Hmong Refugee Finds Long Lost Cousin in Laos

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  • @162playboyz
    @162playboyz 2 роки тому +30

    What touched me most is you speaking Hmong to your aunt.

    • @passport_ced
      @passport_ced  2 роки тому +1

      Really? That’s kind of you to say.

    • @AsianAmericanGuy
      @AsianAmericanGuy 2 роки тому +4

      @@passport_ced your father's hmong accent sounds frenchnized different from us in america.

  • @jenni605
    @jenni605 2 роки тому +33

    Wow. I have high respect for his wife and son. I am speechless and cry with happy tears at the same times because most of us left our loves one behind. I hope someday I will find my siblings. I left my family since I was two days old.

    • @passport_ced
      @passport_ced  2 роки тому +3

      Wow! Your siblings!? I hope you guy get the chance to reunite someday. And thank you for watching. Much appreciated

    • @andrewlee7613
      @andrewlee7613 5 місяців тому

      @@passport_ced I did not know u are Hmong too brother!! That’s pretty amazing.. ur dad must be Hmong French !!

    • @Aiden_Her-e2h
      @Aiden_Her-e2h 3 місяці тому

      Your profile looks like my dog

  • @YourfavoriteAsianYouTuber
    @YourfavoriteAsianYouTuber 2 роки тому +25

    This is very touching. I’m happy for your father to have found his family and for you to gain more relatives. My parents went back to Laos to visit their old village and where they grew up and it’s all jungles and graves now. War is such a disease and the innocent pays the price.

    • @passport_ced
      @passport_ced  2 роки тому +1

      Thank you. Much appreciated. Sorry to hear about your parents’ experience tracking down their old village. That unfortunate

    • @LewisC-g4i
      @LewisC-g4i Рік тому

      Amen! Only the elite and rich people profit from war, that’s why they push for war! Look at the Ukraine war, Russians and Ukrainians suffer. Only the big corporations and elite profit from the war. Normal, innocent people always suffer from it.

  • @Nyab.NojMov
    @Nyab.NojMov 2 роки тому +18

    Thanks for showing us your family’s journey. It’s great that you can speak and read Hmong. My kids are fully Hmong and we’ve tried to teach them but English is so natural to them. Love it when you speak Hmong!

    • @passport_ced
      @passport_ced  2 роки тому +1

      Believe me, I went through the same things with my kids. I was lucky enough to grow up around my grandparents. That really helped.

  • @criolla10
    @criolla10 Рік тому +3

    The loyalty, the importance of family is what makes this story important.

  • @teamghetto2166
    @teamghetto2166 3 місяці тому +1

    Your cousins are your first friends in your young life.
    Thanks for sharing!

  • @yimvsongpaisan
    @yimvsongpaisan 9 місяців тому +1

    @ 6:41 to 7:15, I felt her sadness through her voice. Koj niam hlob hais tau tu siab kawg 😢.

  • @ObieOne2002
    @ObieOne2002 5 місяців тому +1

    Had me in tears. This was wonderful.

  • @keosay6608
    @keosay6608 Рік тому +2

    Amazing story ...never forget your families ..Your father done the right ..by not forgetting family ...Thanks for sharing..

  • @petervang7711
    @petervang7711 4 місяці тому

    Happy for you to reunite with your family. You are very lucky brother

  • @jussticexiong6228
    @jussticexiong6228 Рік тому +3

    This is so heart warming but so sad.

  • @ylxyoutubememories1630
    @ylxyoutubememories1630 2 роки тому +3

    Awesome story! Gald your father found his long lost cousin. May God bless the ones that we all left behind in the old country!

  • @criolla10
    @criolla10 Рік тому +2

    Is to commend his mother that even she is not Hmong made sure the son learned the language and his roots.
    Important in any marriage of people from different cultures, countries.

  • @yachaoldesttraditionalshao9754

    So happy to know that you as the son can speak Hmong so good. Your story is not so much different from our stories.............

    • @passport_ced
      @passport_ced  Рік тому

      Thank you. I appreciate that. And yes, most of us share a very similar background/story.

  • @fuchinhxiong
    @fuchinhxiong Рік тому +1

    Thank you for this. My soul needed to see and hear this today.

  • @giannalee4021
    @giannalee4021 Рік тому +1

    Great video log! Thanks for documenting this journey and reunion for your family and I'm happy that your dad was able to re-connect after so many years.

