MEMPHIS, Tenn. (localmemphis.com) - You didn’t have to live in Memphis ten years ago to remember the story of Anna Mae He. She was the focus of a nasty international custody battle that went to the Tennessee Supreme Court and dragged on for decades.
Anna Mae’s biological parents from China were here for a teaching assignment at the University of Memphis, but when Anna Mae was born prematurely. They could not afford her medical bills. An agreement with her adoptive parents in Memphis, the Bakers, became the focus of a legal case the Bakers eventually lost. Despite being born a U.S. citizen, she had to move to China with her biological family.
But in an incredible irony, when it was time for high school, Anna Mae quietly moved back here to live with her adoptive parents. In fact, she graduates from Germantown High School’s International Baccalaureate program in May. She’s 18 years old now and a confident and smart young woman.
Richard says he was surprised how the shy girl he remembered now talks openly about growing up. Anna told him, “It was a tough childhood, but I think it contributed to who I am as a person.”
She knows now she was shielded from a lot of what was going on in a very public way. "I just didn't know how to feel about it,” Anna said. “Because my family, they were trying to protect me by not showing me the truth and if I didn't know the truth until one day they came to the door to take me away. It's quite scary."
The day Anna remembers most was an awful day for everyone concerned. The day, under court order, she was taken from the home of Jerry and Louise Baker, the only family she ever knew. She was 9-years-old. "Leaving the house, the way they came early in the morning and picked me up, and I didn't want to leave, so I just held onto the door frame," Anna said.
After she let go, she moved to China for six years, along with her two other siblings, leading an almost nomadic life. Her mom and dad divorced, and mother Casey did the best she could – holding several jobs and making little money. Anna said, "We just kept switching places. That's hard for any kid. I just didn't know where to go. Where to call home."
Then came the day Casey He made a call to the Bakers back in the United States and years of ugly legal battles melted away. "After all what these families went through, that phone call where Casey called and said I'd like for the children to come and spend with you,” said Jerry Baker. "Casey has sacrificed a lot for these children and I have a great deal of respect for her."
Casey felt the language barrier was holding Anna back in school and that Anna would have a much better education and future in Memphis. Of course, the Bakers said ‘yes.’ Louise Baker said, “We’re thankful she got her Chinese culture and her American culture. She got the best of both worlds.”
Anna has chosen to see all of it as a blessing. Richard Ransom asked her, “You believe she (Casey) always wanted what was best for you. Just like the Bakers did?” And Anna responded, “That’s what I think. I think parents always want the best they can give their children.”
Anna’s younger brother, Andy, has moved back to China and is living with his father, Jack. Younger sister Evita is 16 and also living with the Bakers, and is quite a young artist.
There’s so much more to Anna’s story. Her estranged relationship with her father, Jack He. And, of course, this very exciting time in her life as she thinks about college and possible careers.
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (localmemphis.com) - You didn’t have to live in Memphis ten years ago to remember the story of Anna Mae He. She was the focus of a nasty international custody battle that went to the Tennessee Supreme Court and dragged on for decades.
Anna Mae’s biological parents from China were here for a teaching assignment at the University of Memphis, but when Anna Mae was born prematurely. They could not afford her medical bills. An agreement with her adoptive parents in Memphis, the Bakers, became the focus of a legal case the Bakers eventually lost. Despite being born a U.S. citizen, she had to move to China with her biological family.
But in an incredible irony, when it was time for high school, Anna Mae quietly moved back here to live with her adoptive parents. In fact, she graduates from Germantown High School’s International Baccalaureate program in May. She’s 18 years old now and a confident and smart young woman.
Richard says he was surprised how the shy girl he remembered now talks openly about growing up. Anna told him, “It was a tough childhood, but I think it contributed to who I am as a person.”
She knows now she was shielded from a lot of what was going on in a very public way. "I just didn't know how to feel about it,” Anna said. “Because my family, they were trying to protect me by not showing me the truth and if I didn't know the truth until one day they came to the door to take me away. It's quite scary."
The day Anna remembers most was an awful day for everyone concerned. The day, under court order, she was taken from the home of Jerry and Louise Baker, the only family she ever knew. She was 9-years-old. "Leaving the house, the way they came early in the morning and picked me up, and I didn't want to leave, so I just held onto the door frame," Anna said.
