The fact that she looks years younger in the later footage after being with her family shows how much missing them was wearing on her. One of her kids says she got her spark back and you can really see the change. She's so happy, you're doing good work reuniting families like this.
Yeah, I was worried initially when it showed her at the gravesite because of the intensity of her grief, I thought it would overwhelm her. But the grief had always been there, inside, eating at her, and it needed to be released. After being released she was able to reconnect with her family and become herself again.
The woman's son is a very emotionally intelligent dude. He knew exactly what was needed and made it happen. These videos do good because the background of all this is the war, never once mentioned, but that's what ripped Vietnam (and to some extent the US) apart at that time and dispersed people and families. Wounds don't heal themselves.
the beginning caught me off guard. i was like "nah im not gonna cry." - then she started crying for her mom and the tears came. oh damn.... - much love for the son.
Her little brother has me bawling. He's in his 60s but as soon as he sees his big sister, it's like he's back to being that little 11 year old boy again. He was so excited to speak with her, I loved when he shared about them stealing fruit together :") My parents left their home country and luckily were able to stay in touch with the rest of their family - but everyone had also left (due to war in theirs as well) and scattered across the globe. Even if my parents went to visit their home, it wouldn't be the same. Recently my mom got in touch with a bunch of her friends from HS after not speaking with them for over 35 years, and I've never seen her glow more than when she's talking with them. It's heartbreaking how their circumstances have forced them away from each other, but I'm glad we're able to find ways to connect them again
when he started making fun of her for how much her clothes cost, it's like they were transported back 50 years ago again. just two siblings lost to time
I swear the mom looked like a whole new person by the end of the video. Much gratitude to the family for allowing us to come along on their journey and kudos to you, Kyle, for your masterful videography.
Her wailing at the graves touched my soul…I loved that no one looked uncomfortable or tried to get her to stop. In my (Black American) community, we have a long tradition of “wailer women” who helped us grieve, especially after chattel slavery, this can be traced back to Africa…but this form of grieving isn’t as acceptable in Western society, so is often mocked as us being dramatic as usual…so it warmed my heart to see not only her open grief among people she hasn’t seen in so long, but also how accepting they were of her pain and worries ❤
Im asian and in our culture the people that practice Buddhist we aren’t even suppose to or allow to cry or shed a tear they said it represents attachment and the spirit wont cross over. For me i cry out and still do for my mom. This videos just touched me, no matter our age we all need our mothers
this is so interesting! in northern Vietnam, the funeral service package usually includes several ladies crying, wailing words of grief and longing for the dead.
Thank you for explaining. I'm Arab. This is how my grandma's generation expressed grief but their children thought it was dramatic. I'm guessing even my grandma and her peers couldnt explain it, they just copied their anscestors. I can see how it can be soothing and comforting though.
Western world...?? Depends... In Europe I dont think someone will mock you if you grife for a loss! Maybe we dont express it with the same tense but defently noone will find it bad if you cry! In my country, Greece, we even have the dead all night at home and family, friends pay their respects with flower, candles and tears! How can you find it unacceptable for a child coming after 51 years to her parents grave to morn and cry??
Though she may be old, seeing her brother and her family and being around them after many years. I can see her childness personality reignited, being silly with her brother, laughing with her sisters etc. Thank you for this amazing project you've given us.
Seeing her in this state in front of her parents' graves was so sad, I cried instantly. Watching a woman her age, becoming this little girl again in front of her parents, it was heartbreaking. Happy for her and her family to have been able to meet again. My mother has not seen her parents and her island for 21 years, I feel more than touched.
As a Native American, I meet a lot of other Americans who have forgotten their ancestral homelands, and they often try to connect with my people's cultures because they sense we have something they are missing... We say they are looking for their umbilical cords, the connection to their lands like we have as Indigenous communities here. So watching these families being reunited is so precious. When the son says he now feels connected to his motherland and how the family in Vietnam embraced them is a beautiful display of humanity and the healing strength of a loving family. Thanks for helping this family and documenting it for us, it's so heartfelt.
I just commented this the other day on a Reddit about a white lady who wore a kimono to an themed party about wearing your own cultural garb. She was pissed because people were asking her (out of curiosity) if she had any Japanese affiliation because that was the theme. She demanded to know why no one questioned the Nigerian for wearing a Kimono…the Nigerian married to a Japanese man with multiple biracial children, who’s family wore Nigerian traditional clothes the year before 🤦🏾♀️ The issue wasn’t sharing or even really cultural appropriation, it was this idea that her own history wasn’t special enough so she needed to get more attention with something she considered more shocking. It just wasn’t the attention she had wanted or expected. it’s almost as though certain cultures are so normalized to them, it’s no longer as special, which is baffling. There are indigenous and pagan religions worldwide, including in Europe, traditional garb there that are beautiful. Why the obsession with everyone else’s? It will never fill the void the same to just take a Native headdress instead of actually delving in to your own history and culture.
A lot of is Americans are also very mixed. I don't have a homeland because my ancestors are from Germany, they're from Scottland, they're Native American, theyre British, and Greek so where do I someone who is made up of only small percentages born and raised in American fit? There is none for people like me, when everything I am, is less than 20% where do I go?
I never saw my homeland and I'm not allowed to enter it but I can feel a sense of comfort and community everytime I visit a refugee camp of my people. I can only imagine the feeling of going back to homeland ❤
It was over 30 years before my mom got to visit her family in South Korea. She had a similar heartbreaking reaction to her parents graves, and reuiniting with her brothers and sister. Family is so important.
Thank you for noticing that. I have spent a lot of time indeed. Even up until the release of this video, I was up until 4 4 am adjusting things here and there. I had to take some breaks in between the edit to work on other projects, film other reunions and private work, so that's why it took me a long time to finish up.
