Blood or not, Kum Quai deserved a mother’s protection.
The parallel between Donaldina Cameron and her Chinese "daughters" becomes apparent when Donaldina literally goes to jail with Kum Quai. Losing her own mother as a young child, Donaldina knew what it felt like to be motherless. I believe this is one of the reasons she developed such close relationships with her new daughters. Although Donaldina never gave birth to a child, she was a mother all the same.
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