficulties/misunderstandings and his bankruptcy, the family couldn't be together. Don't be too harsh on either parent because there are a great deal of factors at play as to why the family didn't end up together. FYI: The father volunteered to go to Vietnam, as the only way to be near her, and he spent a month with her in S. Korea, but the already strained relationship only further deteriorated.

[@marchveris]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/np7HqIaFrrJnjck Hey guys here's a link to full episode.

[@Abby-yc7tt]

how is it this guy is upset about the treatment of the children and mother he abandoned? He gave up his right to matter when he left them! He's pathetic.

[@moniquephillips1651]

I wish they could see their oldest brother again and get the keepsake box their mother held on to for years. Maybe that could help ease some of their pain towards their mother. 😢

[@gra-emed3617]

Why is the dad being made out to be some victim? He abandoned his kids. He is the reason they had to be adopted because of his actions!

[@lilgangster_savage8292]

GRA-EME D I mean he was forced to leave and he couldn’t bring his family

[@foodmotowanderer7388]

Govt would not let them bring the family back to US

[@redskyeagle3456]

He was in war Vietnam. The army made those decision. He probably got shipped back. Many people had to leave Vietnam.

[@virginiacummings2342]

@@lilgangster_savage8292 lol

[@unseenufo]

He was a kid bro. 18 year old fighting a war. Probably his first time.

[@cjanvier1536]

Exactly what the reporter said, ABANDONED.

[@halmeoniruth4693]

I am a Korean adoptee from South Korea. My 3 sisters and I were adopted to a couple in America. Once we started have children of our own (marrying American men), our children were Amerasian. We learned that many Korean women had children from GI men stationed there. Since it was a disgrace, many abandoned these children.

[@James-zy8vk]

Embarrassment may be a contributing factor but from my observations having been in South Korea in the middle 1960's, it was more of an economic choice. There were no jobs, girls were prostituting themselves out of need, they had to eat and had no money, many had no families and the S Korean govornment at the time told these women and girls they were doing an economic service for their country! Abortions were available but many GI's that impregnated a girl insisted they keep the child and then went on to abandon them! Maybe they originally had good intentions but the end result was devastating for the child and mother, I personally hate every man that ever did this, I saw the results in the orphanages, not all were adopted!

[@VIKING33NY]

Pam Slaton, You are important!!! Thank YOU for what you do!! Good Stuff!

[@aprilbaker847]

Im glad they met. But i still feel bad for the biological mother 😳

[@kimberlywalbridge7416]

I know right? 😢the poor mother probably died from grief and heart ache.

[@joygordon4735]

The father had plenty of rights...... IF he had stayed in touch with his ex-wife and 3 children! Obviously he didn't bother with them until the letter arrived. Even Jame knew they were all abandoned by Allen Thomas.

[@wishingonastar1997]

you clearly didn't see that he was sending money.....he got a letter after......... she made a decision without him.

[@IMa-qe3xj]

If he really cared about his kids, he wouldn't have left them there !

[@theinkbrain]

He abandoned these kids and their mother and now suddenly he is whining and blaming everyone else for the results ofhis heartless actions? What a hypocrite.

[@TheZombifiedFairy]

He didn't abandoned them. He married her and when they separated, she gave the kids away

[@theinkbrain]

Not true. The facts do not bear that out. He is a fricken liar. She needed money. He did not provide for the children. That is why she had to give them away. When she hooked up with him she violated the rules of Korean society. When he withdrew his support she had nothing. This bastard should be kicked in the ass till shit flies out of his nose when he sneezes.

[@TheZombifiedFairy]

@@theinkbrain sounds like you just want to hate this man... you've made you mind up without evidence. Thats incredibly sad

[@theinkbrain]

+ TheZombified Sounds like you are incapable of logical deduction based on facts. Now that's incredibly regrettable. And btw, I don't "hate this man." I *despise him, as I despise all lying, whining, self-pitying hypocrites who shit their pants and try to convince the people around them they are smelling roses.*

[@Obrak-Abrik-g8u]

He ever sent money and letter to her in part 5 after that don’t knows

[@icturner23]

The dad has a lot of responsibility for what happened.

