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HK actor Anthony Wong finds family who never knew him

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    HK actor Anthony Wong finds family who never knew him

    Actor Anthony Wong finds family who never knew him, after BBC report - BBC News
    Hong Kong actor Anthony Wong spent decades looking for the father who left him as child. Now, he says a BBC report on his search has helped him find a family who never knew him.

    For decades, the celebrity looked for traces of his British father, who left him when he was four.
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    "Great" story - thanks for sharing.


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    I'm happy for Anthony Wong but think any father who abandons a kid is scum.

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    Quote Originally Posted by penguinsix:
    I'm happy for Anthony Wong but think any father who abandons a kid is scum.
    Don't know enough of the story (why he left etc etc) but yeah on the face of it looks like a case of a man who couldn't keep it in his pants and then moved on letting the kid/gf behind. Guess now water under the bridge and good for Anthony Wong to at least know.

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    Another Horny Gwailo that couldnt keep it in his pants, already had a wife and 3 kids and when that family returned to the UK, he was free to roam lol

    At least Anthony Wong got two new brothers, wonder what happened to the half sister.

    In 1955, he arrived in Hong Kong - then a British colony - to work in a government logistics office. He brought with him his wife Vera Marjorie, their daughter Vera Ann, and twin sons John and David.

    A few years later, the family visited the UK. John and David stayed to join the RAF, but Frederick returned to Hong Kong.

    "That year or soon after, he must have met Anthony's mother," said David.

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    I saw the original video and am so pleased he found his brothers. Perhaps for the best the father and stepmother have passed away. There would have been a lot of hurt and anger to deal with.

    There was a “who do you think you are” with a British TV presenter whose great grandfather was a British colonial type who’d had a second family in Ghana. Wonder how common this stuff was.