    • @passport_ced
      @passport_ced  Рік тому

      Thank you. It was definitely a memorable moment. Blessed

  • @ny-sl6mn
    @ny-sl6mn Рік тому

    It's great that you know how to speak Hmong. Cherish it and teach the language to your children. Thank you for sharing your story with us❤

  • @kennyvang1094
    @kennyvang1094 2 місяці тому

    Damn Cedric that was a good video. Proud of you

  • @hmongCAM
    @hmongCAM 2 роки тому +2

    Glad to see your dad found his brother after all these years.
    You have a great voice for narrating! Thanks for sharing.

    • @passport_ced
      @passport_ced  2 роки тому +1

      Thank you so much. Very kind of you to say.

  • @samthao3612
    @samthao3612 2 роки тому +2

    It brings tears to my eyes because I am like your father too. Lost a lot of my family’s members during the war.

  • @daoyang223
    @daoyang223 Рік тому +4

    it's crazy that you speak fluent English. As a Hmong American who speaks only two languages I am always envious of foreign born people who can speak like 3 languages. I made friends with a Hmong French girl who spoke fluent English, Hmong, French, and Japanese lol

  • @ZZXyooj
    @ZZXyooj 7 місяців тому

    Good time to fond lost brother..congratulations

  • @chewbaccac-3po129
    @chewbaccac-3po129 4 місяці тому

    Great stories 😢 almost get me tear too 😅 I'm also a refugees from cambodia I never expected coming to United States it was
    coincidence .

  • @billy4780
    @billy4780 2 роки тому +2

    Nrog nej sawv daws zoo siab kawg li os.

  • @baihum8861
    @baihum8861 Рік тому +1

    Very nice video.... thanks good he finally found lost cousin

  • @diannaxiong693
    @diannaxiong693 2 роки тому +2

    Zoo siab nrog nej sib nrhiav tau es nrig nej los2 kua muag kawg li os.

  • @NcoNtsoovLuagTejTxiajNtsim
    @NcoNtsoovLuagTejTxiajNtsim 2 роки тому +1

    Very touching when they haven’t see each other for so many years. Glad your dad found his cousin.

  • @DUDEfreestyle
    @DUDEfreestyle 2 роки тому +1

    This was an amazing watch thanks for recording and sharing with us viewers.

    • @passport_ced
      @passport_ced  2 роки тому

      Thank you so much. It’s my pleasure.

  • @khanvang23
    @khanvang23 2 роки тому +1

    A journey that will open your eyes and change the way of life forever. Beautiful story

  • @masiong1596
    @masiong1596 11 місяців тому +1

    Vous avez faire des très longue chemin pour les trouvers vous êtes très généreux mon frère.

  • @Pabthaa
    @Pabthaa 2 роки тому +3

    what a great reunion for both parties!!!

  • @tofu860ify
    @tofu860ify 2 роки тому +5

    Great video, the Hmong culture is very beautiful once you understand it.

  • @charlielee6159
    @charlielee6159 Рік тому +1

    Nej cov hmong Asmesliskas no tseem hais lus fab kis meej kawg laiv yom

  • @greentortoise4629
    @greentortoise4629 2 роки тому +4

    Thank you for sharing your reunion journey with us. It brought me to tears. How torn apart families were from the war, and being able to reunite after so long.

    • @passport_ced
      @passport_ced  2 роки тому +1

      It’s my pleasure. Thank you for taking the time to watch this

  • @TheDragonb13
    @TheDragonb13 2 роки тому +1

    What a journey. Glad your dad found his cousin. Awesome story. I still need to do mine. 🙏

  • @monginspiredwoman3703
    @monginspiredwoman3703 2 роки тому +1

    Thanks for sharing. It's very informative. God bless you and your family.

  • @alexanderhxiong5143
    @alexanderhxiong5143 2 роки тому +1

    It is very nice to find and meet your relatives even for so many years.

  • @xaivmeejtsabvideo
    @xaivmeejtsabvideo Рік тому +1

    Good video….THIS is how things should be documented.

  • @mayvang8317
    @mayvang8317 2 роки тому +1

    Thanks for sharing.

  • @916hmonglee9
    @916hmonglee9 2 роки тому +1

    Happy to see the family all together brother

  • @vsp2801
    @vsp2801 2 роки тому +1

    Dang ..! Love ur families stories for me tears up we have similar life stories came from the same motherland I hope someday I would find my ways back home .. ❤ thanks for sharing

    • @passport_ced
      @passport_ced  2 роки тому

      Thank you for watching. Much appreciated.

  • @mssiamoua2004
    @mssiamoua2004 2 роки тому +1

    What a touching story!!

