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War orphan’s search for her roots begins with a name

A family album photo shows Bao Tran and Kimberly Mitchell at their reunion in 2013. He gave her a conical hat with a doll inside. "This is how I found you," he told her.

A family album photo shows Bao Tran and Kimberly Mitchell at their reunion in 2013. He gave her a conical hat with a doll inside. “This is how I found you,” he told her.   (Anh Do / Los Angeles Times)

The name in an old passport leads Kimberly Mitchell to an orphanage in Vietnam and a former South Vietnamese soldier.

Bao Tran

At home in Albuquerque, Bao Tran looks at a photo album Kimberly Mitchell made for him and his family.  (Anh Do / Los Angeles Times)

An old passport

Kimberly Mitchell’s search into her past began with a passport bearing her birth name and a photo.  (Anh Do / Los Angeles Times)

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