[seagulls crying, piano music playing] [Paul Connolly]My mother put me out with the rubbish when I wastwo weeks old.

This is where my life started.

[Diane] A social worker came.

I asked her, "Please don't take him."

But she did.

Every year, thousands of people come to us, looking for missing family.

[Rachel] My dad left my life.

I know nothing.

I feel like half of me is missing.

[Nicky Campbell] Sometimes, it's to solve a mystery that's troubled them for decades.

I've had in the back of my mind that my mom could have been murdered.

She took this to her grave.

[Davina McCall] Or to end the torment of what they don't know.

[Joseph]I've struggled with a sense of self because of my background.

[Sara]Did she genuinely really not want me?

[Nicky]So, imagine the moment when the burning questions can finally be answered.

[Davina] It's Davina.

Put the kettle on.

Yes!

It's just blown my mind.

[Davina] In this series, we discover extraordinary stories.

That's your mom.

[Mary] God, she's lovely.

Finding people around the world who nobody else could trace.

-Sorry.

It's massive.

-How you doing?

[Caroline] I've waited 43 years for that hug.

[Davina] Reuniting families who've spent a lifetime apart.

Flippin' heck!

Hello, family.

[phone ringing] [general chatter] Our first story tonight follows a man who had a tough childhood.

He seldom saw the people who he thought were his family.

And when he started looking for answers nearly 60 years later, he was shocked by what he discovered.

[Paul]My brothers are all these ginger Irish kids, with very pale skin and freckles, and I would tan.

You create a persona, but that doesn't mean that's who you really are.

I thought I was one of them, but growing up in a care system, you sort of latch onto any kind of relative, I suppose.

Ooh!

Nice.

[Davina]Former amateur boxer Paul Connolly is a father of two and a successful entrepreneur who runs his own fitness and rehabilitation business.

[Paul] Bah, bah-- Woah!

I've got a great life now.

Bah, bah!

Ooh!

I love the fact that I've been able to give my kids everything I never had.

Jab, jab!

Why is that jam hand so low?

With both of my sons, it was paramount that they never felt insecure or lonely, or that desperation that I felt.

You done really well.

Well done.

I felt loneliness as a child which was like a physical pain.

It's really-- it's like painful to be that alone.

So, for my kids, I'm always making sure they knowI'm there.

Cheeky sod!

[Davina] Paul was born in East London in 1962, the eighth child of an Irish family who'd moved to London in the 1950s.

So, this is the first time I've ever been here, obviously, since I was a baby.

I actually know quite a lot about my early childhood, because when you grow up in the care system, you can read your files.

Wow.

That's amazing.

I learned that my mother had some kind of breakdown when I was born, and she put me out with the rubbish when I was two weeks old.

Lucky enough, one of the other neighbors heard my cries and called social services.

She literally, according to my files, just shoved me out here somewhere.

So, yeah, it's quite emotional being here, because this is where my life started.

[Davina] Growing up, Paul had sporadic contact with his mother and siblings but spent his early years in homes for young children, until at the age of eight, he was sent to St Leonard's Children's Home in Hornchurch.

[Paul]A social worker come and got me, and I had me little suitcase packed up, and he took me to this children's home.

And I just remember this huge place and just walking down this massive driveway.

It's very spooky for me to be back here, because there's a terrible energy here for me.

There was a lot of sexual abuse, there was a lot of mental torture, there was a lot of physical beatings.

And I didn't sleep in a bed for about three years.

I just slept under the bed.

It's like... most kids would have a teddy bear.

My comfort was a kitchen knife with a wooden handle.

That was my comfort.

I held onto that for dear life, you know?

[ominous music playing] [Davina]On leaving the children's home, Paul got mixed up in a criminal gang.

It was a very dark time, which culminated with me nearly getting ten years in prison.

It was a huge wake-up call for me.

And I got away from that world.

I was like, "This is not meant for me."