I didn't even know why the algorithm bought me to the pre-reunion video where you swallowed the chicken bone. I watched through that entire video and immediately went to you main channel. Imagine how excited I was to find this video and it was exactly as emotional that I thought it would be. You're doing good work Kyle! Lots of love from Malaysia!
Seeing her in the beginning of the video and than at the end, what a difference. Like she aged backwards in the time she was reunited with her family. I cried the whole video. You made a beautiful piece of art. Thank you for sharing this beautiful reunion with us.
Her father was a drunk who abused her and her aunt who she ran to for help escaping basically enslaved her for years. Let's take a step or two back about the greatness of just this exact family for 2 seconds. Thankfully the remaining members seem to be nice, but even just this particular family hasn't been bubblegum and lollipops. Let's be real.
@@michaelrudolph7003 Yes, there a bad apples everywhere including people's own family. Regardless, family value is huge in Vietnam. I mean just look at how welcoming her family is. I am Vietnamese, everytime I visit they treat me with so much love. Even in the states, if you know Vietnamese families, you know how close they are. I didn't mean to come off as saying everything is rainbows and butterflies. I was just saying its a big part of our culture and the fact they reconnected is really important for the healing to come.
I am currently on my one month Korean and Vietnamese trip where my father hasn’t seen his family in 23 years. My family of five are the only ones who moved to the states leaving 8 other aunts and uncles back in Vietnam. Seeing my mom and dad meeting family again after so many years is really heartwarming as this was the family support that my sister and I never understood and received growing up in America. I’ve been to Seoul, jeonju, hanoi, da nang, Saigon, can tho, and vung thau, meeting family and it’s such a weird feeling. I am lucky to be able to go on this trip with so much love from everybody and will cherish these memories forever.
Her being joke just added 20 years of extra life. She became the person she had once lost. Blessing to this family. I wish I was able to go back one more time to say goodbye to my grandparents.
49:52 just a quick note, whenever she said "tủi thân" it means that she was feeling pity for herself/self-pity. Anw, thanks for making all the subtitles! As a Vietnamese, I felt incredibly emotional and touched watching the two videos, probably because I'm also from the Central so this is all intimate and dear for me to hear and see; but most of all, I think it must be because of your editing skills. You did so well in filming and editing them that I kept crying like 5 or 6 times throughout the video. I think there was something that helps you find them in such a short time, maybe you're the destined one ❤
Thank you for that. I did the subtilling by myself with some Google translate reference, but as you can imagine that phrase was a difficult one to translate. Sometimes it's frustrating that so much is lost in translation when going from Vietnamese to English and vice versa and having to space it so people can have time to read it. Subtitling is truly an artform and I'm not the best at it, but I try really hard to be as accurate as possible. Thank you again for watching.
I'm sorry for the delay in between videos! This was an extremely difficult edit, but I am very happy to bring you this documentary. If you enjoyed it. please leave me a comment and check out my other videos too, all links and info in the description: If there is anything I can potentially do for you, please email me via my website at KyleLe.net. (Please do not contact via social media because I might not see your messages or comments.) More videos to come.
51 years! OMG, it's a very long, long, long time and she finally came home, back to her roots, back to her childhood memories, back to the place where she was born. No place like home because home is where the heart is.
This has to be a very touching story, 1978-79 my parents with my elder sister and I escape Vietnam by boat. During that trip I lost my sister I was only 3 years old so I had a very vague memory of Vietnam and my family. Eg like Uncles Aunts and my sister, for the unknown what happened. I now reside in Australia and will one day go back to Vietnam and try and find my sister.
Phenomenal job Kyle. This was worth the wait. Its seems the was not about just her finding peace and her family but also for her son. You can see he also found part of himself in Vietnam. I hope he and his mom move to Vietnam because the trip changed not just her but him as well.
I'm not at the end yet but I'm so hoping she stays. Ok watched the rest and hoping she goes back for a months long visit with her siblings. You can't get that kind of love easily.
Kyle, you’ve done it again!! I didn’t even last a full minute before I start crying. I also left my family at 15 with nothing and 12 years later, I came back for the first time with everything! That airport scene is too real!
@@kyleledotnet your videos are big source of comfort for myself. Every time I miss home from here in the US I watch your Vietnam videos and make me feel much better.
This video has reduced me into a puddle of tears. I can't even begin to imagine the pain she's had to endure all this time. Glad she's finally home with her family.
The brother was 11 when she left but he still remembers her well. Amazing story. Dont be sad anymore mam. Start your healing. Dont regret your past (decision). It was your path/journey to walk. I hope this brings her some peace & than some ❤❤❤❤❤💝💝💝💝💝💝 Thank you for sharing your story with us, fans of Kyle & wt the world 🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼💝💝💝
This is absolutely heartwarming bro. I knew I shouldnt have watched this follow up video, now Im sitting here crying lol. Very well edited my friend. The L cuts are on time. The emotion is there. The build up, as well as, the format is A+ Thanks for sharing.
It was so heartbreaking to see có Nga sobbing and apologising in front of her mother's grave. I couldn't stop crying. The struggles and challenges she's been through, her whole life is truly palpable. Her children did a great job by helping their mother liberate herself from a burden, years of overthinking and ruminations. I wish to all the family peace to the mind, love and care, joyful and lightful family reunions. @Kyle : this is one of the most emotional content you've created so far. I couldn't be more thankful and grateful because as a french vietnamese I can learn much more about the vietnamese traditions and customs, as well as family values. Thank you!
Thank you so much for sharing this story, Kyle. I don't know how to convey how much this video impacted me in my soul. I am Canadian, 31 years old and lost my mother suddenly at 18 (brain aneurysm). I had an abusive father and when she died, I was completely lost. I spent years grieving and had not been able to find peace. This video healed a piece of my heart that had been broken for over a decade. I haven't cried in years and this video absolutely floored me. So much pain and suffering left my body as I sobbed watching this beautiful reunion. I messaged my father after watching this video and we are planning a bike ride like we used to do when I was a boy. I will be rekindling my relationship with my father because of what you did for this family. Seeing this woman heal her suffering made me feel as though my mother was healing too. Or perhaps my soul was given closure. I will never look at moths the same way. Thank you from the bottom of my heart for what you do. You impact so many people with these stories, bless you.