[@MsJanetWood]

Because, the twins were American, he could have brought them to America. But, the mom refused to let him take them.

[@AgeOfGoldenSilence]

He also adopted their older brother is my understanding. So he had 3 (!!!!!!) kids

[@AgeOfGoldenSilence]

And a wife!!!!!!!!!!!

[@jonathanjoe1364]

I was adopted and was abandoned by my mother and father when I was a baby. I always wondered what it would be like to meet them.

[@gacha_lovecookie5277]

Me too,35yrs i still dont know how my biological parents look like how i wish to meet them...

[@jonathanjoe1364]

@@gacha_lovecookie5277 My adopted mom has been amazing. Even though she is not my blood. I did a 23andme DNA test that revealed a lot of information and answered to a few questions. But still no info on my parents. Thanks for sharing.

[@mollymcdonald1949]

@@jonathanjoe1364 23andme have mainly North American customers. i don't know where you are from, but maybe Ancestry would be of more use. The other thing you can do is put your raw DNA data onto Gedmatch and there is a whole list of people you are related to from all the different DNA companies.

[@spiceyboogerspiceybooger6437]

I always think I have Korean and Vietnamese relatives out there somewhere. I would embrace them if it was true. My Dad did 2 tours in Vietnam and my great uncles and grand fathers served in Korea.

[@miguelinabermudez8648]

Spiceybooger Spiceybooger: My husband did 2 tours in Vietnam too, and sometimes, he asked himself if there’s a child of his own in Vietnam. But it is so sad when soldiers knowingly that those children’s belongs to them and lives without even say goodbye to those baby’s. 😭

[@JA-rs3os]

this man served in nam and korea you think the army or government would help this man like he helped them put his life on the line shame

[@clarkairbase3526]

+jay al1147 We are talking about the U.S.. governemnt.. The most corrupt in history..

[@cqc64]

lexus 1147 he fucking left his children

[@julieblackwelder9109]

He was not given a choice. He was prevented from even seeing them.

[@lucyloud6248]

c c STOP CURSING UR LANGUAGE

[@maybellinelover]

The most corrupt government in history? What about Communist Russian? Cuba? China? Nazi Germany?

[@graygonzales438]

Been crying the whole time watching.. i hope they are all in good times now and meet their half back in korea.. they are lucky enough that their never give up in searching for them... while the father of my son is hiding until now..

[@sujeng402]

all these deadbeat GI dads that neglected their children and likely started a new family in America is sickening.....yet that term deadbeat is reserved for minorities. Sad for those abandoned children and oblivious families of these vets.

[@KittenKagome]

the father did say he tried to take the family with them but the mother refused. then wouldn't let him have any contact with them. he's an exception to the stereo type

[@helenvalmus67]

SuJen G i

[@allywolf9182]

SuJen G the federal government wouldn't let these soldiers bring there kids home

[@GerryBuck]

The problem for a LOT of GI's was NOT that they were deadbeats, it was because the United States government wouldn't allow them to bring them back with them. They refused to recognize the marriages as well as the children. Our government is still good for that.

[@pamelawilliams1302]

really, did you see where Connie saved the bonds instead of cashing them. ??

[@alivieira5939]

Did the twins get to see the oldest brother? I would be happy for that too.

[@liverbird_55]

*This man was disgraceful saying he left connie but every time he spoke with her she just asked for money thats because he abandoned his children how can she clothe and feed them when he just turned his back on them and didnt help support them and connie even begs him to take the children to america as they are american citizens but he refuses, yer he really cared (NOT) then he cries crockadile tears saying he wants them now they are adults, american soldiers did this alot and as they said connie would have had no help from her family for the mixed race twins thats why she asked him for help like he said many times she asked for money, who else is going to feed his kids, what a clown what a loser to abandon his children knowing connies family have turned their back on her for having mixed race kids, this man is something els👎🏼*

[@pamelawilliams1302]

did you see where she saved the savings bonds instead of cashing them?

