Farini adopted the little girl as his own and began exhibiting her in late 1882 as a "missing-link" at the Royal Aquarium in Westminster. They then went on tour of Europe in 1883 and first came to exhibit in America in the latter part of 1884 where she caused quite a stir.
It has been remarked that Krao communicated with a mysterious "family" in Germany but that no one knew who they were. It is my guess that they were none other than the family of Farini's wife Anna Muller whom he married in Berlin in 1886. Dexter Fellows mentions that "she was adopted and educated by a wealthy German family in Berlin" and for the last 20 years of her life she lived in New York with a German family named Zeiler.
Krao was a quiet woman who tended to keep to herself. She formed friendships cautiously and, though she no doubt received many proposals of marriage, remained single though she would have made a wonderful wife. She spent much time reading and always had a pet or two around for company.
Krao always wore a veil when in public and did not like being stared at when she was "off the clock". She went so far as to let everyone know that when she died she wanted to be cremated, not wanting anyone to stare at her - even in death.
Krao passed away of influenza April 16, 1926 in New York and is buried in St. Michael's Cemetery in Astoria.