After she let go, she moved to China for six years, along with her two other siblings, leading an almost nomadic life. Her mom and dad divorced, and mother Casey did the best she could – holding several jobs and making little money. Anna said, "We just kept switching places. That's hard for any kid. I just didn't know where to go. Where to call home."
Then came the day Casey He made a call to the Bakers back in the United States and years of ugly legal battles melted away. "After all what these families went through, that phone call where Casey called and said I'd like for the children to come and spend with you,” said Jerry Baker. "Casey has sacrificed a lot for these children and I have a great deal of respect for her."
Casey felt the language barrier was holding Anna back in school and that Anna would have a much better education and future in Memphis. Of course, the Bakers said ‘yes.’ Louise Baker said, “We’re thankful she got her Chinese culture and her American culture. She got the best of both worlds.”
Anna has chosen to see all of it as a blessing. Richard Ransom asked her, “You believe she (Casey) always wanted what was best for you. Just like the Bakers did?” And Anna responded, “That’s what I think. I think parents always want the best they can give their children.”
Anna’s younger brother, Andy, has moved back to China and is living with his father, Jack. Younger sister Evita is 16 and also living with the Bakers, and is quite a young artist.
There’s so much more to Anna’s story. Her estranged relationship with her father, Jack He. And, of course, this very exciting time in her life as she thinks about college and possible careers.
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这个故事之复杂，够写三本书了。
贺家两口子婚姻的合法性，贺的性侵案，贺梅的案子，贺家回中国之后的故事，贺家两姐妹又回美国的故事。。。。。。。
我看过他们夫妇在湖南卫视采访， 怎么斗败美国养父母全家终于幸福团聚。 结果没多久就离婚把孩子又主动给养父母送回去了。
据说打官司就是为了拖时间耗在美国，贺后来回国快被捧成民族英雄了。。。
她妹妹也是养父母在养， 她妈一个都养不起嘛？
应该是吧。。。。这个官司把bakers一家害惨了，这家人也脸真够大的
没错， 那个采访就是这个调调， 湖南台那个短头发女的叫什么丹的有个专访节目采访过很多名人， 其中一集就是他们夫妇。所以后来给养父母送回去真是无语。 国内新闻大概是不会再搭理他们了。
不是他们出钱上大学吧？！
这边人人都知道他是人渣，但是国内不知道，他就随便说罗
贺国强把儿子要走了， 两个女儿给了她妈， 她妈说是养不起， 给送贝壳家了。
以后贺国强会不会等儿子到了快上大学的年龄， 再把儿子也送过来？
好恶心的亲爹妈，给中国人丢脸呀，把养父母榨的骨头渣子都不剩！
那谁出？
出也不奇怪。。。这个事情里，妈妈，Baker一家都没错。贺爸是头号渣男。
靠，贺酶自己也好意思让她养父母出大学学费？果然是亲爹的基因！