[@bowtiecat3799]

Liverbird 55 I agree! The man says a lot but the children's mother isn't there to give her side of the story.

[@XIKOHL]

Hey he didn't have much of a choice. He had orders, are you serious how can you even say all of that!!!!! You aren't in the military, you don't have control, if you don't obey an order of a commanding officer in the military you will be arrested by military ops, imprisoned for 14 to life. Maybe when you get some military experience and say he abandoned them, you better have some more guts to back it up. Also she didn't beg her to take them she agreed to give them to him if he can get them himself. Know the facts. Another note If she had all of that money why didn't she just send them to him. He was going through bankruptcy. He didn't have a choice but she did. You make me sick by just typing this comment when you have no experience with this type of issue. Your a fucking loser.

[@ninamo7969]

You clearly didn't see the complete story! Allen thomas did everything he could to be with his korean family. He even went fighting in the Vietnam war to get a chance to visit them. He tried to get his family to America. His rights as a father were violated. See the whole story (link below) before you insult a man who did all he could. abcnews.go.com/US/army-veteran-reunites-twin-children-time-40-years/story?id=35112807 (part 1). Part 2 to five follow....

[@anagorody9427]

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[@fasteddie9055]

My mother always wanted to adopt a GI baby after the Korean War. She was a very involved community person and she had read about the plight of the children. Now I m watching this video and I m reminded about mom and her wish to adopt an unwanted GI baby.

[@andyshin9995]

Reason why the mom gave up the twin? The korean ABC lady gave a wrong answer. I think what she really worried was deep-rooted discrimination against interracial kids not disowning from her family

[@jihoonkim6373]

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[@sophieyelena8942]

But you see that's the reason she was worried she would be disowned by her family BECAUSE of them being mixed raced.

[@marchveris]

The guy made the Korean lady sound like some gold digger that only married him for money but if you look at part 5 she was saving all the bonds he was sending him and kept all of his letters and photos of kids after giving them away. She wished one day her kids would find her because there was no way a single mom would be able to raise 3 kids on her own. If her first child was an American, I'm sure she would have chosen to send him for adoption as well. The guy basically went deadbeat and she thought he found a new girl at Vietnam. You have to understand, South Korea after Korean War was one of the poorest nations in the world. It took time for the nation to get to where it is today. She probably thought the kids were better off going to America and get loved and educated by an American family instead of living with her in poverty. Single mom with 3 kids didn't really have much options in 70's S. Korea.. My grandpa worked at Camp Humphreys and he saw a lot of so called "yang-saekshi"which translates to American wives (Korean women who are girlfriends to an Ameican soldiers). Don't get me wrong, there are people who raised the kids by themselves and kids turned out well but mixed kids who lacked father figure just had hell. I remember up until late 90's when you were mixed and you didn't have your foreign parent figure around (usually fathers), people viewed you as "oh his dad was a soldier who lied to a Korean girl and just enjoyed her and left her when his time was done." I lived in Itaewon, a town where lot of foreigners lived, when I was a kid and two of my bestfriends are mixed Koreans. It's only from mid 2000's when those stereotypes disappered as you saw someone with mixed background on Television and movies and you stopped hearing about GI going deadbeat.

[@JoseSanchez-bp7xz]

Andy Shin The long lost brother copies his parents by having more kids.

[@yesimtakeoffcantstopmenow2663]

qwertyu right....that's why she married the guy who raped her right

[@wanketta]

A thoughtless deadbeat dad who cared nothing about the day-to-day survival of his kids, gets old and worries about his soul getting into heaven because he may as well have left them for dead. Not heartwarming, he is despicable.

[@monalisa2662]

He should have gone back and gotten his children after the first request... it was his own fault that they were adopted out. Children first and the rest of your life second. End of story. Connie died of a heart condition... I would venture to say that condition was a broken heart.

