[Davina] For thousands of people across Britain, someone is missing from their lives.

There isn't a day that goes by that I don't think of her.

[man] Major mystery for me is, who is he, where is he, and what did he turn into?

[woman] I wanna know, does he wanna be part of my life?

Does he want to get to know his daughter?

But all too often, years of searching lead nowhere.

Well, this is the series that steps in to help, offering a last chance to people desperate to find long lost family.

They've found her!

[shrieking] This has been a long road.

[exclaiming, laughing] Your son has been found.

Oh, wow.

Our searches have uncovered family secrets and taken us all over the world, finding people that no one else has been able to trace.

Two walks in a park, two different families.

-Yeah.

-And one incredible story.

So all this time, she thought, "He doesn't want to know me," you've been searching for each other.

[Nicky] And finally, answering the questions that have haunted entire lives.

I don't know if you can understand what that means.

It's fantastic, fantastic.

[sniffles] [Davina] This time, two cases, which, on the face of it, looked impossible.

Twins who were separated as babies more than 60 years ago.

If they're gonna meet, they need to do it now, before time does run out.

And a daughter, searching for the dad who disappeared before she was born.

I don't care what he is, or what he does, or how good he is, or how bad he is.

I just want to know who he is.

[dramatic music playing] Our first story is set in the town of Rotherham, where a loving grandmother, 66-year-old Jennifer Wilson, has been longing to find what feels like a missing part of her.

I think to meself, I wonder if she's like me.

I wonder if she's tall, I wonder if she's slim.

I wonder if she'd be one like's always in charge.

You don't know though, do you?

You really don't know.

[Jennifer] She might be way out and got spiky hair and a color, and she might be a bit more daring than me.

Jennifer is a twin, but she's never known her sister.

They were separated as newborn babies when their unmarried mother gave them both up for adoption.

I don't feel sorry that I was adopted, 'cause I had a good mum and dad, but it upset me that we were split, we were parted.

I don't think we should've been parted.

[hairdresser] No.

There isn't a day that goes by that I don't think of her.

I just think, ooh, there's somebody... missing.

With the help of her youngest daughter, Nicole, Jennifer's been trying to solve the mystery of what happened to her baby twin sister.

I think if you meet her that you'll both look the same.

I'm not sure if you'll be identical.

But I think you'll both be little old women.

[gasps] How dare you!

Cut that hair off.

With glasses and a shortish style.

[peaceful music playing] Jennifer grew up in the industrial town of Rotherham in the 1940s and '50s.

She lived in a street of terraced houses, with the people she thought were her natural parents, and a kindly neighbor, Auntie Eva.

The white door there, that's where I lived with my mum and dad.

And then two doors higher up, number 20, is where Auntie Eva lived.

And I used to see her every day.

She used to pop round and see my mum in the morning, and then at nighttime she used to come round and bring her knitting and watch the television.

But then when she was 11, Jennifer discovered the truth about who Auntie Eva really was.

A cousin of mine told me.

She said, "You know your Auntie, she's your mum."

So I went home and said to me mum, "Is Auntie Eva my mum?"

And she said, "Yes, she was."

I said, "And also my cousin told me I was a twin."

"Is that right?"

And she said, "Yes."

"Ooh," I said, "oh, that's strange."

"Where did she go to live?"

But my mum, my mum didn't know.

That was it.

It was never spoken about again.

But despite the family's silence, Jennifer never gave up hope of meeting her sister.

I just thought, oh, "I bet her mum's told her where I live," and I expected her to come and knock on my door, you know, and say, "Oh, I'm your sister."

But it didn't happen that way.

Fifty years on, and Jennifer is still haunted by the question of what happened to her twin.

But all she's been able to establish is the name she was born with: Judith Walton.

It's like torture.

Having somebody on your mind all the time.

Knowing there's somebody there and you... you just can't find them.

Despite years of trying, it's not surprising that Jennifer's search has gone nowhere.

Baby Judith was almost certainly adopted.

And when a child is adopted, they're given a new name and a new identity, which is legally protected.

I'm just wondering if she knows about me and if she's trying to find me.

Or does she not know?

I do worry with my mum being older, and it being 66 years since they were first parted.

Time could be running out for both of 'em, and I think that if they're gonna meet, they need to do it now before time does run out.