这种名人，学校应该有奖学金的吧。
baker家也是她家啊，大概除了打官司和在国内一两年的时间，剩下都在baker家吧？当初baker家是真心实意要领养她
两夫妇不是一家人， 不进一家门吧。 当时送孩子， 抢孩子两人都是一致的， 还一起生了三个孩子。 回国又一起炒作了一番就互相开始攻击了。
应该是吧，不是据说名校offer就靠出奇招吗，这样跌宕的人生应该很扎眼的
对，她妈也不咋地。
养父母当初为了打官司，自己的亲闺女从大学辍学回家了呐
为了不要女孩送人，为了留美国不回去，把人家的家产耗尽，回头再送两个娃 去人家里让人再一直养到大学，再给大学学费。。。
真是无语了。。。。
为啥不敢领养的原罪。
和baker一家人没错，但是经历这么多狗血的事，如果贺懂事就别让养父母再出血汗钱了。希望她以后知恩图报，至少还钱
离婚了，好像女的是搬运的，完全是没有主见只听男方安排那种
申请到奖学金就好办了
他们家的孩子就跟物件是的， 想送就送， 想要就要，不想养了就再送。
你觉得可能么？以她生父母的基因，她会卖惨拿学校奖学金同时啃养父母两面得益，人性千万别考验
当年这里很多人骂贝壳家虚伪， 伪善。。。。。
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罗秦49岁，在她家中，放满了三个孩子的成长照片，有的照片还被搬进了新书里。“这本书主要是回忆7年多的诉讼之路，从开始写到我们回家。”罗秦回忆。 新书封面是以大女儿贺梅（以下称为安娜）的头像制作，整本书共275页。翻开书的第一页，是大女儿近期的一张彩色照片，她已亭亭玉立，罗秦笑着说：“对的，三个孩子都已长大，最小的都上高一了。” 透露贺梅想当医生 无论是女儿安娜、艾薇塔，还是儿子安迪，他们都是美国国籍。“贺梅案”之后，这个家庭逐渐淡出了大众眼球，这些年他们怎么生活的？ 罗秦称：“2008年， 三个孩子回到重庆，但因为他们从小在美国长大，生活、学习上的差异让大女儿安娜日渐不快乐，2013年，便让三个孩子重新回到美国。后来发现，儿子不太适应，便回到重庆与我生活，两个女儿留在美国。” 两个女儿在美国的安全问题，罗秦也考虑过，但她很放心：“两个孩子特别独立，我教育她们，遇到问题一定找警察、妈妈或老师。”想女儿的时候，罗秦就会把海量的照片翻出来看，或是在微信上与她们视频聊天，“再过不久，孩子们就要放假了，我会去接她们。她们每一年都会回国，爱吃我做的地道火锅、买爱看的中文书籍。”罗秦说，这一次回来，会教她们打面条佐料、做回锅肉。 提到孩子们的梦想，罗秦说：“大女儿想当医生，二儿子想当程序员，小女儿想去迪斯尼设计动漫，这些她都支持。” 写书是给孩子一个交待 罗秦告诉记者，2011年开始创作新书，写到艰难经历、想到孩子，眼泪止不住流。 为什么要把这段艰难的回忆记录成书？罗秦说：“写书的目的，是在于孩子们已慢慢长大，安娜已经成年，当年网上有些不真实的东西，我也想以此书给孩子一个交待，给自己一个交待。趁着母亲节，我想让妈妈们看看我的故事，希望所有的妈妈都坚强、都快乐。”罗秦还称，自己会继续写第二本。 此外，罗秦去年和刘先生结婚。她说，等孩子再大点，他们想去美国和孩子们一起生活。
他们是把三个孩子都送到了贝壳家？真有脸啊。而且她也没提贝壳家啊。
最后一句话，真是让人想吐，婊出天际
有的人为了自己，自己的娃都可以牺牲的，很难理解为了别人的娃牺牲自己的做法，其实我也不大理解，你要那就给你呗，反正也是你家的娃。。。
她一句没提是送回给贝壳家，所以我吐啊
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这是赖上人家了啊。。。。要不她有啥能力养三个娃在美国
我的妈呀，真有脸，恶心死了
贺梅写的essay 有一些她的真实情感
我和你一起吐会， 这一家子都是不要脸到了极点。和人家打完官司， 回国把人家骂一顿， 孩子又全送回去， 只字不提送哪里了， 还有困难找警察， 妈妈和老师， 我呸。
人可以无耻到如此程度也是让人叹为观止。
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哎，贝壳一家图啥啊！
贝壳给他们养大了孩子， 孩子再给她和刘先生养老。
这两口子就是臭不要脸。我完全想不通这种人怎么有脸活着，有脸见人。
当初就猜到会是这种结局。真是人至贱则无敌了！
她还要出书呐，人家要给自己写传记了， LOL。。。。
baker家碰到这家极品，真是倒霉
求科普贺家回中国之后闹出什么幺蛾子了？
后来出版社的人也和那个女的撕破脸了
强国刁民就是吃准了养父母一家善良人是真爱贺梅，不会拒绝。 竟然连二女儿一起送来，不要脸到极点。 不用说了，将来养老也会靠两个女儿的
装！接着装！
人渣都不能形容这对公母的下作！
妈蛋的，大晚上睡不着觉，怎么有这么不要脸的废物
我对这个养父母一家真是敬佩呀，大爱。这个一对比，何梅的父母就不提了。
她这心理素质够强，媒体盯着，她妈出书还用她的近期照片做封面，生怕别人不知道她现在长什么样，真怀疑在世人的眼光注视下她能过得好吗？
这俩人行事让人无法理解。
当时抢孩子就是无耻，无耻惯了呗。自己没能力养孩子，还去抢回孩子，毁了孩子的平静生活，怎么想都不是什么好父母。
我最想骂的已经不是贺家了，我想骂贝壳家的圣母圣父了