The joy in her face while she sat with her sister was just. I dont have the words. Beautiful falls short of what that moment was. Best video on youtube.
Whew that part with her reuniting with her mom....whew. She was overcome with emotions...she missed her mom. Im glad her brother allow her to have that moment with no interruptions.
MANNNNN Please continue to share stories like this. I know these kinds of stories aren't easy to find, but there are so many. You're doing a service, and in time I'm sure this will be very successful for you as well.
I’m sure there are so many, but there aren’t many that I can actually help with and even less that I can actually produce a documentary like this. All the logistics time money scheduling that went into this is often beyond my control.
This video is just an incredible piece of creativity … never have I cried with joy for such a sweet lady, her children and her incredibly beautiful long lost family …it was incredibly touching and heartwarming to see the loving interaction between them after being apart for so long … watching her cry’s at her parents graves was heartbreaking to watch …but importantly watching her grow with new life … the transformation from a frail old lady to a women with new zest for life was amazing to witness …great work !!!
I cannot imagine how much pain she went through. Despite the hardships her beautiful children returned her back home. God Bless the journey and the reunion.
the moth and the butterfly also appeared when my grandparents passed away, before i was born my grandpa died in 01 and we would always see a black butterfly hanging outside of my grandma bedroom window as if hes checking on her and staying by her side, the butterfly stayed there everyday until my grandma passed away in 2021 and thats 20 years, and 1 day after she passed away both the butterfly and moth landed outside of my grandmas bedroom as if its their final goodbye to their grandchildren’s before they return to the motherland. (im from vietnam)
The love of family and the yearning to be reunited no matter how long the passage of time. It is everything that is great about our culture. You have manage to portray all that are important to the Vietnamese through her story. It is your best work. Congratulations.
I can tell you my favorite part of this wonderful story. When she meets her third sister and they are laughing and smiling on the chair together. They look like kids playing and having fun again. A great story Kyle. Well done brother!!! ❤
Man kyle, I've been watching for years I'm 27 now and this is the most heart warming, eye dropping emotional video you've put out love this type of content
This woman is an absolute beauty...even through her pain...Kyle, great editing, beautiful shots of the country. I've never seen videos of Vietnam, and you did a great job of capturing the absolute beauty this country has to offer. Thank you!
There's nothing worst than to long for someone that was still alive. I can't imagine the heartbreak and longing the mom had for her daughter when she left for the United States. I'm glad the siblings survived after the parents passed away. I always enjoy your video Kyle. I know you mentioned you were struggling financially. I hope all your experience will open more opportunities for you.
Great story! She should have just stayed in Vietnam. It's been so long since she has seen her brothers and sisters (and nieces and nephews). She should stay (or move back) there and spend her final chapter of her life catching up. Her two children are grown up. They can visit her in Vietnam.
Sometimes life can be really dark. And it's things like this that make all the struggles feel worthwhile. I don't know any of these folks, but seeing their love and their joy over reconnecting...it's simply healing for anyone to see. When it all feels like everything is going wrong, remember that there are families coming together somewhere. People are helping each other. There is always goodnes in the world somewhere 💛
You did an amazing job documenting this. Reuniting that woman with her family will forever be priceless, not just for her and her siblings but for her children. Thank you
What a beautiful story of a families genuine love for one another. I cried tears several times for this sweet woman. I hope she is able to return permanently to spend her golden years surrounded by her family.
I appreciate the impression at the end by the family of how important and great family is, HOWEVER, if you remember back to the beginning of the story, the reason she left was that her father was a drunk who mistreated her to the point she took the first real opportunity at 11 to run away, where she ended up with an aunt who beat her and essentially held her in slavery for who knows how long to care for her cousins' kids. So before we start talking up too much of how close and great Vietnamese families are, lets just be sure we're letting the whole story that subject of this video told about her own family. I'm not casting aspersions on the other family members shown, but they talk a big game about the greatness of family while the proof of some of the worst possible treatment you can imagine family to commit is also front and center and I just want to make sure that absolute evil isn't being washed away with all the positivity and emotion that I hope is real at the end of the video. Let's just not try to slip past the family child slavery that went on, or the "hard times" the other family members went through after the death of their parents without providing detail on!
I really appreciated the amount of storytelling and connection shown through this return back to her roots. She truly looks like she has her soul, her life force returned to her. I myself always enjoy these moments of return as you never know the pain and sorrow of leaving until its too late and it has happened already. Thank you for your work and dedication to the human connection.
Kyle, waht you did to reunite this family i'm sure was as exciting for you as it was for them ! I creid, I laughed, I felt so much love within this family--a love I never had in my own family. Bless You for what you did to reunite them and the excellent footage of events
She rightaway turns into a little a girl amongs her siblings...catching up what was lost for most of her life... This is a great documentation.. Shout out to you Kyle as the key for all this to happened. Much love from Indonesia, your SEA sibling, we share the same roots and ancestors😊
Good job Kyle! This is your calling! Btw what’s crazy is the she saw her youngest brother for the first time since he wasn’t born when she left. This story really left me in tears. Damn you Kyle!
What a beautiful documentary and what a beautiful family. Super happy that she was able to find that missing piece of herself and reunite with her family.
