Even though she learned of the deaths of her brother and father in 1958 and 1959 while she was in the US, it wasn't until 1973, 37 years after leaving China, that she finally went back.
即使 1958 與 1959 年她在美國就已接到兄長與父親的死訊，但要到 1973 年、去國 37 年之後，吳健雄才首度回鄉。