[Davina]That's when Paul and a friend joined a boxing club, and he finally felt he belonged.

[Paul]It was one of the best things we ever did, because they just wanted the best for the kids.

And it was the first sort of family we knew, you know.

[Davina]Paul always wanted to know more about his own family, and recently, he decided to research his background.

This is my birth certificate, which says I was born in 1962.

Father was Matthew Connolly, mother was Mary Connolly.

My sons brought me a DNA test, because I've always said, you know, "I really want to look into my Irish background."

[Davina] When Paul uploaded his DNA to a genealogy website, the results he got back were unexpected.

So, basically, the DNA's come back with a straight-down-the-middle, 50-50: 50% Irish, 50% Maltese, which is astounding.

The minute I saw half Maltese, I was just...

The first name that popped into my head was Pino.

In the '60s, this wasn't a supermarket.

It was a big newsagents.

It was owned by this Maltese guy called Pino, who's quite a character, apparently.

And my mom used to, obviously, frequent this place, coming-- just coming from around the corner here.

And my brother used to say, "You know Pino's your dad, right?"

And I just used to laugh at him, thinking it was some kind of joke.

"Pino's my dad?!"

I didn't have any real contact with my mother, but I had a couple of conversations with her, and this was never mentioned to me.

And, obviously, this was a secret she probably took to the grave, yeah.

Yeah.

[pensive music playing] I know very little about Pino.

I don't hold out much hope that he's alive, unfortunately.

I want to know for sure who my father was, because I still don't know.

I want to know if there are relatives out there that, you know, I could have some kind of relationship with.

For me, it's important to find out that side of my family, because I still, at 60 years old, don't know where I've come from or who I am.

[phone ringing] [Nicky]Without being certain of Paul's father's name, we widened the DNA analysis, putting his DNA onto threefurther databases... and one yielded a match to a man called Frankie Peroni, and the match indicated that Frankie is Paul's half-brother.

We wrote to Frankie, and he was able to tell us that his father was a Maltese shop owner named Philip Psaila, also known as Pino, who had died many years ago.

This confirmed that Pino was Paul's father.

Frankie is one of three children Pino had with another Irish woman.

Frankie's invited me to meet him at his home in Southend.

[whimsical music playing] Paul will be delighted to discover that he has a big brother on his father's side.

But did Frankie know anything about Paul?

And how does he feel about his brother finding him?

Frankie has two grown-up daughters... [phone ringing] ...and runs his own IT business.

Hi, Frankie, it's Nicky.

-Hi, Nicky, come on up.

-Thank you.

[door buzzing] He's also a semi-professional singer/songwriter.

-Hey, Nicky, you alright?

-[Nicky] Yeah.

[Frankie] Come in.

Thanks for having me.

What do you make of it all, the news?

It's a little bit of a shock.

Er...

It's exciting as well.

And it took a while to process, didn't it?

-Yeah.

-Definitely.

What was your childhood like?

Well, I didn't really know my father that well.

He sort of came in and out of my mother's life.

Didn't actually live with her.

Do you remember his physical presence, Pino?

I just remember one incident when I was a child.

He sent me to the shops to get him a packet of cigarettes, and I come back with the wrong brand, and he took his belt off, and he belted me across the back as a six-year-old child.

-That's awful.

-It does scar you.

And then my mother became ill, and, um, I was sent out to Ireland.

Then my father died in 1968, so she had all of that.

-Pino?

-Yeah, Pino died in 1968.

And then my mother come and got me.

She became ill after that as well.

So I had to be fostered throughout the UK to different foster parents.

And during that time, I got in with the wrong people, you know, criminal offences.

And it wasn't until I had a social worker assigned to me that I got a job, when I was about-- late 15.

And, uh, from then on, then I was okay.

Because once I got that job, I knew I wanted to work.

There are so many parallels between your life -and your brother's life.

-Really?

Well, you've got an Irish Catholic mother, right?

-Yes.

-He's got an Irish mother.