[Jennifer] This just means everything to me, everything.

I've got a happy marriage, good grandchildren, daughters, but this is just so different.

It's just so different that...

I've got to meet her.

I've just got to.

[birds calling] The fact that Jennifer's twin had been adopted and that that adoption had taken place over half a century ago meant that we always knew that this was going to be an incredibly difficult search.

Nicky Campbell takes up the story.

[Nicky] I was adopted and traced both my birth parents, so I understand Jennifer's need to find her sister.

Back in the '40s, having a child out of wedlock was a real taboo, and it was only by sheer chance that Jennifer discovered she had a sister at all.

It was never discussed by her adoptive family.

So it's hardly any surprise she had so little information to go on.

At that time adoptions were often arranged privately by a local GP, and once the adoption was finalized, the birth parents were told to go away and forget they ever had a child.

A record of the new identity is held at the general register office, but access to that information by family members is prohibited.

And until recently, that would've been the end of it.

But then in 2005, a change in the law made it possible for a search of the adoption records by a birth relative, as long as it was through a registered intermediary.

But it can still be a long and complicated process.

[contemplative music playing] We contacted a leading intermediary to see if they could access baby Judith's records.

Once they discovered the name she'd been given by her adoptive parents, they could attempt to trace her, but if successful, they would need her permission before passing her details to us.

We waited.

And then, after four months, we received some incredible information.

Baby Judith had been adopted by a local couple in Rotherham.

And they called their baby Kathleen.

Sixty-six years later, she still lives in Rotherham, just a few streets from where she was born.

And most amazingly, just three miles from her twin sister Jennifer.

I'm on my way to Kathleen's house.

She's agreed to meet me to talk about her sister, who she didn't even know existed until she was contacted a few days ago.

When you're tracing birth relatives, I know from my own experience that it's incredibly powerful meeting siblings.

Now, I've met a half brother, or I've met half sisters, and that was just mind blowing.

But imagine stepping on from that if it's a full brother or a full sister, and further on from that, that deep bond of twins.

Imagine how Kathleen is going to react when she finds out that she's got a twin sister.

There she is at the window.

There's Kathleen.

[chuckling] Hello.

Which way in, here?

Okay.

Right.

Kathleen.

Hello.

-Hello.

-I'm Nicky.

-Yes, pleased to meet you.

-You too.

-Really nice to meet you.

-Yes, come in.

Thank you.

I've been so looking forward to meeting you.

Yes, and me.

That's two of us then, it's mutual.

So, what were you thinking when you first heard that Jennifer had been looking for you?

It was a surprise, a very big surprise.

-Did it feel good?

-Yes, very.

Like on cloud nine.

And that was, that was the first inkling you've had that you've got a sister.

Yeah, I had no idea.

No idea at all.

She's been really, really desperate to find you, her sister.

And the reason that she is so incredibly desperate to meet you is that, she's not just your sister... she's your twin sister.

-I knew.

-Did you?

Yeah, don't ask me why.

Wow.

Gosh.

Ooh, a twin.

Another one like me, poor old Derek.

[chuckles] Oh, gosh.

I'd said, "I wonder if she's a twin."

I don't know why.

Would you like to see a photograph?

Yeah.

I would.

Gosh, it gets better, doesn't it?

And this is a photograph of Jennifer, who's your twin sister.

Wow!

Gosh.

Wow.

Well, I suppose she is like me, isn't she?

I suppose so.

Yeah, probably a bit slimmer than me.

Wow.

-Must be so strange.

-Oh, it is.

Oh, this is... unbelievable, isn't it?

Well, I mean, just to... at 66 years old, to have some guy who's walked in off the street and given you a photograph of your twin sister...

I'm glad I didn't have any more, I might've had twins.

[laughing] I'm gobsmacked, actually.

I don't know what to...

I don't know what to say 'cause I'm... Yeah.

I feel I've missed out a lot.

Hmm.

If only she'd have found me earlier.

Yeah.

Is she like me?

Did she like sport?

I liked sport at school, I were in everything.

Netball, rounders, hockey.

Or is she the quiet one?

Where does she live?

Three miles away.

You're joking.

Gosh.

Where?

Rotherham.

Oh, you're joking.

Wow.

That's great, isn't it?

