"I'm happy to live with her in the same family even though our relationship is now like that of sisters," his wife surnamed Li said.

"Although my dad is now aunty, he has treated me and my mama so kindly that none of us wants to part with him," their daughter, Ting, added.

Cheng realized his 20-year-long dream of living as a woman, after a series of free sex-change operations early this year.

(Beijing News )