[@alohalivin556]

Pearl Buck was a writer who has an adopted daughter from China and who foundation has been so good about helping unwanted children across Asia 😀

[@crissyledbetter6270]

He doesn't have rights because he abandoned his wife and children

[@loganriki2625]

The curious question is where was this Army Vet when his twins needed him the most when they were growing up as toddlers? And now he is concerned about their welfare, c'mon man, sounds like a deadbeat father to me. His story is way too fishy, it stinks.

[@TheZombifiedFairy]

It says his ex wife gave up their children and he had no rights because he was in the American army. Back then, there wasn't a widespread internet or a way to actually do something like this. So yes, he's looking for his children now.

[@ITSONLYMEWATCHING]

Have you even watched the story?? The mother gave them up, changed their birth dates and names, seriously? Are you that fucking stupid???

[@nadinadi8385]

I agree. The mother asked him to go to Korea and pick up the kids before she gave them up for adoption, but he didn’t go because he couldn’t afford it.

[@hannahdawson1326]

He’s been looking the whole time.. he just got lucky this time and he went viral and got the opportunity to find them

[@valenciabell8494]

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[@navigatingwithnana]

As an adopted child who found her birthmother and gave her the gift of unconditional love, I am astounded by the huge array of negative, judgmental lashings so many have given this man. Life is not about hate- especially of those we do not know. He is their birth father, period. If he wishes to find his children and offer them love despite the past, then he has that right. Some of you think he is an underserving, horrible person without even knowing all the facts. You did not live his life; he and only he has. Regardless of the past's true facts, only one thing matters... the human spirit is shroud in eternal love, and when its light shines, that is what is known as "grace." The past is merely a wake we leave behind- all that matters is each present moment. Love on sir! And for those of you who have chosen to judge him and cast your wrath, please try to focus your days on the kindness heart.

[@arosei]

“a korean version of pam- with a badge”

[@oofergang4993]

Michael ray and Carly Pearce

[@adriannaschmidt3017]

War separates people - war is confusion - hurt and pain. I work with veterans of several wars. Their stories are so hurtful and sad - reality of Vietnam soldiers. If you don’t understand this story - you don’t understand soldiers - you don’t understand war.

[@minarooda]

Some Asian countries calculate age starting at conception. So they would be about a year younger in the US based on actual birth day.

[@MsDeborah100]

Part 3 is “The Searchers : An Emotional Reunion” It’s the full story.

[@jesfxt8894]

These two kids were not even grateful to their heartbroken mother, instead feel bitter and hateful towards her, and believe the father's words. Really fucked up, heartless ,after having a good life in America. Never had they thought abt going back Korea and see her. They can find her if they wanted to. I only believe HALF what the father said. They should go meet their brother in Korea who had spend the childhood with them, listen to what he have to say. He will nvr make up stories, only speak what he know abt. Many years the American father did not come back, therefore the mom suspect he had a new Girlfriend in Vietnam. Living those tough times 40/50years ago, going to America (unlike now where going there is no big deal), was considered very lucky and privileged. Getting out of poverty, have a better life and education ,all this led to a Mother's willingness to sacrifice losing her children, and had to endure the pain and heartbreak for the rest of her life. Sorry for the Korean brother too, he was adopted by this American father but was forgotten. He must really feel bitter when he heard this father is looking for his siblings. At least he is doing alright now, after he and his mom struggling for so many years. I'm glad Korea is prosper now even though I'm not Korean.

[@mollymcdonald1949]

The two kids know the whole story. We don't.

[@tellydonrillamas9854]

I'm so glad the father of his twins got to be reunited after how long.

[@GeethaNaido]

oh..so they got reunited..thats good..

[@markchase3582]

Very interesting story. I was adopted at age two from the Philippines from a foster home but I never knew or met my birth parents. I have found paperwork that states the names of my birth parents and were I was born but not sure how to find them.

[@triciac1019]

Try a DNA kit like Ancestry or 23and Me. They will show those you are related to and you can contact them.

[@flerygorman1223]

Please contact Raffy Tulfo in Action they might be able to help you it's a TV program. Great you have documents. Good luck Mark.

