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Ms Shelley Rottenberg and Wes said they hope to find out more about the culture they were born into.

PHOTOS: SHELLEY ROTTENBERG’S ADOPTEE WEBPAGE, WES

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BEIJING - When Shelley Rottenberg was in university in Canada, she never quite found where she fit in as an ethnic Chinese who was brought up by a Jewish mother in a predominantly white area.
"I tried to find belongingness among the Jewish community on campus... since my mother is Jewish," said the 26-year-old researcher.
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