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1. The plaintiff's grandfather, Yau Tung On had three sons, Yau Kwok Hung, Yau Kwok Piu and Yau Kwok Yan. He died in 1943. The plaintiff's father, Yau Kwok Yan predeceased his grandfather in 1940. It was alleged by the defendant that the plaintiff's late father was adopted by Yau Ma Luk and that his deceased uncle, Yau Kwok Piu was adopted by Yau In Yuk long before the birth of the plaintiff in 1940. The defendant claimed that he himself was adopted in 1948 by Madam Shum Ngau Mui, the surviving