[@LeahandBlair]

Contact me, I will help

[@johnmonk66]

His rights? Was he sending them money? You can't leave the country and let your children starve and then cry no one cares about your rights. We do that here too, every damn day, a father takes off and has no contact for over a year, we give full custody to the mother, no problem.

[@searider559]

Where's the rest of this story?

[@BestKateScenario]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/rJS1kp-LoLN9m9U

[@khazms]

abcnews.go.com/2020/video/dads-half-century-search-long-lost-kids-finally-35727958 Part 3 abcnews.go.com/2020/video/twins-finally-hear-long-lost-fathers-voice-time-35728008 Part 4 abcnews.go.com/2020/video/army-vet-meets-twin-kids-reunion-40-years-35728158 Part 5

[@foxielamorel5164]

Thanks king z!!!!!!!

[@thatscutee]

@@khazms thank you!

[@gaylegreene]

Rest of the story?

[@marias6113]

Where can I find part 3 etc...would like to know the rest of the story!

[@Mspula1967]

I worked over 20 years for a retired Army Sergeant who met a lady while in Korea and when he got her preg, and when he came back to states he made sure he brought her and their child back, but he first had to get a divorce from his american wife. And then him and the woman he met in korea got married had a son in 1069. He also had a daughter in 67 who's mother was Thi (she was sent over here to her dad when she was 4 years old, his Korean wife and his ex wife helped raise her, she never got to see her mother after being sent here, her dad was told her mother had passed which is why she was sent over here to him, but when the girl was in her 30's she found out her mother was still alive, only thing was, the girl herself passed at age of 45 from a blood clot, and never got to meet her mom or even see a picture of her) and 10 years after son was born him and his Korean wife had a daughter. They were married up until he passed away 2015. I don't know but think the reason he was able to bring them over here was because he was a Sergeant. Where many other guys who loved someone over there and had children were just G.I's and weren't' so lucky. And many did want to find their children and their wives, but again wasn't lucky.

[@Beckala67]

"Cough if I'm close." 🤣 Good for her - tenaciously "Queens".

[@eirinipontia]

Like, what kind of mindset is that? He expected the mom to raise his children without him contributing for anything and waited until they are already adults so that they could not ask him for anything? What was the point of his search? To see if they grew up to look like him and then continue on with his life? How shameless can a person be...

[@chuckbuck3435]

God Bless all these good people that help all children and the parents, families that try getting back all of them or contacting them.

[@marybeckham4495]

Two of my brothers were adopted from South Korea in the early 50's through the Holt MIssionary Center. Before my brother passed, he made the trip back to Korea and the Holt Adoption Center. She's right, my brother was whipped on his back that he carried with him all his life. Mixed race was not liked

[@junglesuperstar9270]

It was not about mixed race . It was about disgrace of father

[@carolsmart238]

You’d think that the military would have an organization to bridge the gap & save time & help provide help in locating relatives & help the mothers with the children instead of just walking away. Soldiers shouldn’t be allowed off base “for a little fun” when the result of children affects the lives of these women $ the children so cruely. Yes, we’re all human & wars & unclaimed children have always been a fact, but haven’t we evolved enough to promote solid plans of actions for prevention and/or support of jeopardized humans?

[@t.j.schroeder6381]

I hope my dad like this that want to see his sibling., i never see him for 25 years

[@pammiller4121]

I would love to see part 3

[@danafebruary]

I NEED THE PART 3!!!

[@annamarielewis7078]

How upset could he be if he never kept up with her?

[@karenc2467]

search Army Veteran Reunites With His Twin Children for the First Time in Over 40 Years

[@babyjoon2887]

Hub Towner thank you

[@karenc2467]

You're welcome.

[@theenlightenedexchange4817]

Thank God there is a trinity of these type of twins

[@jpperez6567]

HAVE MERCY THIS SIBLINGS TO OPEN HIS MIND.