-Three miles away?

-Uh-huh.

And she's not seen me in Rotherham?

She must have, I'm always in Rotherham.

She must have-- Well, she didn't know me name, did she?

-Would you like to meet her?

-Of course I would.

I've wanted to meet her for... wow... since I got the letter.

I thought you were gonna say "all my life."

Well, no, 'cause I didn't know she existed, did I?

Oh!

Three miles away, and all these years.

[Davina] But before we tell Jennifer the amazing news that her sister has been found... [peaceful music playing] ...we begin our second story.

Here, in the Warwickshire village of Warmington, and it's home to a woman who contacted us, to ask us to help her find her father.

Nestled in this idyllic corner of the Cotswolds, Karen Lloyd lives what looks like a perfect life.

I'm not sure about that froth on the top.

It's all right.

She's been with husband Matthew for 15 years.

They've both built successful careers, and their son Rory is in his second year at university.

But for Karen there's always been something at the heart of her life that's been missing.

Ever since she can remember, she's dreamt of finding the father she's never known.

Every daughter wants a dad.

Everybody does, and you know, even though I'm 43, it doesn't mean to say that, you know, you don't miss having a dad.

Good girl.

As a young girl, Karen thought she had a perfectly ordinary family, growing up in the Warwickshire town of Leamington, with the people she believed were her mum, dad and older sisters.

But when she was seven, while playing at home with her sister, Karen stumbled across her birth certificate and her whole world was blown apart.

[peaceful music playing] I remember finding the certificate and... it was-- first of all, it was disbelief.

I thought, no, they've made a mistake.

Her birth certificate named her mum as Carolyn, who Karen thought was her elder sister.

The couple she called mum and dad were in fact her grandparents.

As a child you just have so many mixed emotions and finding out that the person you thought was your big sister was really your mum, I mean it was massive.

Karen's discovery of her real mum's identity inevitably led her to another question: who was her real dad?

43-year-old Karen Lloyd has been searching for her father for more than 20 years.

At the age of seven, she discovered that the person she thought was her older sister was actually her mum.

But who was her dad?

I asked my gran.

I asked her, and she said, "He's not-- he's not a good person."

"He's... he's not a person you really want to be involved in, so it's probably not a good idea if we talk about him."

Throughout her childhood, no one would talk about Karen's father.

It wasn't until she was 18 that she even found out his name.

Peter Wills.

And discovered what he'd done to turn her family against him.

Karen's mother met Peter in 1966, when she was 18.

They'd been seeing each other for a year, when, to her horror, she discovered she was pregnant.

[Karen] Carolyn was due to meet Peter at New Street Station.

She'd told him she was pregnant, so he knew she was pregnant.

[indistinct announcements over loudspeaker] I can only imagine that she wanted to talk to Peter about what they were going to do as a couple.

[Karen] She turned up at the station and she waited for him.

She waited and he just didn't come.

I do think that's a terrible thing.

Why didn't he just even turn up and say, "I'm not interested"?

Why just leave somebody?

I think that's... that's wrong.

But, you know, he was 19 years old.

He was probably very scared, you know.

It's a big responsibility.

I would like to think that that's why he did it.

That he's not a bad person.

[Davina] Karen's mum never heard from Peter again.

Left alone and unable to cope, her parents stepped in to raise Karen as their own.

Before coming to us for help, Karen had searched in vain for her father for over 20 years, scouring public records, and even hiring a private investigator.

[Karen] Why isn't he on an electoral role?

Or, where is he?

There's gotta be somebody out there that knows him.

He might be in prison for something.

Something really terrible, I don't know.

There's all sorts of things that he could be.

But likewise he could be fantastic.

He could be a real family man.

Realistically this is the last chance.

I think, in her heart of hearts, she knows that.

The best case scenario for me is, no matter what happens, Karen doesn't get hurt in the process.

[Karen] I don't care what he is or what he does or how good he is, or how bad he is.

I just want to know who he is.

That's all.

And who I am.

And, you know, where I'm from and what I'm made of.

Because at the moment, I don't really know.

On the face of it, this should've been an easier search than looking for Jennifer's twin sister, but with hundreds of Peter Wills living in the UK, and Karen having so little information about her father, we knew from the start that this search was going to be tough.