-Really?

-Yeah.

Wow.

That's interesting.

Very interesting.

And also, um, he had a dreadfully difficult and sad childhood.

And at two weeks old, he was just left and dumped outside the house.

-A two-week-old baby.

-No.

Yeah, and so he went into care.

He's basically-- he lived in care all his life, and at one stage was in a children's home in Hornchurch, which was really notorious.

-There was-- -In Hornchurch?

-Yeah.

-Where I used to live.

That's where I moved from to here last year.

-No kidding?

-Yes.

That's incredible.

You said you got in with the wrong crowd.

You got in with a bad crowd.

So did he.

And one of the things that kind of saved him at that period of his life was he got into boxing.

I went to boxing at Repton Club when I was a kid.

-No.

-In Bethnal Green, yeah.

Yeah, I wasn't very good at it.

[both laugh] But, yeah, I went to boxing, yeah.

That's amazing.

That's amazing.

He lives in Billericay.

Billericay?

That's not too far away, either, is it?

Wow.

I can't believe it.

So, does he have any resemblance to me at all, in any way?

That's up for you to decide once you've seen the picture, right?

-You've got a photo of him?

-Yeah.

Oh, my God.

-Really?

-Yeah.

Okay.

-You ready?

-Yeah.

Yeah?

[sighs] Oh... What?

[sentimental music playing] Separated at birth.

[laughs] My God.

Wow.

That's incredible.

I'm thinking it's very spooky the parallels here.

It makes me want to meet him more now.

[Davina]But before we tell Paul the news of his brother, we take on an extraordinary request from another searcher.

[computer keys clacking] Most of the time, people come to us searching for a parent, a sibling, or a child they've had to give up.

But, this time, our task was to find an entire family.

[seagulls crying] Ready?

[Shaun Lawrence] That's it.

Good one.

Why was I given up?

When I found out that my birth parents got married the year after I was adopted... and then to see that they'd had two daughters, it just...blew my mind.

I have a birth mother and father and two sisters, and we're all from the same family, yet I'm not part of it.

No, no, no, no!

And... aw.

[Davina] 54-year-old Shaun Lawrence is a school site manager and former fireman.

I've got two children, Charlie and Chloe, 23 and 22.

Charlie lives locally, and we see each other every week.

-You look so blonde there.

-[laughs] [Davina]Shaun grew up in Kent in the late 1960s and '70s.

[Charlie] You are still very tiny there.

[Shaun] I was adopted at about five months.

Now, this is where definitely getting a bit older.

I enjoyed my childhood.

My adoptive mom and dad loved me.

They looked after me.

It was special and still is.

Look, Granddad's grey hair and dark moustache.

[Charlie] Aww...

I first found out that I was adopted about the age of 10.

I remember my mom and dad saying to me, "You were chosen.

We have adopted you."

And I guess, at that kind of age, I didn't really understand what that meant.

As time then progressed, it became more important for me to find out burning questions about-- Why?

Who are you?

Where are you?

[Davina] 17 years ago, Shaun tried to find out why he was given up for adoption.

This is a certified copy of my birth certificate.

Here it shows my mother's full name, Eileen Catherine Geen.

She was a student nurse.

My birth father isn't recorded.

[Davina]Hoping to track down his birth father, Shaun decided to get hold of his adoption paperwork and made another unexpected discovery.

This is my birth father's name, William John Lockett.

My birth parents actually stayed together and then decided to get married a year after my birth, which was quite a surprise, if I'm honest.

I didn't expect that at all.

[Davina] 54-year-old Shaun Lawrence made an extraordinary discovery when he got hold of his adoption paperwork.

A year after his birth parents gave him up, they got married.

I'm not a child that was born in a relationship that didn't continue.

It did continue.

In fact, it went on to become something more that I wasn't around for.

And I thought, "Well, I wonder if they ever had any children."

And I kept looking, and in 1973, some four years later, they had a daughter, Michelle.