It was definitely easier to reunite them than to make this video, but either way, this experience was truly memorable for me and for them and their family to enjoy. Thank you!
such a emotional reunion,such a relief the mother must have felt .thanks to her lovely son and daughter who thought to get on these expedition also the family memebers were so warm and loving
Wow Kyle I saw your channel video pop up after a few years, am Vietnamese born and raised in VN but I used to watch u a lot, dk why i did not subscribe and forgot the channel but the content ur making again is just another level. U used to just be a Viet Kieu exploring VN but now u seem even more deep into the culture. These videos of reunion and finding back root makes me emotional. i am a northern Vietnamese and i see no difference in the importance of family btw north, central and south. Sometimes ppl pay attention to differences in some smaller aspects but the most core thing is common. Idk why but i feel esp the ppl who lives in countryside, they always want and welcome family far away to come back. Its not like its different in the cities but the countryside people they want to keep the close rela even with relatives. They always offer the most heart-warming welcome and tell you to come back often. It is the same with my countryside hometown in the north too, no difference. Great to find the channel again, thk u so much for making these contents, really looking forward to next eps
I just stormed on your page and it’s totally beautiful this whole video made me tear up.Made me think of my mom and how much I love her and that I would do anything for her in life.
To the one who made the trip to find her family. You’re a super star. Much love to you. You gave this lady her smile n laughter back. Your a true blessing ❤❤
this video make me cried the whole night, i can feel that how much happiness after 50yrs she back motherland. From now on the new chapter will be open and more hope for whole family. Thanks to Kyle made my day. and i love Da Nang more and more after watching this video
Such a heart warming story. I’d like to know more about her journey to the US and her marriage and children. I now live in VietNam and know many Viet Kieu with similar stories of lost families and missing American fathers. Keep up the good work, I love these videos.
This was beautiful and incredible. I wish this family many years of happiness and health. The pooping bridge made me laugh. The brother wanted to show his niece the "relic" of the past lol
I just have no words to describe the emotional rollercoaster from watching the two episodes. This is heavy on the heart , in one way or another this reunion changed everyone in the family gave them comfort , an answer, a resolve to an unsolved chapter in their lives ....
THE TIMES IVE SOBBED WATCHING THIS VIDEO IS CRAZY. But honestly man, this film and story was really touching. Thank you for reconnecting them, I can tell they really appreciated it. You have truly changed their lives. Keep up the good work!
wow, fantastic documentary. it was endless tearjerker for me and pulled at the heartstrings, made me deeply miss my own family back in vietnam. my parents immigrated to the US in their late 20s- almost 30 years ago- to live a better life and then had me a year later; i can only imagine how they must feel at times being apart from our motherland.. it's been 5 years since my mom last visited, and 13 years for both me and my dad. i really appreciate how raw and non-exploitative this was. very great editing and focus as well. the healing the entire family experienced seems immense. thank you for your work, kyle! it is so amazing that you and her children were able to work to reunite her with her family.
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Did she move back over do you know
The fact that she looks years younger in the later footage after being with her family shows how much missing them was wearing on her. One of her kids says she got her spark back and you can really see the change. She's so happy, you're doing good work reuniting families like this.
youre right, she got 10 years younger on that trip.. 10 years of worry and sorrow lifted
Yeah, I was worried initially when it showed her at the gravesite because of the intensity of her grief, I thought it would overwhelm her. But the grief had always been there, inside, eating at her, and it needed to be released. After being released she was able to reconnect with her family and become herself again.
That's what I was coming to say. You can see light restored to her spirit. It transfers thru the video.
every child yearns for their mother, I too witness my grandmother cry in her sleep calling for her mom at age 70.
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The woman's son is a very emotionally intelligent dude. He knew exactly what was needed and made it happen. These videos do good because the background of all this is the war, never once mentioned, but that's what ripped Vietnam (and to some extent the US) apart at that time and dispersed people and families. Wounds don't heal themselves.
He is a PhD student currently!!! So that makes sense!
Yes and he explained why she didnt try to reach out very well "she became so reserved and hesitant that any disruption to her stability is scary"
@@kyleledotnetPhD in what subject if I may ask
And perhaps the slavery the woman's own aunt held her in for years and years and years. Let's not overlook that.
the beginning caught me off guard. i was like "nah im not gonna cry." - then she started crying for her mom and the tears came. oh damn.... - much love for the son.
Her little brother has me bawling. He's in his 60s but as soon as he sees his big sister, it's like he's back to being that little 11 year old boy again. He was so excited to speak with her, I loved when he shared about them stealing fruit together :")
My parents left their home country and luckily were able to stay in touch with the rest of their family - but everyone had also left (due to war in theirs as well) and scattered across the globe. Even if my parents went to visit their home, it wouldn't be the same. Recently my mom got in touch with a bunch of her friends from HS after not speaking with them for over 35 years, and I've never seen her glow more than when she's talking with them.
It's heartbreaking how their circumstances have forced them away from each other, but I'm glad we're able to find ways to connect them again
The little moment at 2:43 was what got to me
when he started making fun of her for how much her clothes cost, it's like they were transported back 50 years ago again. just two siblings lost to time
I swear the mom looked like a whole new person by the end of the video. Much gratitude to the family for allowing us to come along on their journey and kudos to you, Kyle, for your masterful videography.
💯 right totally different person
Her wailing at the graves touched my soul…I loved that no one looked uncomfortable or tried to get her to stop. In my (Black American) community, we have a long tradition of “wailer women” who helped us grieve, especially after chattel slavery, this can be traced back to Africa…but this form of grieving isn’t as acceptable in Western society, so is often mocked as us being dramatic as usual…so it warmed my heart to see not only her open grief among people she hasn’t seen in so long, but also how accepting they were of her pain and worries ❤
Im asian and in our culture the people that practice Buddhist we aren’t even suppose to or allow to cry or shed a tear they said it represents attachment and the spirit wont cross over. For me i cry out and still do for my mom. This videos just touched me, no matter our age we all need our mothers
this is so interesting! in northern Vietnam, the funeral service package usually includes several ladies crying, wailing words of grief and longing for the dead.