  • @Hunnybee2613
    @Hunnybee2613 8 місяців тому

    This video brought me tears of joy because I also have families in Laos that I haven't met in years because I left Laos when I was a baby. You speak Hmong so well lol. Did you take hmong class? Or your Dad taught you to speak hmong? And where are you from? Glad that your Dad found his family ❤

  • @vangmx
    @vangmx Рік тому

    Thank you for the video. Like many Hmong, we all share similar family stories and history. After the fall of Laos, my father made the long and dangerous trip to Thailand on foot, swimming across the Mekong River into freedom. He had to leave his family behind. After 15 years in the US, he was able to sponsor his mother, brother and sister. Sadly his father passed away in the mid 80s, so I never got to know my grandfather. My grandmother passed away about a year ago but at least she was able to live the last 25+ years with family. Anyway, we the current generation of Hmong must continue sharing our family stories and history. We are here today because of the sacrifices made by those before us.

  • @pajtaubchawkajsiab5750
    @pajtaubchawkajsiab5750 2 роки тому +2

    Wow....I'm very happy that your dad found his brother. Thanks for sharing.

    • @passport_ced
      @passport_ced  2 роки тому

      My pleasure. Thank you for watching.

  • @27gv
    @27gv 2 роки тому +2

    Thank you for sharing brother. It is imperative to retrace our roots and reconnect. Understand where we come from and cherish every second of life. God bless you!

  • @keeyang6355
    @keeyang6355 2 роки тому +2

    Your video clip made me cried as I have left my two sisters behind in Laos. Thank you so much for sharing your video.

    • @passport_ced
      @passport_ced  2 роки тому

      Sorry to hear that. These things aren’t easy and sometimes difficult for others to understand. Thank you for watching. Much appreciated

  • @tooktooknee
    @tooktooknee Рік тому +1

    This is the beauty of being Hmong.

  • @chaxiong8413
    @chaxiong8413 2 роки тому +1

    Congratulations 🎊 they're found each other for more than 40 yrs...

  • @nemoneon
    @nemoneon 2 роки тому +2

    Thanks for sharing..you should have a interview with your dad and talk about his experience and what he’s been through

    • @passport_ced
      @passport_ced  2 роки тому

      I’ll definitely consider that. I do have a couple videos with him on this trip in my Laos play list. You may find them interesting if you haven’t watched them already

  • @dm-media3463
    @dm-media3463 2 роки тому +1

    Congrats good to back to find ur cousin

    • @passport_ced
      @passport_ced  2 роки тому

      Thank you. They were both very happy.

  • @LoveLove-qu8rb
    @LoveLove-qu8rb 2 роки тому +2

    Excellent documentary and the detail of the Hmong heritage.
    Thanks for sharing!

    • @passport_ced
      @passport_ced  2 роки тому

      Thank you for taking the time to watch it. Much appreciated

  • @no1sbabes
    @no1sbabes 2 роки тому +1

    Crying with happy tears

  • @Jeksta28
    @Jeksta28 Рік тому

    Zoo kaws os s tij,
    Bless you and your family 😇🙏🏻✌🏻

  • @kuvuafilmsraukojsaib5475
    @kuvuafilmsraukojsaib5475 2 роки тому +1

    Good JOB my Nephew

  • @americanronin5223
    @americanronin5223 2 роки тому +1

    Very touching story.

  • @simonyang775
    @simonyang775 2 роки тому +1

    It took me forty four years to get back there; crossed the bridge of Hin Heu in foot with my older brother reminding us that that bridge gave us freedom..!!

  • @tublis20091
    @tublis20091 2 роки тому +1

    Nej kuj mus tau lom zem kawg os tij liaj tsua

  • @mryang3644
    @mryang3644 2 роки тому +1

    So happy for you.

  • @akameyui4152
    @akameyui4152 2 роки тому +1

    zoo siab pom koj rov qab mus hriav tau kj tus tij laug lawm os ..happy or you an your family.. kv yog blooj tooj vas os..

  • @johnmascardo7047
    @johnmascardo7047 9 місяців тому +1

    😢😢😢I cried

  • @aialeeleeyiavue2189
    @aialeeleeyiavue2189 2 роки тому +1

    Wow those are my parents, now they are also in America, this video must be recorded for a very long time ago at lease 3 years I think

  • @NYC.2019
    @NYC.2019 2 роки тому +1

    Thai story is so beautiful! Not a lot of mix Hmong French kids can speak Hmong. So glad you found your cousin!! 😉 just realize you’re NOU’s husband. Cool!

    • @passport_ced
      @passport_ced  2 роки тому

      Thank you. I appreciate it. Yes, I’m Nou’s husband :)

  • @maikavang478
    @maikavang478 2 роки тому +4

    I’m literally balling my eyes out. No matter where our loved ones live, we will always find them if we keep trying.