[@laurencecruz6819]

The Father abandoned the kids now that his old and KPOP his famous he wants to see the super cute kids he left? Common OPPA 🤣

[@cvee8]

Sorry but i have to say this...adorable kids!!! 😍

[@rupeshortega9680]

Ms. Pam Slaton, kindly do a favor for my mother; she is a daughter of a world war II soldier named , I guess, Homer Fleetwood; her daughther was named Renata Fleetwood - named after her father's sister. He attempted to get her at the age of mid twenties, but she could not leave her little kids then, so she stayed here in the Philippines until she totally lost contact with him and his family in the United States of America. My mother is 73 years old now, and she wants nothing than to know her family in the US, and for them to know her family as well before she finally rests. We tried seeking them but to no avail, for it's tough to get access with war vet informations much less knowing which agencies keeping and where to find them, let alone the distance separating us. I hope you could help us locate them through your knack, passion, and ingenuity of searching people out there. We highly appreciate and be forever grateful for your effort. God bless and more power.

[@dustfreequeen5151]

When you abandon your children and after they are all grown you you want back in their lives!? Seriously? All the hard work of raising kids is done, and now you want to play dad? Just wow!

[@Marcel_Audubon]

why is he only looking for the twins? he adopted the other son, too

[@louklenk1493]

Anita fuentes

[@louklenk1493]

Comanche psychics

[@metronetrail]

He should not have any rights and should not be able to find them, he abandon them.

[@tiffanypryor4974]

Of course she needed money! She's raising 3 kids alone in S. Korea!

[@kukulidouce2014]

What happened to CC (closed captions)...??? Where are they hidden....??? Us, seniors with intact brains but with shortcomings on hearing would appreciate your attention to this so that we can continue watching your very interesting and human videos...!!! Thank you...!!!

[@vichosford]

I feel kind of bad for this old, vet dude for obvious reasons. But, when one examines this situation closer, it makes no real sense why he didn't support his 3 legal kids, let alone his two bilogical ones, when he had the opportunity to do so. Why then bring kids to this life and adopt a third one when you have no plans to be there for them emotionnally, physically, or economically? If he doesn't have money, then why not enlist another family member to help him out? I'm sure his parents could have stepped in for this man, for example, until something could have been figured out. Keep in mind that I also grew up without my old man, so I'm familiar with type of situation. My biological father didn't take care of his paternal obligations, but years later when I looked him up in order to know my roots, he magically wanted to form a relationship, nah, screw that; I just wanted to meet the guy and my half siblings--nothing else. However, please note that his parents at the time when I was a baby, did want to take me in and raise me when he defaulted on his paternal responsibility, but my mother chose to keep me. I would have been happy either way. Everyone just needs to feel like they belong, and that they are wanted and loved.

[@majormana1]

Yeah so sending money over to them isn't supporting them and going to nam just to get visit I think you are an idiot.

[@elisest.george8245]

I guess he was only allowed to bring the twins back with him from my understanding and not the wife or her son. I think it's sketchy that they changed the DOB of the twins as well. All of this seems super sketchy tbh

[@guyski666]

If you look up the word "Abandoned" in the dictionary it says "What the USA did to the Vietnam People" "

[@m.peterson6149]

Why is this woman helping deadbeat dads try to look like victims. That man doesn’t deserve his kids. He left them to starve and didn’t want to send money to his wife. What a LOOSER!

[@voyagerx11space16]

Normally alots of soldiers will just seed all over the world they based and leaved their naive girlfriends waiting for their lovers to return. Never at one time even thought these guy might just want to have a girlfriend with no intention of marrying them. Maybe some some are sincere, but they should know the hardships their girlfriend and children will face. After near dying they now wished to see their children. That is selfish. If you guys really love your girlfriends and children. (They might be shifted) . You can also keep in touch or sent a forward address. Even if you shifted house you can also informed the post office. Why is the links broken?