Thank you for explaining. I'm Arab. This is how my grandma's generation expressed grief but their children thought it was dramatic. I'm guessing even my grandma and her peers couldnt explain it, they just copied their anscestors. I can see how it can be soothing and comforting though.
@@DokBua0424same in Islam and for the exact same reason you mentioned.
Western world...??
Depends...
In Europe I dont think someone will mock you if you grife for a loss!
Maybe we dont express it with the same tense but defently noone will find it bad if you cry!
In my country, Greece, we even have the dead all night at home and family, friends pay their respects with flower, candles and tears!
How can you find it unacceptable for a child coming after 51 years to her parents grave to morn and cry??
It is the belief in my culture (Samoan) that moths are the spirits of our loved ones visiting us.
This is the Same belief in the Philippines too.
For Vietnamese, it is the butterfly!
Though she may be old, seeing her brother and her family and being around them after many years. I can see her childness personality reignited, being silly with her brother, laughing with her sisters etc. Thank you for this amazing project you've given us.
Yes, you are right! It was so awesome to see that.
I was about to say the same thing!
Great observation 😊
The fact she is straight up with her family saying “I don’t know you” but I got you is so loving of her
Seeing her in this state in front of her parents' graves was so sad, I cried instantly. Watching a woman her age, becoming this little girl again in front of her parents, it was heartbreaking. Happy for her and her family to have been able to meet again. My mother has not seen her parents and her island for 21 years, I feel more than touched.
As a Native American, I meet a lot of other Americans who have forgotten their ancestral homelands, and they often try to connect with my people's cultures because they sense we have something they are missing... We say they are looking for their umbilical cords, the connection to their lands like we have as Indigenous communities here.
So watching these families being reunited is so precious. When the son says he now feels connected to his motherland and how the family in Vietnam embraced them is a beautiful display of humanity and the healing strength of a loving family. Thanks for helping this family and documenting it for us, it's so heartfelt.
I just commented this the other day on a Reddit about a white lady who wore a kimono to an themed party about wearing your own cultural garb. She was pissed because people were asking her (out of curiosity) if she had any Japanese affiliation because that was the theme. She demanded to know why no one questioned the Nigerian for wearing a Kimono…the Nigerian married to a Japanese man with multiple biracial children, who’s family wore Nigerian traditional clothes the year before 🤦🏾♀️ The issue wasn’t sharing or even really cultural appropriation, it was this idea that her own history wasn’t special enough so she needed to get more attention with something she considered more shocking. It just wasn’t the attention she had wanted or expected.
it’s almost as though certain cultures are so normalized to them, it’s no longer as special, which is baffling. There are indigenous and pagan religions worldwide, including in Europe, traditional garb there that are beautiful. Why the obsession with everyone else’s? It will never fill the void the same to just take a Native headdress instead of actually delving in to your own history and culture.
A lot of is Americans are also very mixed.
I don't have a homeland because my ancestors are from Germany, they're from Scottland, they're Native American, theyre British, and Greek so where do I someone who is made up of only small percentages born and raised in American fit? There is none for people like me, when everything I am, is less than 20% where do I go?
"umbilical cords". In Vietnam we have the same expression for motherland.
I never saw my homeland and I'm not allowed to enter it but I can feel a sense of comfort and community everytime I visit a refugee camp of my people. I can only imagine the feeling of going back to homeland ❤
@@darlenehutton2779 well you have multiple homelands, nothing wrong with that.
It was over 30 years before my mom got to visit her family in South Korea. She had a similar heartbreaking reaction to her parents graves, and reuiniting with her brothers and sister. Family is so important.
Thanks for sharing and for watching this video.
I can tell Kyle has spent the time on the editing. This is one of his best edits.
Thank you for noticing that. I have spent a lot of time indeed. Even up until the release of this video, I was up until 4 4 am adjusting things here and there. I had to take some breaks in between the edit to work on other projects, film other reunions and private work, so that's why it took me a long time to finish up.
12 minutes into the video and I'm crying my eyes out
Me too!
same it was over for me once she went to the graves, fully sobbing
I was bawling as well, just hurt so much to know she couldn’t spend more time with her mom, made me wanna crawl into a ball and cry
I didn't even know why the algorithm bought me to the pre-reunion video where you swallowed the chicken bone. I watched through that entire video and immediately went to you main channel.
Imagine how excited I was to find this video and it was exactly as emotional that I thought it would be.
You're doing good work Kyle! Lots of love from Malaysia!
Seeing her in the beginning of the video and than at the end, what a difference. Like she aged backwards in the time she was reunited with her family. I cried the whole video. You made a beautiful piece of art. Thank you for sharing this beautiful reunion with us.
So sad I cried nonstop miss my mom. Her last trip to Vietnam was 2012. Take good care of your mom while you can. God bless your family.
Sorry about your loss
i will! love my mum so much. bless you.
Sending you love ❤
Family is #1 in Vietnam. You did a huge service to that family and allowed them to heal.
Her father was a drunk who abused her and her aunt who she ran to for help escaping basically enslaved her for years. Let's take a step or two back about the greatness of just this exact family for 2 seconds. Thankfully the remaining members seem to be nice, but even just this particular family hasn't been bubblegum and lollipops. Let's be real.
@@michaelrudolph7003 Yes, there a bad apples everywhere including people's own family. Regardless, family value is huge in Vietnam. I mean just look at how welcoming her family is.
I am Vietnamese, everytime I visit they treat me with so much love. Even in the states, if you know Vietnamese families, you know how close they are.
I didn't mean to come off as saying everything is rainbows and butterflies. I was just saying its a big part of our culture and the fact they reconnected is really important for the healing to come.