  • @tubpheejhmooyang8974
    @tubpheejhmooyang8974 2 роки тому +6

    I’m not that kind of cry person, but today I seen this video I’m crying watching it

  • @SilverYoungStudio
    @SilverYoungStudio 2 роки тому +5

    Nyob zoo os. I’m so happy for them both. I didn’t a similar documentary of reuniting with my biological father after 33yrs in 2018. We the Hmong people still have so many missing family members during the war. Thanks for this inspirational video to encourage others to keep searching. Hmong strong 💪

    • @passport_ced
      @passport_ced  2 роки тому +1

      I’m almost certain I watched that bro! Thank you for tuning in. Much appreciated.

  • @pxiong84
    @pxiong84 Рік тому

    Amazing!

  • @Pajflowerful
    @Pajflowerful Рік тому

    Wonderful!!

  • @mmx2025
    @mmx2025 2 роки тому +3

    I love how calm your dad's voice is when speaking hmong.

    • @passport_ced
      @passport_ced  2 роки тому +1

      I’ll let him know you said so

    • @AiJaiDeeSaMer
      @AiJaiDeeSaMer 2 роки тому

      @@passport_ced Just curious if his French wife speak Hmong at all because she hardly said a word to any cousins there. Maybe she wasn't feeling comfortable? LOL

    • @passport_ced
      @passport_ced  2 роки тому

      @@AiJaiDeeSaMer she speaks hmong. Not much of a talker. Very quiet by nature.

    • @AiJaiDeeSaMer
      @AiJaiDeeSaMer 2 роки тому +1

      @@passport_ced less headache for the husband then. " Thiaj tsis tau sib ceg tsis mob hlwb" 😂😂.

  • @johnharrita3599
    @johnharrita3599 Рік тому

    Perfect video I like it.

  • @PTMusicful
    @PTMusicful 2 роки тому +3

    Great story brother. Keep it up.

  • @ExtremeForever
    @ExtremeForever Рік тому

    Wow how many language does your dad speak? He seems very educated for his age and and his early days.

    • @passport_ced
      @passport_ced  Рік тому

      Thank you. I believe he speaks 4 languages

  • @xiaxiong
    @xiaxiong 2 роки тому +2

    I understand you live in France. I am amazed at how well you can speak Hmong and your mom too? The credit goes to your dad who taught your guys to speak Hmong.

    • @passport_ced
      @passport_ced  2 роки тому +1

      I actually live in the states now. And yes, we grew up in and around the community so it was inevitable.

    • @xiaxiong
      @xiaxiong 2 роки тому +2

      You need to have your mom and dad to share how the met, and ask your mom to share what

  • @First_Emperor
    @First_Emperor 2 роки тому +1

    Geography and distance won't stop family coming together. Happy for your family. Question: why is it that your parents speak French and you speak English?

    • @passport_ced
      @passport_ced  2 роки тому

      We are multilingual. We speak French, English and Hmong. I was born in France and later moved to the US. Learned Hmong through the community.

    • @First_Emperor
      @First_Emperor 2 роки тому

      @@passport_ced Fantastic.

    • @Hmonks
      @Hmonks Рік тому

      Until it come for asking money it’s a different story😂😂😂😂

  • @bounthavygoytphoneyavong3204

    My story come in ohiousa in 1980...we still speaker 🇱🇦 around our friends..i a O.G. now.2023..

  • @yangxwb6493
    @yangxwb6493 2 роки тому +1

    Gosh so emotional!! You speak Hmoob so well! If I see you, I wouldn’t guess that you were hmoob too. Thank you for sharing!

  • @harryv6752
    @harryv6752 2 роки тому +1

    That's totally awesome. It was quite the adventure there. Glad everything fell into place. Much love n respect. ✌️

  • @mouavang3371
    @mouavang3371 2 роки тому +1

    It's a very emotional video, I cried watching it because I still have cousins back in Laos too.

  • @kuvxwb6296
    @kuvxwb6296 2 роки тому +1

    Aww this is priceless moment 😢
    And amazed the wife and sons speak Hmong ❤️ so happy your family is reunited 🥰

  • @xuekong4302
    @xuekong4302 2 роки тому +1

    That's what love is. I'm so I happy for you that you have found your cousins, even though had been long time. Everyone's of us had almost the same story.

    • @passport_ced
      @passport_ced  2 роки тому

      It’s very much a “Hmong Story”. Thank you!!

  • @DJsaintpaulstudios
    @DJsaintpaulstudios 2 роки тому

    Nice video bro I like ur voice lol good story teller.

    • @passport_ced
      @passport_ced  2 роки тому

      Well thank you for the compliment.