Despite the family silence, Karen was able to give us one vital piece of information: his date of birth.

The 25th June, 1948.

[suspenseful music playing] The birth records confirmed that Peter Wills had been born in Birmingham, but a check of the electoral roll showed there was no record of him living in the UK.

We'd hit a dead end and needed a new lead.

Karen told us that her mum vaguely remembered that Peter had a brother.

She thought his name was Ray and that he'd just been released from prison.

So our chances of finding Peter now rested on finding Ray.

The birth records confirmed that Peter had, in fact, had a brother called Raymond G. Wills.

We found three Raymond Wills with a middle initial G. And we wrote to them all, asking if they had a brother called Peter.

Two of them wrote back saying no, and we thought the trail had gone cold.

And then a woman got in touch with us who claimed her father was Raymond G. Wills.

She said he'd recently died, but he had a brother called Peter Michael John Wills, with the right date of birth, who lived in Canada.

We'd found Karen's dad.

[suspenseful music playing] We traced Peter Wills to an address in the Toronto suburbs and asked him if he'd be happy to talk to me about Karen.

He agreed to meet up.

I wonder what he's thinking right now.

I mean I know, we're not far away from where he lives.

I know he will be... absolutely terrified.

But also I guess he's got hard questions to answer.

Did he run away from his responsibilities, when he was 18, 19 years old and his girlfriend said that she was pregnant?

I just wonder if he will agree to meet her.

[contemplative music playing] Forty-three years ago, Peter Wills was a troubled young man from a large Birmingham family.

He was orphaned at the age of four and had a chaotic upbringing in and out of care.

By the time he was 18, he'd had several brushes with the law.

In the early '70s, Peter Wills emigrated to Canada.

So it's number 3.

Karen has no idea yet that we've traced Peter.

But I've brought him photographs and a letter Karen wrote to him, just in case we found him.

-Hello.

-Hi.

-I'm Nicky Campbell.

-Nicky, Peter Wills.

Pleased to meet you.

Come on in.

Really nice to meet you, thank you very much.

Wow.

This is amazing.

[Peter] Yeah, it is.

It's, uh, quite a view.

So, Peter, when you first heard the news about Karen, what went through your head?

Right off the bat it's guilt.

And then, after that, I wonder how she is.

Uh, is she happy now?

Well, Peter, you know a part of the reason I'm here is to tell you about your daughter.

Right.

Carolyn couldn't cope with bringing her up.

She was adopted by her grandparents.

Let me tell you more, let me tell you more.

There's some good stuff.

She's married.

She's been with her partner for some time, she's now married to Matthew.

And she's got a son.

-Do you wanna see a picture?

-Please.

She has got a Wills face.

Oh, she's definitely got the Wills eyes.

That's Rory, by the way.

[Peter] Wow.

[sniffles] Wow.

What an asshole I was.

It's bad that I'm sitting here, trying to find excuses.

It's so easy to do that.

She's written you a letter.

Can I give you the letter?

Please.

-You sure?

-Yeah.

Right.

She would like you to read that.

"Dear Peter, I grew up in a very loving and caring family."

"I was seven years old when my world was blown apart."

"I found my birth certificate."

"I was told that I didn't have a dad."

Oh... "Even at seven years old, I knew I must've had one at some point."

"I couldn't understand why I wasn't wanted..." "I so desperately wanted to meet you... put that missing piece into my life."

"All my love, Karen."

Oh, shit.

Do you want to meet her?

Absolutely.

Absolutely.

If there was a glimmer of doubt, which there wasn't... there's definitely, definitely, definitely no doubt now.

[peaceful music playing] -And you've got a new cousin.

-You've got a new cousin.

His name is Rory.

[Davina] That evening, Peter shares the news about Karen with his wife Angie and their family.

Since arriving in Canada, Peter has turned his life around.

He's now a successful businessman, with five sons and 13 grandchildren.

I guess... the next day that will be like today will be the day that I actually meet her.

So, I just can't wait to see her.

[Davina] Sixty-six years ago, Jennifer Wilson was separated from her baby twin sister, Judith.

After a long search, we learned that Judith had been adopted by a local couple and renamed Kathleen.

Until we met her, she had no idea she was a twin.

Now I'm on my way to tell Jennifer that her sister's been found living just three miles away.

