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Indian man, separated from his family at age 5, uses Google Earth to find his mom

Tue, 17 Apr 2012 10:11:00 -0500

Saroo Brierly was separated from his family when he was just 5 years old. He'd gotten on a train, fallen asleep and woken up in Calcutta, far away from his hometown -- a home he didn't even know the name of. He was eventually adopted by an Australian couple but recently used Google Earth to research where he might be from. He reunited with his mom 25 years after being separated from her.

rae

Tue, 17 Apr 2012 11:00:18 -0500

adopted by an Australian "company"?

Jonathan

Tue, 17 Apr 2012 11:26:02 -0500

That would be "couple."

Jonathan Kealing
Senior Editor

Zena

Thu, 21 Jun 2012 15:38:22 -0500

What happened? Is this the end of his journey? What of his siblings? Is there a part 2???