I am currently on my one month Korean and Vietnamese trip where my father hasn’t seen his family in 23 years. My family of five are the only ones who moved to the states leaving 8 other aunts and uncles back in Vietnam. Seeing my mom and dad meeting family again after so many years is really heartwarming as this was the family support that my sister and I never understood and received growing up in America. I’ve been to Seoul, jeonju, hanoi, da nang, Saigon, can tho, and vung thau, meeting family and it’s such a weird feeling. I am lucky to be able to go on this trip with so much love from everybody and will cherish these memories forever.
That's so beautiful❤😭. I feel so blessed to have my whole family with me
I cried rivers at the grave scenes 😭😭😤
Her being joke just added 20 years of extra life. She became the person she had once lost. Blessing to this family. I wish I was able to go back one more time to say goodbye to my grandparents.
49:52 just a quick note, whenever she said "tủi thân" it means that she was feeling pity for herself/self-pity. Anw, thanks for making all the subtitles! As a Vietnamese, I felt incredibly emotional and touched watching the two videos, probably because I'm also from the Central so this is all intimate and dear for me to hear and see; but most of all, I think it must be because of your editing skills. You did so well in filming and editing them that I kept crying like 5 or 6 times throughout the video. I think there was something that helps you find them in such a short time, maybe you're the destined one ❤
Thank you for that. I did the subtilling by myself with some Google translate reference, but as you can imagine that phrase was a difficult one to translate. Sometimes it's frustrating that so much is lost in translation when going from Vietnamese to English and vice versa and having to space it so people can have time to read it. Subtitling is truly an artform and I'm not the best at it, but I try really hard to be as accurate as possible. Thank you again for watching.
I'm sorry for the delay in between videos! This was an extremely difficult edit, but I am very happy to bring you this documentary. If you enjoyed it. please leave me a comment and check out my other videos too, all links and info in the description: If there is anything I can potentially do for you, please email me via my website at KyleLe.net. (Please do not contact via social media because I might not see your messages or comments.) More videos to come.
So happy to see you’re back , Kyle !!!
A massive project with much to storyboard and edit, well done Kyle - thanks for your work.
I can see you put a lot of effort into this video than the previously videos. nice effort. keep it up. proud of you.
MasterPiece brother ! Keep up the spirit and passion ! LOVE IT
You did good.
PBS should hire you. This is high quality impactful humanitarian work.
Oh my, the raw emotion at the graves is so moving. I'm crying as well.
51 years! OMG, it's a very long, long, long time and she finally came home, back to her roots, back to her childhood memories, back to the place where she was born. No place like home because home is where the heart is.
This has to be a very touching story, 1978-79 my parents with my elder sister and I escape Vietnam by boat. During that trip I lost my sister I was only 3 years old so I had a very vague memory of Vietnam and my family. Eg like Uncles Aunts and my sister, for the unknown what happened. I now reside in Australia and will one day go back to Vietnam and try and find my sister.
I hope one day you can reunite with your sis. Social media has a way for finding people.
You should email Kyle and see if there’s anything he can do to help. There should be a link to his website. All the best!
If you feel comfortable, you should post your story on social media. Maybe it will reach your sister!
i bet you could get a dna test to find people in your bloodline and try start there
Phenomenal job Kyle. This was worth the wait. Its seems the was not about just her finding peace and her family but also for her son. You can see he also found part of himself in Vietnam. I hope he and his mom move to Vietnam because the trip changed not just her but him as well.
I think you're right. And I hope they can move to Vietnam one day too.
I'm not at the end yet but I'm so hoping she stays. Ok watched the rest and hoping she goes back for a months long visit with her siblings. You can't get that kind of love easily.
Kyle, you’ve done it again!! I didn’t even last a full minute before I start crying. I also left my family at 15 with nothing and 12 years later, I came back for the first time with everything! That airport scene is too real!
I think a lot of Viet kieu can relate with that airport scene! If you listen carefully, I'm humming and holding back tears.
Stress is everything when she first arrived she looked so old but as she was there a while her face changed more relaxed and younger looking
Good point!
Great work there, Kyle. How amazing for her to be reunited with her siblings after so long. What a great family!
Good job reuniting families 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
Thank you for being here early!
@@kyleledotnet your videos are big source of comfort for myself. Every time I miss home from here in the US I watch your Vietnam videos and make me feel much better.
This video has reduced me into a puddle of tears. I can't even begin to imagine the pain she's had to endure all this time. Glad she's finally home with her family.
The brother was 11 when she left but he still remembers her well. Amazing story. Dont be sad anymore mam. Start your healing. Dont regret your past (decision). It was your path/journey to walk. I hope this brings her some peace & than some ❤❤❤❤❤💝💝💝💝💝💝 Thank you for sharing your story with us, fans of Kyle & wt the world 🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼💝💝💝
This is absolutely heartwarming bro. I knew I shouldnt have watched this follow up video, now Im sitting here crying lol. Very well edited my friend. The L cuts are on time. The emotion is there. The build up, as well as, the format is A+ Thanks for sharing.
Thank you for watching and for the comments. Please check out my other reunion videos too!
You did it again Kyle! What a touching story of family love, lost but found after half a lifetime. Keep doing what you do, God bless.
Kyle don’t miss! He topped himself again!
She looked like a changed person in the end. Healing took place. Good job 👍🏼
It was so heartbreaking to see có Nga sobbing and apologising in front of her mother's grave. I couldn't stop crying. The struggles and challenges she's been through, her whole life is truly palpable. Her children did a great job by helping their mother liberate herself from a burden, years of overthinking and ruminations. I wish to all the family peace to the mind, love and care, joyful and lightful family reunions.
@Kyle : this is one of the most emotional content you've created so far. I couldn't be more thankful and grateful because as a french vietnamese I can learn much more about the vietnamese traditions and customs, as well as family values. Thank you!
