Family ties from history remain intact

Anne Bliss Mascolino, granddaughter of Edward Bliss who was in China from 1892-1932 as a missionary doctor

My father was born here, right here in Guling, in 1912. He lived here until he was nine. So I have a real connection.

One of the gifts I got was a copy of a book he wrote, about his life as a child in China. And he loved it. He spoke Chinese. He talked about the story of the cook cutting the head of a chicken and the chicken running around. He had a lot of memories. He had a great love of China and Chinese people. He was always talking about the love and the connection to China.

He never came back. He went to school and by the time he finished school, the war had started. His parents came back to the US in 1935. They were too old to come back.