And then, incredibly, again after that, the following year, they had another daughter, Natalie, which means I have two sisters.

[melancholy music playing] The questions that are going through my head are: "Could you have not held onto me?"

"I wonder, if you had your chances again, you'd have kept me."

They brought me into this world.

And I don't want to leave this world without ever knowing.

[upbeat music playing] [Nicky]By the time Shaun came to us, he knew the names of his entire birth family, but he wasn't able to find them anywhere.

We focused on his birth mother, Eileen.

Our research revealed that she and Shaun's birth father got divorced in 1980, and she remarried.

When we searched under her new married name, we made a breakthrough.

Eileen was still alive, as was Shaun's birth father and both his sisters.

[cheerful music playing] As John and Eileen no longer live with each other, I've arranged to meet Eileen and their daughters.

All through his life, Shaun has been plagued with unanswered questions: What happened?

Why was he given up?

And has his birth family forgotten him?

I'm hoping that Eileen and her daughters, his full sisters, Michelle and Natalie, can shed some light.

Hi, Eileen.

How are you doing?

-[Eileen] Come in.

-Lovely to meet you.

Eileen has a rare neurological condition called PSP, which affects her voice and eyes.

-Hi, everyone.

-[Michelle] Hello, Nicky.

-Hi, Nicky.

You alright?

-[Nicky] Michelle, Natalie.

-Hi.

-Michelle.

[Nicky] Hi, Michelle.

It's lovely to meet you.

-[Michelle] And you.

-[Natalie] And you.

[Nicky] And, Eileen, thank you very much for having me in your home.

-This is incredible, isn't it?

-Yeah.

What was it like when you first heard the news that Shaun has been looking for you?

I was really overwhelmed and really excited and happy.

What's it like for you two?

Quite excited, quite shocked that it's all come out of the blue now.

We wanted to find him years ago, but we didn't get too far.

Because of the way that the adoption was, Mom really felt that she had no right to look for him.

But when we wanted to find him, Mom actually said that she would support us in that.

So you did actually think about collectively looking for him?

-Yes.

-[Nicky] Yeah.

How old were you when you got pregnant?

I was 18.

I was nursing at the time, and when I found out I was pregnant, I had to leave my job.

In those days, you weren't allowed to stay once you were pregnant.

Oh, I see.

[Michelle] So then, she had nowhere else to go.

[Nicky] What did your parents say about it?

I didn't feel I could go home.

They were very old-school, and I felt really alone.

Did you and John consider looking after Shaun and giving it a go?

Well, we did try to, but, obviously, we couldn't get anywhere to live.

They couldn't rent a flat.

You weren't allowed to have a baby in a flat.

So, they felt like there was no options at all for them.

[Eileen] I was in a mother and baby home.

Six weeks, I looked after him.

What were those six weeks like?

Well, it was lovely to look after him, but hard to give him up.

Made it really difficult.

I didn't feel I had any choice.

Absolutely.

Completely understand that.

I felt really hopeless and helpless in the situation I was in.

And it must have been tough for John, who you later went on to marry.

I think it was very hard... for both of us.

[Natalie] Just can't wait to see what he looks like.

Well, do you want to see a picture?

[Michelle] Oh, please.

-Yes, please.

-Yes, please.

Oh.

[sentimental music playing] [Eileen] He's got kind eyes, hasn't he?

Wow.

He looks like Dad, doesn't he?

Yeah.

[Eileen] Oh.

My son.

[Natalie rubbing Eileen's arm] It's a miracle, really.

I'm so excited to meet him.

Mm.

He has written a letter for you, in case we found you.

Would you like to read it?

I would.

Yes, please.

[Michelle] "Dear Eileen, Firstly, I would like you to know that I am loved, cared for, and have been well looked after for as long as I can remember.

I have been blessed with a childhood and a life which I consider have been amazing.

But I always felt different-- somehow outside, incomplete.

