{"id":17026,"date":"2026-05-22T15:14:44","date_gmt":"2026-05-22T15:14:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsusa33.com\/?p=17026"},"modified":"2026-05-22T15:14:44","modified_gmt":"2026-05-22T15:14:44","slug":"help-identifying-her-and-locating-her-family-see-more-6","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsusa33.com\/?p=17026","title":{"rendered":"HELP IDENTIFYING HER AND LOCATING HER FAMILY&#8230;See more"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>HELP IDENTIFYING HER AND LOCATING HER FAMILY&#8230;See more<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-15774\" src=\"https:\/\/newsusa33.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/photo_2026-04-17_22-59-38.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"819\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/newsusa33.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/photo_2026-04-17_22-59-38.jpg 819w, https:\/\/newsusa33.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/photo_2026-04-17_22-59-38-240x300.jpg 240w, https:\/\/newsusa33.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/photo_2026-04-17_22-59-38-768x960.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 819px) 100vw, 819px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Shayla and her twin brother, Thomas, were adopted at 6 months old by a family from Calgary who relocated to Trinidad for work.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, two older sisters were adopted previously and still live in the Toronto area.<\/p>\n<p>Due to unfortunate circumstances, difficult situations, and past struggles with the law, Shayla\u2019s birth parents lost custody shortly after they were born.<\/p>\n<p>Shayla always knew her birth parents\u2019 full names and used Facebook to find her birth mother and followed her throughout the years.<\/p>\n<p>Just a few months ago, Shayla\u2019s adoptive mom noticed a girl on her birth mother\u2019s page that resembled Shayla a lot.<\/p>\n<p>Eventually, when Shayla was able to reach her older sister Seleena, she was also able to reach her oldest sister, Samantha. And with these connections, finally Shayla found her father, a former Vietnamese boat refugee who immigrated to Canada by himself.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/0QG0DtfzM2M?si=2MiRgyUuxpgQNLLx\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>HELP IDENTIFYING HER AND LOCATING HER FAMILY&#8230;See more &nbsp; Shayla and her twin brother, Thomas, were adopted at 6 months old by a family from Calgary who relocated to Trinidad &hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":15774,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-17026","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>HELP IDENTIFYING HER AND LOCATING HER FAMILY...See more - News USA<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/newsusa33.com\/?p=17026\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"HELP IDENTIFYING HER AND LOCATING HER FAMILY...See more - News USA\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"HELP IDENTIFYING HER AND LOCATING HER FAMILY&#8230;See more &nbsp; 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