AsiaOne,<\/a> said he had suspected he was adopted earlier in his twenties after a mysterious phone call from an unidentified woman.<\/p>\nAt the time he didn’t press the issue strongly with his parents because he felt it “didn’t matter”. However, as rumours of his parentage spread over the years, his mother eventually admitted, when he was 40, that the actor had indeed been adopted.<\/p>\n
\u201cMy mum cried as she told me I was adopted,” Hanwei was quoted by AsiaOne as saying.<\/p>\n
Hanwei recalled that his mum was worried he would reject her after knowing the truth. \u201cI told her even if my birth parents come for me one day, I would greet them politely but my adoptive parents are the most important people in my life.\u201d<\/p>\n
Hanwei\u2019s mum died aged 90 in 2024.<\/p>\n
The veteran actor recently posted a photo of himself together with his adoptive father on Instagram<\/a>. And on last week\u2019s livestream, he revealed an important lesson he learned from his school teacher dad. You can read the details in the full AsiaOne<\/a> story, here.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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