From Harlem to China: How an African-American tracked down her Chinese grandfather

When she was six years old, African-American Paula Williams Madison resolved to find her mother Nell’s family because she thought it would make her mum happy.

“I would meditate and look at the sun, asking it to take me to talk to my grandfather,” Madison recalls. “I’d say, ‘How come I can’t find you?’ and I felt him say, ‘Just look for me’.”