She was only a few hours old when her parents decided they didn’t want her. The reason?

For the first few years of her life, Xueli lived at the orphanage. Then, a miracle came—one that would completely alter her destiny.

A kind Dutch family traveled to China, searching not for a “perfect” child, but for a child to love. When they met Xueli, they saw not a condition, not a stigma, but a daughter. They adopted her and took her to the Netherlands, giving her the gift of a family and a home where difference was not hidden but celebrated.

In her new country, Xueli thrived. Though she faced challenges with her eyesight and sensitivity to light, she grew up surrounded by encouragement and care. The Netherlands gave her something her birth parents never could: a place where she belonged.

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