{
  "id": 13414442,
  "title": "I Was Abandoned As Baby on the Street During China’s One-Child Policy Era",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/10/i-was-abandoned-as-baby-on-the-street-during-chinas-one-child-policy",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-10-10T13:00:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Newsweek",
    "slug": "newsweek",
    "url": "https://www.newsweek.com/i-was-abandoned-as-baby-on-the-street-during-chinas-one-child-policy-era-12544886"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "The woman in question grew up in Memphis, Tennessee, but her story begins in China, where she was abandoned at just three days old on a street in Nanchang, Jiangxi Province. For many years, she was told that finding her biological family was impossible. However, that changed when she became a parent herself and social media connected her with others. Her adoptive mother never wavered in her belief that her biological family wanted her but wanted a better life for her. She was 14 months old when she was adopted due to the orphanage being overcrowded and unable to properly care for sick babies. She had pneumonia in both lungs and couldn't turn her head because she had been lying untouched in a crib for so long. She was showered with love by her adoptive family, who made her feel like a cherished angel. However, she struggled with school teasing and only began to question her adoption as a child. As an adult, she is now exploring her birthplace and searching for her biological family, grappling with the emotions that come with understanding her abandonment.",
  "summary": "For a lon time, Brittany Wolfe Foltz was wary of exploring her past and the painful start to her laugh. Then something changed.",
  "key_points": [
    "Abandoned at three days old on Nanchang street",
    "Adopted at 14 months due to overcrowded orphanage",
    "Now searching for biological family online"
  ],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}