His name is Saroo Brierly. As a boy he fell asleep on a train in India at the age of five and ended up in a foreign land. An Australian family adopted him and that's where he lived for many years. But Brierly couldn't forget about his past.

Thanks to technology and Google Maps, Brierly took a chance and ventured back to where he thought he came from. A Google Maps advertisement shares the remarkable story:

 

 

 

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