I can't wait to see how Jennifer takes the news.

After years of sort of knowing nothing and being told nothing and being kept in the dark about her twin.

And then to find out that all along, she lives just three miles away.

So, Jennifer, obviously doing the search, there are always sort of different ways that it can go.

-Right.

-But I have come here today with some news, and it's good news.

Your sister has been found.

-Brilliant!

-Yeah.

Oh!

Does she look like me?

I have got a picture, do you want to see it?

-Yeah.

Please.

-Okay.

In fact, now I'm looking at it, she looks ridiculously like you.

-Oh, wow!

-[laughing] -Yes, she does.

-She's called Kath.

Wow.

What a shock.

[gasps] And is she from round here or...?

Well, that is the most -amazing part of it.

-Or is she abroad?

That she lives three miles away.

I can't believe it.

I can't believe it.

[gasps] That's fantastic news.

[sighs] And does she want to meet me?

She really wants to meet you.

That's even better!

-She's so excited.

-Is she?

She is beyond excited.

Oh, I can't...

I mean, I look at that and I honestly, I can see meself in it.

I know she's got... her face is a bit fatter than mine, mine's thin.

But...

I can just see my, I can see her in-- Yeah, I can see it.

Ooh, that's brilliant.

I can't believe it.

I can't.

I want to just... [exclaims] I can't explain it.

I'm just... Oh, I'm just so happy.

I think it's like getting married and... Ooh, you've got somebody else in your life.

I feel I could tackle the world today.

The one that should be next to me, holding my hand, is here.

Oh, I can't wait.

I can't.

Ooh!

[softly] I think you'd better go and tell Nicole.

-Right.

-In the kitchen.

-[whispering] -Okay, good luck!

Thank you.

Nicole!

-I want you.

-[door closes] -Are you going to work today?

-Nicole!

-What?

-They've found her!

[shrieking] -Really?

-Yes!

Yes!

They called her Kathleen.

-Oh, gosh.

-And she lives three miles away.

Does she really?

Where does she live?

I don't know.

And she's sent me a letter.

And she does look like you!

She has got glasses and grey hair like an old woman.

Oh, isn't it exciting?

-Oh, dear.

-[gasps] I never thought...

Her reaction was so lovely because I really got that feeling that she had been... yearning, aching to get the news.

And I've walked away from that house just dying to get the two of them together.

Because I feel that when we do, they will both feel whole.

The day of Jennifer's reunion with her twin sister has arrived, and the reality that her search is finally over is still sinking in.

[Jennifer] I've not believed it.

That's why I've been reading this card.

-I've read it every single day.

-Every night.

And every night and looked at her photograph.

And I just can't believe it.

I mean, I look at it, and I think I know, I know Kath.

But I don't know whether I think I know her because she looks like me...

But I seem to know her, but as I said, I do think it's because I can see meself.

-Well, you are.

-Can see meself in her.

-You are alike.

-I am so excited.

Wonder what she's doing at this moment.

It still feels like a dream and it's not happening.

You know, I think until I actually meet her.

At first...

I don't know, I'm just hoping that everything at first just works out.

I think we've got that bond, especially if you're twins.

We've got to have, haven't we?

I can say "our Jennifer."

[doorbell rings] -Have a nice day.

-Yeah.

-Say hi to Auntie Kath.

-I will.

Thank you.

-Bye.

-See you later.

Bye.

Ooh, thank you.

[peaceful music playing] What do you think the first thing that you are going to do when you see her is gonna be?

Give her a big hug and a kiss.

And just say to her, "Ooh, I have missed ya."

[Davina] Jennifer wants to meet Kath in Clifton Park in the center of Rotherham.

When she was a girl, Jennifer dreamed of bumping into her sister here, by the bandstand.

Now, after over 50 years of waiting, this is where Jennifer has chosen to meet Kath.

The park's just round the corner, isn't it?

[Kathleen] Yeah.

It's where I used to come when I was little, me mum used to bring me to the park.

-To this park?

-Yeah, to Clifton Park.

We used to bring a picnic.

Do you remember seeing a little girl who looked like you?

[laughs] No.

Looks nice now they've done it all up.

-It's lovely.

-Yeah.

-Are you ready?

-Yeah.

[laughs] -Yeah.

-Are you sure?

