Girl returns in search of her roots
By C.J. Amaratunga
A Sri Lankan girl adopted by a Dutch family is back in the country trying to trace down her mother and other family members.

The 21 year-old Tharangani Riders was adopted by a Dutch family when she was only seven months. She visited her mother’s native place of Magalkanda in Maggona, but had been unable to trace her.

Armed with a picture of her mother, Bentotage Soma Chandra Fernando, taken 22 years ago, the girl is trying to locate the organization, then based at Parakrama Avenue, Kalubowila which arranged for her adoption. Tharangani is trained in the hotel trade, is employed and continues to try to locate her mother.

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