Marja vongerichten biography of abraham

Marja Vongerichten in kitchen at home, Photo Courtesy of PBS

Once upon a time, there was a beautiful little girl born in Korea to a Korean mother and an African-American G.I.

father. Due to hostile attitudes towards children of mixed heritage, she was denied a birth certificate, orphaned and at age 3, adopted by an African-American family and raised in Northern Virginia.

Marja vongerichten biography of abraham

At age 19, she miraculously found her birth mother and in 1999 met and married her prince charming, three-star Michelin chef Jean-Georges. But wait, just when you think the story couldn't get any better, the same Korean government that did not acknowledge her because she was half black when she was born, in 2011 embraced her as one of their daughters and made her an ambassador for Korean culture.

To some, this rags to riches story reads like a fairy tale, but for Marja Vongerichten is it real life.

A beautiful life, where humble beginnings have led to a course of self discovery that will be uncovered on he