As Birth Parents

This page provides information on different relevant databases that collect information of Chinese parents that are searching.

Year	Date of Birth	Lunar or Gregorian DOB	DOB Estimated	Gender	Missing Province	Missing Date	Lunar or Gregorian Missing Date	Missing City	Missing Location	Missing Age	Orphanage	Items Left With	DNA Collected	DNALocation	Circumstances of Disappearance	Physical Characteristics	Additional Information	Who to Contact
1991	06/04/1991	Gregorian	No	F	Anhui	A few days from birth		Ma'Anshan	Ma'Anshan train station	A few days old	Was likely sent to Ma’Anshan orphanage		Yes	GEDmatch, Chinese national reunion database + others	The parents had 5 children but due to the One Child Policy and paternal familial pressure they were forced to relinquish their 2nd and 3rd daughters.		She is the 2nd daughter of the Pan 潘 family	Viola, Wechat: ViolaLian
1991	11/19/1991	Gregorian	No	F	Anhui	11/19/1991	Gregorian	Ma’Anshan	ZhaoMing Market	0 days	If she was taken to an orphanage, it was likely Ma’Anshan SWI		Yes	GEDmatch, Chinese national reunion database + others	The parents had 4 children but due to the One Child Policy and paternal familial pressure they were forced to relinquish their 2nd and 3rd daughters. She was taken within 2 hours of her birth by her paternal grandfather because family planning knew of her existence.	She was born full term but underweight due to malnutrition during pregnancy	Her younger sister (3rd daughter of the family) was adopted from Ma’Anshan orphanage a few years later (already reunited with the family). —> the 3rd daughter’s official documents were someone else’s and she suspects that it might be the same case with her still missing elder sister.	Viola, Wechat: ViolaLian
1992	01/01/1992	Gregorian	Yes	F	Anhui	04/01/1992	Gregorian	Maashan City	Binghu Park	3 months			Yes	MyTaproot	Baby was left at Binghu Park at 3 months of age, dates are estimated.	There is a mole on one of her heels		Erin Nanchangproject@gmail.com
1992	03/18/1992	Gregorian	No	M	Anhui	02/26/1999		Dangshan county	Zhou Miao village, Chengzhuang Town	7 years			Yes	Chinese national database	Went missing		Name from birth parents: Zhou MingXing 周明星 Baby come home number: 16293	Viola, Wechat: ViolaLian
1994	01/02/1994	Gregorian	No	F	Anhui	01/08/1994	Gregorian	Ma'anshan	Under the old cement plant on Ma On Shan Road, Nanjing-Wuhu staff dormitory staircase column			a jacket with cotton point, about two bags or milk powder	No					Wu Liangxiang, 3227033297@qq.com
1994	07/10/1994	Gregorian	No	F	Anhui	approx. 1 month from birth		Was sent to a family in Huolonggang, Wuhu. Later this family moved to Jiangsu Province		about 1 month old			Yes	GEDmatch, national chinese reunion database, 23andme	She was sent to a construction worker's family in Huolonggang, Wuhu, about a month after birth. Later, this family moved to Jiangsu Province, and there has been no further information since. The parents had 5 children but due to the One Child Policy and paternal familial pressure they were forced to relinquish their 2nd and 3rd daughters.		She is the 3rd daughter of the Pan 潘 family It is unknown if she remained in China with the domestic adoptive family.	Viola, Wechat: ViolaLian
1998	03/19/1998	Gregorian	No	F	Anhui	05/1998	Gregorian	Wuhu	Qingshui	2 months			No		The mother's parents gave her up.		Her daughter's nickname in orphanage is XiaoPang	Ping Yang (Birth Mother) Facebook
1998	03/19/1998	Gregorian	No	F	Anhui	05/1998	Gregorian	Wuhu	Qingshui	2 months	Wuhu County/Wanchi County		Yes	23and Me	The grandparents gave her up and was picked up by the Qingshui police in May 1998.		Wuhu county orphanage is also known as Wanchi county orphanage. The orphanage nicknamed her XiaoPang.	Georgiana Kong (Ping Yang) - birthmother Facebook link is https://www.facebook.com/georgiana.kong.1
1994	04/03/1994	Gregorian	Yes	F	Chongqing	04/03/1994	Gregorian	Chongqing	Chongqing Medical College				Yes	Mytaproot/ Haiwaixunzi	Baby girl was sent to "Chongqing Children's Hospital" after birth.			Nanchang Project or MyTaproot
1998	11/00/1998	Unknown	Yes	F	Chongqing			Qianjiang	Changde, Hunan	1 month			Yes	Haiwaixunzi/MyTaproot	Family friend/acquaintance supposedly found a suitable adoptive family for the baby girl. Baby was one month old when friend/acquaintance took baby to Changde SWI in Hunan.			Holli Chan, carhoffmom@icloud.com
2001	4/15/2001	Unknown	No	F	Chongqing	Nov-03	Unknown	Qianjiang	Grandparents took baby to orphanage - Qianjiang District Sanyuan Public Welfare Center 11-2003	2 1/2 years old			No		Grandparents took to orphanage due to gender; Child may have been transferred to Chongqing SWI.	birthmark on left hand between thumb and forefinger		Julia Norris oceanchild314@gmail.com
2003	00/00/2003	Unknown	Yes	F	Chongqing	00/00/2003	Unknown	Youyang	Youyang SWI	10 days	You Yang Tujia Children?s Welfare Institute		No				In 2007 56 Youyang children were moved to the Fuling SWI so it is possible she could have been adopted from Fuling SWI !!	janet-qi@163.com Wechat：Janettaoqi0525

At the ICSA we regularly collect information on search posts, posters and messages from Chinese parents. On this page you can search the ICSA database of birth families in China who are searching for children they relinquished.

Click on any entry in a row to open up the details page. Any text cut off in the table view can be read in full. You can also see photos of the birth family on the details page if available.

Note: dates are written MM/DD/YYYY

Submitting Additional Birth Parents

To add new families, download the ICSA Birth Parents Collection Form/亲生父母报名表格. Complete it and send it to Viola:

WeChat ID ViolaLian

Or you may also email it to 88icsa@gmail.com. Please include province name in the subject line.

Other databases

Besides ICSA, there are several other parties collecting information in their own databases.

DNAConnect’s list of located birth parents
Nanchang Project
The Roots of Love
Baby Come Home/Baobeihuijia is a Chinese website and you can follow the instructions in our how-to guide 'How to Search on Baby Come Home (Baobeihuijia)' found on our Resources page.

DNAConnect also has contact information for foster families for a few orphanages.