{"id":10700,"date":"2014-06-27T14:31:50","date_gmt":"2014-06-27T22:31:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.spokeo.com\/compass\/?p=10700"},"modified":"2022-04-13T12:17:37","modified_gmt":"2022-04-13T20:17:37","slug":"technology-and-reunions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.spokeo.com\/compass\/technology-and-reunions\/","title":{"rendered":"Technology and Reunions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.spokeo.com\/compass\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/alongwayhome.jpg?ssl=1\" data-rel=\"penci-gallery-image-content\" ><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-10701 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.spokeo.com\/compass\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/alongwayhome-198x300.jpg?resize=198%2C300&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"alongwayhome\" width=\"198\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.spokeo.com\/compass\/image\/2014\/06\/alongwayhome.jpg?resize=198%2C300&amp;ssl=1 198w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.spokeo.com\/compass\/image\/2014\/06\/alongwayhome.jpg?resize=676%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 676w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.spokeo.com\/compass\/image\/2014\/06\/alongwayhome.jpg?w=991&amp;ssl=1 991w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 198px) 100vw, 198px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s obvious. Here at Spokeo, we love <a href=\"https:\/\/www.spokeo.com\/compass\/category\/spokeo-reunions\">reunions<\/a> and we love <a href=\"https:\/\/www.spokeo.com\/compass\/category\/tech-watch\">technology<\/a>. We especially love when technology is responsible for making reunions happen. Our product\u00a0is dedicated to helping individuals\u00a0research one another in hopes that we&#8217;ll bring more people together. We&#8217;ve dedicated ourselves to supporting the volunteers that reunite adoptees and their families through our <a href=\"www.spokeoangels.com\">Spokeo Search Angels Program<\/a> and we&#8217;re constantly on the lookout for stories about people reuniting.<\/p>\n<p>This week, we <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/news\/asian-america\/how-google-earth-reunited-indian-orphan-his-birth-mother-n140651\">read about<\/a> Saroo Brierley, who was separated from his family in India at five\u00a0years old and was able to reconnect with his family 25 years later using Google Earth and Facebook.<\/p>\n<p>As a youngster, Saroo and his brother accidentally became separated while on a trip to a nearby town to find food. He boarded a train on his own, ended up in what was then Calcutta and later landed\u00a0in an orphanage. He was adopted by an Australian couple.<\/p>\n<p>According to NBC News, Saroo\u00a0used the digital mapping system to trace a road that he recognized from his childhood to the house that he&#8217;d grown up in. He later visited the house only to find it boarded up and empty, but a neighbor lead him to his mother who still lived nearby.<\/p>\n<p>Saroo has published the story of his journey in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Long-Way-Home-Saroo-Brierley-ebook\/dp\/B00CHW1MT2\">book<\/a> titled, &#8220;A Long Way Home&#8221; and there a rumors of a possible movie adaptation in the works. We can&#8217;t wait to hear more of his story and hope others are inspired to begin their journeys too!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s obvious. Here at Spokeo, we love reunions and we love technology. We especially love when technology is responsible for making reunions happen. 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