Lisa Mar: Finding my roots in China changed my life.

Georgette Wong: The trip to my village was incredible. I did not know what to expect when I got there. I felt very emotional as we arrived at the village, seeing how different my life would have been, had I been born there.
 Tina Tom: In many ways, this trip was not so much about finding my roots as it was about making sure that my relationship with my family take roots.
 
Jeffrey Ow:  China wasn, t as frightening and alien as I thought it would be .They saw me as "overseas Chinese" and not a foreigner. Although I was culturally different, I was accepted. At the village, I met the matchmaker who matched my grandfather and grandmother and felt a pang of sadness, realizing the matchmaker survived longer than the match, as my grandmother had died a year earlier.
 
Phylis Wang: One year ago, I never imagined I would know so much about my family history. Searching for my family roots not only taught me a lot about my ancestry but enabled me to better understand myself as well.

Evan leong: I may not know all the traditions or customs of my culture. I may not speak a word of my native tongue, yet I do know that I am and always will be Chinese.

Kevin Gee:¡­now teaching English in Guangzhou: I joined the In Search of Roots program to seek out a stronger understanding of my family history¡­it is a history that I had feared future generations of my family would forget. I now realize that the work I have started through Roots is just a beginning. The search for my family history and identity as a Chinese American is a continual process.
 
Candace chin: The In search of Roots program is phenomenal. As a result of participating. I now understand the beginnings of my identity in the United States and moreover I am only starting to realize how culturally, ancestrally, spiritually, and individually rooted I am in China.
 
Stacey Woo: The Roots program was a once-in-a-lifetime experience. I, ll never forget our time in which my great-great grandfather lived five generations ago. Through the program, I began a journey to reconnect my family history and Chinese heritage, and in doing so, learn more about my own identity.

Susan Brim: Paying my respects to my great grandfather at his grave was one of the most moving experiences of my life. I feel content now, like I have fulfilled some promise that I didn't even know I had made.
  
Lumsden Quan: Just when I thought I was a tiny flower, someone picked me, I then realized I was a tree with long roots.
  

Editor: Dawn                                                                                                        By: Source:GOCN