[@velmasteele1098]

Lots of wonderful tears of joy

[@PriscillaSwaney]

Don't you hate on KZbin where you get part of a story and spend hours watching bits and pieces trying to see the ending? Well, I couldn't give up, kept getting the beginning but couldn't see the happy reunion. HERE IS THE LINK, YOU WILL SEE THE BEGINNING, MIDDLE AGAIN, BUT YOU CAN FINALLY SEE THESE CHILDREN WITH THEIR ARMS AROUND THEIR FATHER: GET OUT THE TISSUE, iT WAS WORTH SEARCHING FOR THE FINAL VIDEO: kzbin.info/www/bejne/rJS1kp-LoLN9m9U

[@nohemivasquez4909]

Grandmas Homestead link had been removed 😢

[@bobskie321]

I found the last part but it's not on KZbin. It's on the ABC News site. Just Google "Army Vet Meets Twin Kids in Reunion Over 40 Years in the Making: Part 5". I can't put the link because Google spam filter might gonna catch my comment.

[@tikusblue]

Thank you !!

[@mniqez]

ya’ll need to watch part 1 of this story before u say “this man is so horrible cuz he abandoned his children and wife”. 🤦🏻‍♀️

[@Joelswinger34]

If you abandoned your children, why would you expect parental rights? WTF?

[@rsuriyop]

A shame.. I tried to look up "Part 3" of this. But it seems that it either hasn't been uploaded, or it must've been deleted :(

[@carollacbay2508]

where is part 3?:(

[@Brazjul]

You can watch the remaining on abc news page or the app abcnews.go.com/2020

[@mattinho5612]

abcnews.go.com/2020/video/dads-half-century-search-long-lost-kids-finally-35727958

[@ian.escalante]

+Mattinho part 4?

[@noneya9084]

+Ian Escalante there's like 6 different parts look it up on google a the abc website should come up

[@KimmiePie1]

I can't find part 4.....

[@froggystudio]

Nooo I can't find part 3 :{

[@Johnny-WaIker]

I know i's a bit late, but here's the full video... Here ya go kzbin.info/www/bejne/m6Oum3Vrps2qm5o

[@yarelicastro3914]

Johnny Walker ty!!

[@mollymcdonald1949]

There are so many GI kids who have no idea who their fathers are - crazy.

[@Yoonji491]

I wonder how people can have kids with different partners, having many 'families' in their lives. I don't have kids but I just can't imagine myself having kids and not living with them, not seeing they growing up and then, marrying again and having more kids and if the divorce comes, marrying once again and having more kids. WTF! If people are so selfish to put kids in this world just for the pleasure of making them or to call them 'mine', I rather be alone forever.

[@nepadron]

So strange, the "pearl buck foundation" is the name of a place I worked for in early 2000s (they still exist), that was a basic daycare for adults with disabilities... 1:00

[@chuckbuck3435]

Just beautiful twins.

[@lilbijou24]

He waited fourty years to find his kids? He could’ve done it sooner and the kids wouldn’t have been abandoned

[@nillyk5671]

The dad is a joke tbh. He could have worked hard and traveled back to Korea to find his kids. I would have never stopped but what did he do? He got married and got more kids. A family will deplete your savings, of course he didn't have the money to keep looking for his Korean children 😒. It's so easy to put yourself first right? Your own desires and wishes first. You like a woman, you marry her and feel better having a family life, you have sex and have new children and have someone to come home to but he didn't think that maybe his kids weren't enjoying the same family life and happiness. I think that is selfish. I would put my children first, looked for the mother and assure her that I would take care of those children.

[@M14r5z9]

What we forget is that the twins were adopted. Meaning, they have parents who have raised them, loved them, etc. People are so comsumed by blood reunions. Adoption is a process to make the child your own child. One the paper process is completed, the child is yours. Not ownership, to love with all you have.

[@M14r5z9]

@@theresamcrae What are you talking about. I'm simply saying that people love these kind of reunion stories, but there are many families formed through adoption that are happy. That said, I have no problem with my children searching out their biological families. I

[@perilla54]

The father's story has more holes than Swiss cheese. 🙄

[@tonyperez2204]

Where is part 3?? 4??

[@zoremsangpuiamualchin9397]

Where is part 3 and more

[@theenlightenedexchange4817]

Exactly people giving peoples kids away without knowledge

[@SeaCheles.Love.4]

I’d love to find long lost childhood friend. I looked after him.