Yeah.

[laughing] I can't stop shaking.

I'm gonna leave you now.

-Right.

Right.

-It's over to you.

You're gonna meet your twin sister.

I am.

Yeah.

I'm excited, and I'm shaking like mad.

[chuckles] If you shake, you shake.

-Thank you.

-Over to you.

Right.

Thank you.

Well... Jen, this is where I'm gonna stop you.

-Okay.

-You've waited a long time.

-I have.

-So it's time for you -to go and meet your sister.

-Thank you.

-[softly] Off you go, good luck.

-Okay.

[peaceful music playing] -Hiya!

-Hello.

Love to see you.

[crying and laughing] All this time I've always known.

[exclaiming, laughing] -And I've only known five weeks.

-Let's have a look.

You've even got the same glasses as me.

They're in me pocket.

Oh, I can't see without mine on, I'm as blind as a bat.

-Oh, it's so nice.

-It is.

-I've got you a little... -Oh!

Thank you.

All these years, I can't believe.

-Gosh.

-I just can't believe it.

[contemplative music playing] So you was called Janet Walton?

Yeah.

And you were Judith.

Judith.

Posh name, that.

I'm not a Judith.

[laughs] Yeah, you see, you knew our mum, well, I... you know, you knew her.

-I didn't know her.

-She were a kind person.

She weren't... she weren't a nasty person.

-What did they call her?

-Eva.

-Walton?

-Walton.

-Yeah.

-But to give twins up.

I've always said that I feel like there should be somebody at the side of me, and I've got somebody, somebody missing, and...

I just couldn't explain to anybody, but you know, like now, it's like lifted.

Yes, that bond.

Lifted that funny feeling away.

Eh?

When we're out shopping and if anybody says, "Are you sisters?"

-Like, "We're twins."

-Twins!

Oh, I know.

[Davina] Finally, after 66 years, Jennifer has her twin beside her.

But in our second search, a daughter wants the same chance with a father she's never known.

I'm now on my way to Karen's house to tell her the good news, that we have found her father.

It's amazing because after 20 years of looking, her search is finally over.

We've found her dad.

And he's dying to meet her.

The thing is, it's such an enormous... piece of information to absorb, I wonder how she's going to take it all in.

-Hi.

-Hi there.

-I'm Davina.

-Hi, Davina, nice to meet you.

-Come on in.

-Thank you.

Thanks.

Well, I'm here to update you.

-Okay.

-On your search.

Before I give you any news, I should really ask if you're ready.

I think so.

We've found your father.

And he's really happy.

And he's really well.

How are you feeling?

I can't believe it.

Where is he?

-He's in Canada.

-Oh, my God.

Yeah.

And he wanted you to know that he's always wanted a daughter.

I think it's really... he's pleased, he's not... Not just pleased, he's thrilled.

Would you like to see a picture?

-Yeah.

You've got a picture?

-Yeah.

So... [whispering] And you look just like him.

This is your dad.

Oh, my God.

We've got the same glasses.

You have.

I mean, it is... How weird is that?

I've also got a letter.

Oh, my God.

"Hi, Karen."

"When finding out that I have a daughter and in turn she had been looking for me for over 20 years, I was absolutely floored, both with excitement and anxiety."

"To hear what you went through at the age of seven absolutely killed me."

"This must've been probably one of the worst days of your life."

"Unfortunately at the time that you would've been born, I would have been not really a good member of society, and certainly not mature."

"Today, I'm married to a fantastic woman, Angie, and have been for 33 years."

"We have five sons, therefore you have five brothers..." [laughing] "...who are absolutely terrific."

"And each and every one of them are so looking forward to getting to know you."

"When I showed your picture to my niece, your cousin, she actually cried... because you are the spitting image of my sister Joan."

"Karen, I'm going to close here, as I cannot see the paper... through tears."

"I just hope that the day is very close to actually hugging you."

"Please don't hit me.

Peter."

[laughs] That's lovely.

He sounds like a really nice, kind man.

[whispering] He does, doesn't he?

Yep.

Thank you.

Thank you.

[peaceful music playing] Matt... they've found him.

-No.

-[Matthew] What?

-What?

-And?

He's got five sons.

And... [laughing] ...13 grandchildren.

And he lives in Canada.