It's been 2 years since my mother passed away, but every time I hear someone cry for their mother, tears fall
Thank you so much for sharing this story, Kyle. I don't know how to convey how much this video impacted me in my soul. I am Canadian, 31 years old and lost my mother suddenly at 18 (brain aneurysm). I had an abusive father and when she died, I was completely lost. I spent years grieving and had not been able to find peace. This video healed a piece of my heart that had been broken for over a decade. I haven't cried in years and this video absolutely floored me. So much pain and suffering left my body as I sobbed watching this beautiful reunion. I messaged my father after watching this video and we are planning a bike ride like we used to do when I was a boy. I will be rekindling my relationship with my father because of what you did for this family. Seeing this woman heal her suffering made me feel as though my mother was healing too. Or perhaps my soul was given closure. I will never look at moths the same way. Thank you from the bottom of my heart for what you do. You impact so many people with these stories, bless you.
The joy in her face while she sat with her sister was just. I dont have the words. Beautiful falls short of what that moment was. Best video on youtube.
2:43 this little moment where her brother touched her arm in support as they are walking and she turned around and gave him a big hug ❤
Whew that part with her reuniting with her mom....whew. She was overcome with emotions...she missed her mom. Im glad her brother allow her to have that moment with no interruptions.
this is beautiful that she gets to reunited with her siblings after decades. i must admit this made me cried so much
MANNNNN Please continue to share stories like this. I know these kinds of stories aren't easy to find, but there are so many. You're doing a service, and in time I'm sure this will be very successful for you as well.
I’m sure there are so many, but there aren’t many that I can actually help with and even less that I can actually produce a documentary like this. All the logistics time money scheduling that went into this is often beyond my control.
This video is just an incredible piece of creativity … never have I cried with joy for such a sweet lady, her children and her incredibly beautiful long lost family …it was incredibly touching and heartwarming to see the loving interaction between them after being apart for so long … watching her cry’s at her parents graves was heartbreaking to watch …but importantly watching her grow with new life … the transformation from a frail old lady to a women with new zest for life was amazing to witness …great work !!!
Thank you for taking time to watch and for this awesome comment! And I 100% agree with you about growing with new life.
I cannot imagine how much pain she went through. Despite the hardships her beautiful children returned her back home. God Bless the journey and the reunion.
I cried the whole time watching this. Kyle, you are amazing to reunite her and her family ❤
Cried for almost 50 minutes straight, with just a few moments in between being captivated by her daughters face. So pretty!
the moth and the butterfly also appeared when my grandparents passed away, before i was born my grandpa died in 01 and we would always see a black butterfly hanging outside of my grandma bedroom window as if hes checking on her and staying by her side, the butterfly stayed there everyday until my grandma passed away in 2021 and thats 20 years, and 1 day after she passed away both the butterfly and moth landed outside of my grandmas bedroom as if its their final goodbye to their grandchildren’s before they return to the motherland. (im from vietnam)
Wow
Same!!! I’ve never met my paternal grandpa and when we do visit Vietnam, a black butterfly would come home and land on his alter. Pretty crazy!!!
It took fifty one years but she finally made her way back home.
The love of family and the yearning to be reunited no matter how long the passage of time. It is everything that is great about our culture. You have manage to portray all that are important to the Vietnamese through her story. It is your best work. Congratulations.
Thank you for this! I appreciate it so much.
I love how ur mom, plays with ur uncle, they joke with each other
I hope everyone will return to their native soil and reunite with their blood. It's how we're all meant to live. With our people, on our own lands.
I can tell you my favorite part of this wonderful story. When she meets her third sister and they are laughing and smiling on the chair together. They look like kids playing and having fun again. A great story Kyle. Well done brother!!! ❤
What a wonderful and beautiful record she will have of this trip as well. Thank you for providing that for her Kyle.
Man kyle, I've been watching for years I'm 27 now and this is the most heart warming, eye dropping emotional video you've put out love this type of content
I would love to see an update if she moves back to Vietnam
yes i would love to do that. thank you
How beautifully sad and encouraging that there is always an opportunity to go back home.
Thanks for checking this video out and for the comment
感動でした。素晴らしいご家族の再会シーンをありがとうございます。
You can see how much this meant to everyone. Thank you for reuniting this family, brought me to tears many times
This woman is an absolute beauty...even through her pain...Kyle, great editing, beautiful shots of the country. I've never seen videos of Vietnam, and you did a great job of capturing the absolute beauty this country has to offer. Thank you!
Thanks for the kind words. I appreciate them.
There's nothing worst than to long for someone that was still alive. I can't imagine the heartbreak and longing the mom had for her daughter when she left for the United States. I'm glad the siblings survived after the parents passed away.
I always enjoy your video Kyle. I know you mentioned you were struggling financially. I hope all your experience will open more opportunities for you.
Great story! She should have just stayed in Vietnam. It's been so long since she has seen her brothers and sisters (and nieces and nephews). She should stay (or move back) there and spend her final chapter of her life catching up. Her two children are grown up. They can visit her in Vietnam.
I think that would actually be a heartfelt closing to the chapters of her life.
I agree.
This was a very moving documentary. We Vietnamese will always honour the memories of our loved ones ❤😢
Sometimes life can be really dark. And it's things like this that make all the struggles feel worthwhile. I don't know any of these folks, but seeing their love and their joy over reconnecting...it's simply healing for anyone to see. When it all feels like everything is going wrong, remember that there are families coming together somewhere. People are helping each other. There is always goodnes in the world somewhere 💛
Welcome back Kyle
Thank you! More to come!
You did an amazing job documenting this. Reuniting that woman with her family will forever be priceless, not just for her and her siblings but for her children. Thank you
Thank you !
Kyle the family reuniter is back 😭🙌🏼 Another great video Kyle. It’s always good to see families reuniting together 🥲
What a beautiful story of a families genuine love for one another. I cried tears several times for this sweet woman. I hope she is able to return permanently to spend her golden years surrounded by her family.
