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Gainesville woman, Vietnamese boys forge a family tree
Doris Herrin becomes substitute grandmother to three young boys
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Doris Herrin shows off a photo of her and one of the three boys she adopted as her grandchildren. She celebrated school achievements with them and still maintains weekly contact with them. - photo by Erin O. Smith
For Doris Herrin, introducing herself to the new neighbors was just the “Christian” thing to do. However, when she met the Vietnamese family who moved across the street 27 years ago, one little boy changed her life forever. It was 1988 and Herrin’s only daughter, Kay, was grown and working as a physical therapist in Atlanta.