[Rory] Oh, my life.

Good for you.

[Rory] Awesome.

[Matthew] How do you feel about it?

I'm just...

I've got a dad after all these years.

And a whole readymade family.

I wasn't quite sure how Karen was going to take that, and it was so lovely.

And she was so moved.

And you know, I know it's gonna be a huge amount for her to take in, the letter and the photos and all her family and... when the dust's settled, I'm sure she'll have a lot of questions that she's going to want to ask.

And you know, the only person that can really answer those questions is Peter.

So, I think the sooner Peter and Karen get to meet up, the better.

And what a meeting it's gonna be.

[Davina] It's the morning of Karen and Peter's reunion in Leamington Spa.

After a complicated search, we discovered Peter living 3,500 miles away in Toronto.

Have you got my cufflinks?

Peter has flown in from Canada with his wife Angie.

[Angie] We'll get it there eventually if you stop shaking-- there you go.

-Anxious?

-Yeah.

-Excited?

-Yeah.

Good.

You'll be fine.

[Peter grumbles] I can't do my bloody buttons up.

[Davina] Nicky is here to offer support to Peter in the run up to the reunion.

-Ah!

-Hi, Nicky.

-How are ya?

-Good to see you.

[Peter] Good to see you.

Let's go, we've got a great day ahead of us now.

Leamington is the town where Peter and Karen's mother went out together in the 1960s.

[Nicky] Do you recognize any of this?

Sort of.

It's gotta be 40 years.

[Davina] Karen wants the reunion to take place in Jephson Gardens.

It's a place of special significance to her.

She used to come here with her grandfather, the man who, until she was seven, she believed was her dad.

Now, she wants to meet her real father here.

Have you had any moments where you've thought, "I want to run away"?

Oh, my God, every day.

Every day up until probably last night.

I thought, "I don't wanna do this."

-"I'm frightened," so... -What are you frightened of?

Will he like me?

Will his family like me?

Am I doing the right thing?

Everything.

It's just been really, really up and down.

[peaceful music playing] So have the nerves settled?

Um... no, they're just coming back.

-Are they?

-Yeah.

Uh... Stomach is tightening up now.

I've gotta say it's kind of understandable.

Um... this is where Karen wants to meet you.

And, uh... the time has come for me to leave you on your own, and the time has come for you to meet your daughter.

-Okay?

-Thanks.

Okay.

Good luck.

[exhales sharply] Deep breath.

Can you believe this?

This is unbelievable, isn't it?

Sit down.

Sorry I can't say anything.

-Snap.

-[Karen laughs] God, you've got me sister's eyes.

Have I?

I just can't believe that I've got this great big family that I didn't know that I had.

Oh!

Wait, you don't know how big.

Why didn't you find me 25 years ago?

I didn't know how to find you.

And I was frightened, you know, I was frightened that you might not want to know me, or, you know, you might have another life.

I don't know.

I can't believe it.

[Peter] Nor me.

[laughs] You poor thing.

I mean, it must be such a shock.

Don't be sad.

It doesn't matter.

There's nothing that I've missed out on or... you know, I've had a lovely life.

And I'm not angry with anybody, or, you know, it's... life's... life's there, and things happen.

You know, it doesn't...

Thank you.

You know, I don't...

I'm not angry with anybody.

-Thanks.

-That's all right.

My life...

I can honestly say... is fulfilled.

It's... absolutely brilliant, and this, it's just unbelievable.

Wow.

Now we've found each other.

[Peter] I haven't seen Karen for 43 years.

I didn't know that she existed, and I look into her eyes...

I love her.

When Peter gave me a hug, it was really quite safe and strong and it was like a dad, the way a dad does hug you.

That's how it was.

Honestly I love her.

She's mine.

And, I shouldn't say that she's mine.

I've got no right to do that, but she is.

[Davina] Next time on Long Lost Family, a mother desperate to find the son she gave up for adoption to save her marriage.

I want to know that he's been happy.

I so want to know that he's had a good life.

And I want to ask him not to hate me.

And a soldier urgently searching for the truth about the father he's never known.

There are obviously two sides to every person, and everything I've heard about him is bad.

Deep down inside, was he actually a good guy or not?

In my soul, I just can't feel that he's good... until I look at him.

[peaceful music playing]