There are times when I would cry myself to sleep.

[cracking] I have not really spoken about this before."

[sniffs] Oh, bless him.

"You are my mother.

[sniffing] That is incredibly important to me."

[sniffs, sighs] "I would like to get to know you, maybe have a relationship, fill the gap, the void.

I hope you are well and are able to meet and help me answer the questions.

More importantly, to meet you.

Thank you for listening.

Shaun."

[Natalie sniffs, sighs] Are you alright, Mom?

Yeah.

Are you okay?

[sentimental music playing] What will this mean to your father, if I may ask?

He's overwhelmed by it as well.

He's really, really excited to meet him, and that's why he wants to be there for the reunion too.

-Yeah.

-Yeah.

But it's wonderful news for Shaun.

Yeah.

He's come back to see me, and that's wonderful.

[sniffs] [Davina]After a difficult start to life in care, Paul Connolly issearching for the truth about his identity.

I felt loneliness as a child, which was like a physical pain.

And still, at 60 years old, don't know where I've come from or who I am.

It will come as a huge relief to Paul to know for sure who his father was.

And, today, I can also give him the wonderful news that we found his brother.

[lighthearted music playing] [Paul] Hi, Davina.

Come in.

Thanks.

Thanks very much.

[sighs] Well, thanks for talking to me.

How have you been?

Apprehensive, yeah, to say the least.

You know, not really sure what to expect.

Well, we did, um, discover that your father was Pino.

-Oh, really?

-Yeah.

Okay.

Now, I know that you were pretty sure that he'd probably passed, and I'm really sorry to say that, unfortunately, you were right about that.

Yeah.

But I can tell you that Pino had three children with another woman in the East End of London around the time of your birth.

-Really?

-Yeah.

I had no idea.

[sniffing] What does that mean to you?

It means a lot.

Hell of a lot.

Yeah.

So, we have found Frankie, your brother.

Frankie.

He's 62.

It's just blowing my mind.

[Davina chuckles] Wow.

Frankie.

And does he live in Malta?

Or does he live in-- No, he lives in England?

No...

He lives here?

What, in London?

He lives in Southend.

You're joking.

About 14 miles away.

That's just down the road.

How is that possible?

I have got a picture of him, if you'd like to see it.

Oh, yeah, yeah.

That's your brother.

[Davina chuckles] -He does look like me.

-[laughing] He does.

[Paul] Wow!

Jesus, it's unbelievable.

Well, sadly, Frankie's memories of Pino aren't brilliant ones.

And he does remember Pino being quite violent towards him.

Oh, dear.

So, you guys, not only are you similar in age, but you have had very, very similar upbringings.

His mother is also Irish Catholic.

Wow.

That's unbelievable.

Then, when he was little, his mom shipped him to Northern Ireland to go and live with the grandparents, because she just couldn't cope.

Yeah.

And when Frankie came back to the UK, he ended up going into care and being fostered.

-And-- -It's a similar story, isn't it?

It's so similar to yours.

Oh, my god.

It's unbelievable.

So, he-- He became a bit of a bad boy.

Oh, really?

But he did have a turning point in his life.

And he started working.

And he loved it.

And he's done really well.

It's amazing.

Got so much in common, someone I never met.

Frankie is really looking forward to meeting you.

-Is he?

-Yeah.

Is he?

He's...

He's really pleased.

He wants to meet me?

That's good.

This is...

It's family, right?

I mean, I don't know why you can tell so much from a picture, but I just know we get on.

I know that's a weird thing to say, just from a picture.

It's amazing.

Thank you.

[Davina]Paul and Frankie are meeting in Essex, midwaybetween their homes.

[Paul]It's, uh-- It's quite a big deal today.

It's not every day you meet a brother you never knew you had.

[chuckles] There's excitement mixed with some apprehension as well, obviously, 'cause it's the unknown, isn't it?

Yeah.

[Frankie] What's going through my mind right now?