  • @user-cj5dz1wx1i
    @user-cj5dz1wx1i Рік тому +1

    no disrespect, but I didn't think your Hmong speaking wasn't gonna be that fluent but good job with all respect and love all your videos. do more video with you speaking in Hmong

    • @passport_ced
      @passport_ced  Рік тому

      None taken. Thank you for watching. I appreciate it

  • @leader4243
    @leader4243 2 роки тому

    That was good bro! Had me in tears!

  • @DejNtab
    @DejNtab 2 роки тому +2

    In 2002 I I went to visit Laos, especially, KM 52, Vientiane, and 516 for a fiance. I got really sock... TSIS MUAJ I TUG neeg txheeb ze thiab PAUB uas tsis HAIS TUA npua thiab nyuj los sis twm (water buffalo) hu yus plig Nrog UA 1 pluas mov KHI hlua tes... txaus TU SIAB KAWG nkaus... Twb tsis TUA QAIB hu yus lub nad. YOG kuv tus finance tsis tu kuv thiab SAIB xyuas kuv... Kuv tsis MUAJ leej twg mas txhawj kawg nkaus thiab NTSHAI tuav plig rawd tsam rov los TSIS txog USA TIAG.

  • @HmongCrypto
    @HmongCrypto Рік тому

    Looks like you got a good experience from all of this. I'm glad. Most people whom goes overseas without a good guide usually ends up bumping into unwanted behavior or end up being lucky enough not to experience anything crazy.
    The old generation of Hmong tourist especially the bad ones are slowly weeding out. OGs use to go over there and create a bad name for us hmong tourist and those overseas would get use to categorizing all hmong tourist the same.......that we only go over there to take advantage of them.
    But over the years, I think i see the narrative changing. Especially now that some of the younger hmong generation are making a difference overseas. Soon.....hopefully their will be less of a love and hate gap between hmong Americans, hmong french and those overseas

  • @hmoobmeskastravelandtour6969
    @hmoobmeskastravelandtour6969 2 роки тому +1

    A good trip come with a great story….!

  • @Emperor_1971
    @Emperor_1971 2 роки тому +2

    Very Good stories brother I’m Hmong n we are too in same boat more videos please

  • @Yurito12
    @Yurito12 6 місяців тому

    the U.S should definitely open a program to reconnect families that have been disconnected because of the war

    • @kyngo550
      @kyngo550 6 місяців тому

      And France too since a lot of Hmong also migrated to France, especially the overseas department of Guyane Française

  • @IveBeenChris
    @IveBeenChris 2 роки тому

    What’s your dad’s name if you don’t mind? My dad say he might know your dad.

  • @TheXpiredBand
    @TheXpiredBand 2 роки тому +1

    I'm so glad you gotten the chance to experience and see what life is like back in the mother land. I think it is nice that most of the younger generation would have experience what you experience so they can appreciate how wonderful and lucky they are to be in USA. I do also want to maybe one day to give my children to experience the same. Great video and thank you for sharing. ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

    • @passport_ced
      @passport_ced  2 роки тому +1

      Thank you for the kind words. Definitely give your children the experience if you have the opportunity to.

    • @Hmonks
      @Hmonks Рік тому

      Or better yet use that money to get them involved with activities or help save for their college education

  • @Hmoob_Tshuajhmoob_Rhaub99
    @Hmoob_Tshuajhmoob_Rhaub99 Рік тому

    🎉very sad story 😢

  • @kevinyher5240
    @kevinyher5240 2 роки тому +2

    It sound that your family was France to visit Laos but you spoke English pretty good. It's good that you are trilanguage.

    • @passport_ced
      @passport_ced  2 роки тому

      My father initially relocated to France. We later moved to the US.

  • @yiasyajchannel898
    @yiasyajchannel898 Рік тому +1

    Nias rau koj lm nawb nias rov rau kuv thiab os py 👉👉🔔🙏

  • @pomade34
    @pomade34 2 роки тому +2

    émouvant comme vidéo, belles retrouvailles

  • @sunlee6984
    @sunlee6984 2 роки тому +1

    Well put video my big brother

  • @luckylor6438
    @luckylor6438 2 роки тому +1

    😢😢😢

  • @tommyvang5486
    @tommyvang5486 2 роки тому +1

    Sad story

  • @NyabtubnkeegChanel
    @NyabtubnkeegChanel 2 роки тому +1

    My Uncle and my auntie

  • @qudanyo7952
    @qudanyo7952 10 місяців тому

    His wife owes it to him, she married him knowing this is his past and that one day he’d want to go back good for them

  • @maipha8560
    @maipha8560 2 роки тому +1

    Omg! 🥲🥲