Blood Speaks

An Adopted Korean Witnesses A Birth family Reunion—In Guatemala

Matilde Lemus-Alguilar is already crying as she approaches the entrance to the Mansión del Pensativo hotel in Antigua, Guatemala.

From a block away, we can see her wiping her eyes with the back of her hands. Alongside and behind her walk her family members, an elderly friend, and Susi, the translator.

Chester Kapsch (standing forward of the back row, in striped shirt) and his birth mother, Matilde (to his left in
flowered dress) pose with his birth and adoptive families inside the Mansión del Pensativo hotel in Antigua,
Guatemala.

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