Nerves, to be honest, and, uh, excitement.

[piano music playing] The thought that I've got a brother out there is incredible.

[Paul]I'm starting from a blank sheet with Frankie, so it's a new relationship.

Hopefully, it's one that will blossom, and we will complement each other.

[music swells] Hello, bro.

[laughs] -Brother.

You all right?

-Yeah.

Lovely to see you.

Finally.

Yeah, lovely.

-Wow, it's amazing, isn't it?

-Like looking in a mirror.

[Frankie laughs] Amazing, isn't it?

Yeah, absolutely.

I can't believe it.

I don't know where to start, to be honest.

I know, I know, there's so much, isn't there, we need to discuss.

But, yeah, it's incredible.

And so, you grew up in Hornchurch, did you?

I grew up all over the place-- mainly in Clapton, Shoreditch, all around that area, and then we moved into Dagenham, and from there, like... -I went to school in Dagenham.

-Did you?

What school?

Bishop Ward.

You didn't go to Bishop Ward, did you?

Oh, God!

I went to Bishop Ward, yes.

So did I.

[laughs] I can't believe that.

You went to the same school as me?

Yeah, all-boys Catholic, yeah.

-Oh, my God.

-[laughs] That is just freaky, isn't it?

I can't believe that.

Yeah, we were in the same school.

Same time.

Why did it take you so long to find me?

[laughs] Exactly.

Meeting Frankie, you know, I couldn't have wished for more, really.

[Frankie] I'm totally overwhelmed.

I'm feeling so euphoric and excited inside.

You know, we have finally connected, and it feels good.

It feels really good.

I was hoping you lived in Vegas, though, 'cause I'd have preferred a trip there.

That's what I said.

I said, "What?"

I said, "Westcliff?

What?"

It'd be wonderful to actually be part of each other's lives and our families to get to know each other and have that connection that, for us, we've never had.

That's Gemma, my daughter, and that's Isla, my granddaughter.

[Frankie]Paul is my blood, and it feels incredible.

It feels natural, to be honest.

Yeah.

Feels like I know him already.

And that's my other daughter, Katie.

[Paul] Oh, nice.

Archie!

[laughs] I think he's going to get on really well with the kids.

The kids will love him, yeah.

This is your Uncle Frankie.

[Frankie] Nice to meet you, Archie.

-[Archie] Nice to meet you.

-Forever, mate.

Lovely, lovely guy.

Daddy's brother.

Of course, it's later in life that we found each other, but, at the same time, I think you've just got to be grateful for every day.

Do you think I look like your dad?

Definitely.

I started out looking for my father, and instead, I found a brother.

So the future's bright, as they say.

[Davina]Shaun Lawrence is determined to find out what happened to his birth family following his adoption 54 years ago.

It must be extraordinary as an adopted person to find out that your birth parents went on to have more children together.

So, the news I'm going to give Shaun today is big.

Both his parents and his sisters have been found, and they can't wait to welcome him into the family.

-Hey, Shaun.

-Hi, Davina.

Nice to see you.

-Come in.

-And you.

Thank you.

[Door shuts] Thanks for talking to me, Shaun.

I was just going to ask, first off, what it is that's driving you to search now.

It's a difficult one, really.

As I've got older, it's become more and more important to me, because I want to understand.

And I know that-- having two daughters, there's nothing on earth that would separate me from them, no matter what the circumstances.

But I'm not naive enough to think that it's as simple as that.

Well, I've got some information for you... because your family's been found.

Wow.

[Davina chuckles] [sighs, sniffs] Amazing.

They're all okay?

That's good.

Oh, what do I say?

Just go.

[laughs] [laughs] Thank you.

Thank you.

So, we'll start at the beginning.

Okay.

So, your mom and dad met when she was 17... -Right.

-...and he was 26.

And then when she was 18, she fell pregnant.

He made no money, and there was nothing in place for them to be able to care for a child.

They had no security, living in separate places.