I appreciate the impression at the end by the family of how important and great family is, HOWEVER, if you remember back to the beginning of the story, the reason she left was that her father was a drunk who mistreated her to the point she took the first real opportunity at 11 to run away, where she ended up with an aunt who beat her and essentially held her in slavery for who knows how long to care for her cousins' kids. So before we start talking up too much of how close and great Vietnamese families are, lets just be sure we're letting the whole story that subject of this video told about her own family. I'm not casting aspersions on the other family members shown, but they talk a big game about the greatness of family while the proof of some of the worst possible treatment you can imagine family to commit is also front and center and I just want to make sure that absolute evil isn't being washed away with all the positivity and emotion that I hope is real at the end of the video. Let's just not try to slip past the family child slavery that went on, or the "hard times" the other family members went through after the death of their parents without providing detail on!
I really appreciated the amount of storytelling and connection shown through this return back to her roots. She truly looks like she has her soul, her life force returned to her. I myself always enjoy these moments of return as you never know the pain and sorrow of leaving until its too late and it has happened already. Thank you for your work and dedication to the human connection.
Kyle, waht you did to reunite this family i'm sure was as exciting for you as it was for them ! I creid, I laughed, I felt so much love within this family--a love I never had in my own family. Bless You for what you did to reunite them and the excellent footage of events
Kyle, another heart felt reunion. Please keep working on your magic to bring families together. You are truly a good person.
She rightaway turns into a little a girl amongs her siblings...catching up what was lost for most of her life...
This is a great documentation.. Shout out to you Kyle as the key for all this to happened.
Much love from Indonesia, your SEA sibling, we share the same roots and ancestors😊
Good job Kyle! This is your calling! Btw what’s crazy is the she saw her youngest brother for the first time since he wasn’t born when she left. This story really left me in tears. Damn you Kyle!
What a beautiful documentary and what a beautiful family. Super happy that she was able to find that missing piece of herself and reunite with her family.
A very well made video. Congrats to the family!! And you did an amazing job reuniting them as well as filming this, Kyle!
It was definitely easier to reunite them than to make this video, but either way, this experience was truly memorable for me and for them and their family to enjoy. Thank you!
such a emotional reunion,such a relief the mother must have felt .thanks to her lovely son and daughter who thought to get on these expedition also the family memebers were so warm and loving
Wow Kyle I saw your channel video pop up after a few years, am Vietnamese born and raised in VN but I used to watch u a lot, dk why i did not subscribe and forgot the channel but the content ur making again is just another level. U used to just be a Viet Kieu exploring VN but now u seem even more deep into the culture. These videos of reunion and finding back root makes me emotional. i am a northern Vietnamese and i see no difference in the importance of family btw north, central and south. Sometimes ppl pay attention to differences in some smaller aspects but the most core thing is common. Idk why but i feel esp the ppl who lives in countryside, they always want and welcome family far away to come back. Its not like its different in the cities but the countryside people they want to keep the close rela even with relatives. They always offer the most heart-warming welcome and tell you to come back often. It is the same with my countryside hometown in the north too, no difference.
Great to find the channel again, thk u so much for making these contents, really looking forward to next eps
the opening scene at the grave had me in tears.. this is so powerful. way to go dude.
She has beautiful family. Brothers sisters loves her so much
Có máu có sót. Ho rất thương yêu nhau
You are amazing Kyle! ❤❤❤❤
You really helped and heal and change the life of her and her entire family. Congrats
I just stormed on your page and it’s totally beautiful this whole video made me tear up.Made me think of my mom and how much I love her and that I would do anything for her in life.
To the one who made the trip to find her family. You’re a super star. Much love to you. You gave this lady her smile n laughter back. Your a true blessing ❤❤
❤in our culture is olso like that butterfly is someone who past away greeting us…
this video make me cried the whole night, i can feel that how much happiness after 50yrs she back motherland. From now on the new chapter will be open and more hope for whole family. Thanks to Kyle made my day. and i love Da Nang more and more after watching this video
The editing and story flow is just as amazing as the family reunion.
Thanks for bringing it to us Kyle!
Masterful editing, filming, and style.
Such a heart warming story. I’d like to know more about her journey to the US and her marriage and children. I now live in VietNam and know many Viet Kieu with similar stories of lost families and missing American fathers. Keep up the good work, I love these videos.
This was beautiful and incredible. I wish this family many years of happiness and health. The pooping bridge made me laugh. The brother wanted to show his niece the "relic" of the past lol
thank you for this... im in tears... its time i go back home and visit my mom... its been 8 years... time flies
I hope she gets to come home often and perhaps one day live there. She looked so happy there with everyone.
Beautifully made. Actually made me care deeply about a family who I knew nothing about. Good job on you reuniting them
I just have no words to describe the emotional rollercoaster from watching the two episodes. This is heavy on the heart , in one way or another this reunion changed everyone in the family gave them comfort , an answer, a resolve to an unsolved chapter in their lives ....
THE TIMES IVE SOBBED WATCHING THIS VIDEO IS CRAZY. But honestly man, this film and story was really touching. Thank you for reconnecting them, I can tell they really appreciated it. You have truly changed their lives. Keep up the good work!
wow, fantastic documentary. it was endless tearjerker for me and pulled at the heartstrings, made me deeply miss my own family back in vietnam. my parents immigrated to the US in their late 20s- almost 30 years ago- to live a better life and then had me a year later; i can only imagine how they must feel at times being apart from our motherland.. it's been 5 years since my mom last visited, and 13 years for both me and my dad.
i really appreciate how raw and non-exploitative this was. very great editing and focus as well. the healing the entire family experienced seems immense. thank you for your work, kyle! it is so amazing that you and her children were able to work to reunite her with her family.
Thank you for sharing your story and thank you for watching.