[Mom, I miss you] “Is this what my real mother looks like?” Kim Bok-sun, adopted to Germany in 1980

Born in 1979 at Daegu Fatima Hospital, he was entrusted to the 8th US Army in November of that year
and set out to find his biological parents after 40 years… Scheduled to enter Korea in May of this year

Kim Bok-sun (German name Regina Brandl , 44 ) , who was adopted to Germany at the age of 4 months, is desperately searching for her biological parents.

Kim was born around September 7, 1979 at the Fatima Hospital in Daegu. She entered the Baekbaekhap Orphanage run by the Sisters of St. Paul of Chartres on October 2. Her Korean name, Kim Bok-sun, was given to her by an orphanage official at the time. Kim was handed over to the 8th US Army on November 1, and was adopted by a family in Aulendorf, Germany, around January of the following year.

Kim has no memories of her biological parents or Korea because she was adopted as a newborn. Furthermore, her adoptive parents, although devout Catholics, were very strict, so she said she never had a comfortable conversation about her biological parents or Korea. Kim is currently working as a teacher and yoga instructor for disabled children in Germany.

She began searching for her bloodline in earnest about two years ago. The advice that a Korean adoptee who was looking for his biological parents gave me was crucial: "Time doesn't wait, so I hope you find your biological parents quickly before they pass away."

Although she grew up as a German citizen since she was four months old, Kim said, “My body instinctively remembers Korea.” When she was suffering from a stomach disorder, she heard that Korean food was good for her health and started making it herself. The first time she tried gochujang, she really liked it. Strangely enough, after she started eating Korean food as her staple food, her stomach disorder that had been bothering her completely disappeared. Kim is a Korean food enthusiast who enjoys eating budaejjigae and makes kimchi herself. Kim

visited Daegu in May of last year to find her biological parents. At the time, she visited the Dongbu Police Station and registered her DNA information. She plans to enter the country this year as well. She will visit Korea with her German husband next month. She also plans to attend the ‘2024 World Korean Adoption Convention’ hosted by the Overseas Koreans Office from May 21 to 24 . "I like gardening and exercising, and I wonder if my biological mother is like this. Right now, my roots feel like fog, and I want to find my biological parents and fill that void." Contact: Sisters of St. Paul of Chartres, Daegu Province, 053)659-3333.