It was a very, very hard time for them.

[Shaun sighs, sniffs] What are you thinking?

Well, that must have been incredibly difficult.

You never quite know what the circumstances are.

But you were never forgotten.

Never.

So, they went and lived in Chester, and they decided to have a family when they felt more settled, and the girls knew about you.

-Really?

-Yeah.

The girls were desperate to find you.

Really?

[crying] Your parents were a bit worried that... if they came to find you, maybe you didn't know... Would they unsettle you...

So, they just kind of thought, "No, sit tight.

He'll come."

[Shaun laughs] So, your mom and dad split up.

Yeah, I was aware.

-But they're still friends.

-Good.

So, Shaun, have you ever wondered what they look like?

[laughs] Don't tell me.

You've got a picture as well?

Of course.

Yes, I have.

Yeah.

-Would you like to see?

-Yes, I would.

So, I've got two separate pictures.

[Shaun] Okay.

The first one is of your birth mother and your two sisters, Michelle and Natalie.

Oh, wow.

[piano music playing] [Davina] They look lovely, right?

[Shaun] Yeah.

Yeah, they do.

Definitely see the resemblance.

I can see it, definitely.

Wow.

Thank you.

[Davina] And...

Here is one of your birth father.

Oh.

Wow.

That's where I get the curly hair from.

[Davina] Mm-hmm.

Thanks.

Oh, thank you.

I was loved.

And they've not forgotten me.

[uplifting music playing] I'm intrigued, excited.

I want to find out.

Hearing their voices for the first time, seeing them for real.

[Michelle] How are you feeling, Dad?

-Are you feeling okay?

-[John] Yeah.

-A bit anxious?

-A little bit apprehensive.

-A little bit.

-[Michelle] Yeah.

I'm feeling very anxious.

Such a big thing, isn't it?

I think I just want to give him a hug.

[Shaun]Of course, it's not just my birth parents.

I'm meeting two sisters.

Full-blood sisters.

You alright?

Hmm?

I am, yes.

[Shaun]It's been a long time waiting for this.

It's really here, right now.

[sniffs] [music swells] [sighs] -Oh... -I'm so sorry.

Oh, it's alright.

It's fine.

Nothing to apologize for.

I never thought this day would ever come.

Yeah, me neither.

[laughs, sniffs] It's amazing.

It is.

Yeah.

-Go and see your dad.

-[Shaun] John.

[John] Excuse me for not standing up.

[Shaun] Oh, it's all right.

It's fine.

-Okay.

-Forgive me.

Oh, no, it's fine.

[John crying] -Are you okay?

-Alright now.

[sighing] Oh, deary dear.

You happy?

Yes, I'm very happy to see you.

It has been an incredible journey, wondering what's been going on and what happened.

It was different 50 years ago.

Things were hard.

It was all my fault.

I made the biggest mistake of my life.

Don't... Don't... To hear that I was loved and that you continued to think about me, to talk about me, meant so much.

'Cause, all of a sudden, I mattered.

Of course you did.

Oh, my God.

[laughs] Hiya.

[crying] Hello, Shaun.

You must be Shaun.

[laughs] [Shaun] Mm.

-[Natalie] You alright?

-Yeah.

-And you?

Good?

-[both] Yeah.

-You sure?

-[both] Yeah.

Grab a chair.

[sighing, sniffing] I'm not supposed to cry.

-Big brother.

-[all laugh] To find out the things I found out in the last few weeks has just been life-changing, really.

It's... Hello.

So, this is my girls.

This is Eileen.

Hello.

Nice to meet you.

I could never have expected it to have worked out as well as it has.

This is your Uncle Shaun.

[Shaun and Michelle laugh] There's a whole group of people, a whole other family which I'm part of.

[Michelle laughs] It's changed something inside of me forever.

Having him in our lives again... it's amazing.

[all laugh] I was loved, and I'm still loved by a bigger group of people that I call my family.

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