A Danish woman has been reconnected with her long-lost Myanmar family after a Facebook post asking for information about her father was shared hundreds of times.
Forty-something Jeanette Petersen last heard from her father, Troy Kyaw, who was born here, in 2002. He disappeared saying only that he was planning to walk across the Thai-Myanmar border.
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Petersen flew to the country last month to try to track down anyone who might know where he is.
But it was a Facebook post on an expat group created by filmmakers who are documenting her story that led to a breakthrough.
The post was shared more than 500 times and reached people who knew some of Troy’s family members, Christian Nees van Hauen, from the Danish production company wrote on the public group.
Petersen will travel to Myanmar with her three children and husband next year to meet her family.
As for her father, that’s still a mystery – the filmmakers are keeping it secret until their documentary comes out.
Photo / Courtesy of Jeanette Petersen
