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

[man] I'm his son.

I need to be able to say the word "Dad" to him.

[woman] I have to find my brother.

I just can't let it go.

I just can't let him go.

She's my mother.

What became of her?

Where did she go?

Finding someone when the trail's gone cold can feel like an impossible task.

But that's where we step in... We've found her.

-No way!

-Yes.

[crying] This is my dream come true.

...offering a last chance to people desperate for help... -There's your dad.

-Oh, my God!

I know I'm crying, but I'm so happy.

[Nicky] With searches taking us to surprising places, we've unearthed hidden secrets, solving family mysteries, and finding people that nobody else could trace.

-[woman] Buongiorno.

-Buongiorno, Silvana.

[speaking Spanish] [woman] ...Christina's father.

[Nicky] Christina's father?

So, he's-- this is wonderful.

[Davina] Although the answers aren't always what people expect... [woman] Oh, my word!

...we resolve questions that have haunted entire lives.

I only know that she's not dead because of you.

This week, two stories shaped by moments in British history-- a family torn apart by the birth of a wartime baby... [woman] Dad was expecting to come home to his wife and his two boys.

But he came home to find three boys.

...and a daughter given up against a backdrop of racism.

[woman] It was the '50s.

For a white women with a mixed-race baby, she must have had it hard.

[dramatic music ends] Our first search is on behalf of a woman desperate to find the older brother she's never known.

[woman] I had absolutely not a clue that I had another brother.

He was taken away.

But he is part of my family, and I need to tell him that.

Barbara Jacobs lives in West End, just outside Southampton, near to her family.

I have two daughters who mean the world to me, and between them have produced three wonderful grandchildren.

Barbara was born in 1946 to father Frank and mother Bessie.

But her mother died when she was just 3.

[daughter] That's your last photo with her, then?

Oh, sad, isn't it?

She and her two older brothers were brought up by their father.

[Barbara] Dad, I think, had it extremely hard, and I think he did a really good job.

We all three grew up to be level-headed adults.

But when Barbara was in her late twenties, a chance encounter on the high street changed her life forever.

I bumped into an old family friend whilst out shopping, and, then all of a sudden, out came this story.

She told me, "You have another brother."

I couldn't believe what I was hearing.

She said, "Your mum had a child when your dad was away at war, and she had to give him up."

Uh...

I was so shocked.

How could I not have known?

Needing to know more, Barbara turned to her mother's old friends in the village.

They told her that during the Second World War, whilst Barbara's father was away fighting, Bessie had met a soldier stationed in West End.

There used to be dances that were held once a week in the church hall.

[big band music playing] And all the girls in the village, they all used to go, and that's where she met him.

For a moment, there was no war.

There was music, there was dancing, there was fun, there was laughter.

I can see all of that.

Bessie became pregnant and in 1944 gave birth to a baby boy called Geoffrey, who she started to raise alongside her two older sons.

Mum's friends told me that she was very proud of her three boys.

Geoffrey lived a normal life.

He was not hidden away.

But when Barbara's father, Frank, returned from the war, everything changed.

Dad was expecting to come home to his wife and his two boys, his two sons.

But he came home to find three boys.

And, unfortunately, Dad, I don't think, took it very well, and he gave her the choice-- it's either us or Geoffrey.

A very hard choice that my mother had to make.

She chose to stay with the family, and Geoffrey had to go.

Mum's friends told me that broke her heart.

Geoffrey was given up from the family when he was 18 months old.

He must have grown to love his mum, to love his brothers, and then to be parted from them, he must have thought, "Where are they?

Where have they gone?"

When I think of that small boy, my brother, that just absolutely rips me to shreds.

Barbara's been searching for Geoffrey for years, but she's still no closer to finding her brother.

[crying] I want to tell him that his mum loved him and that she didn't want to give him away.

He's my brother.

I can't bear the thought of him being out there and thinking, "Nobody's looking for me."

He has a sister who loves him.

I think he needs to know that.

[sirens] Barbara has been looking for her brother for nearly 20 years.

[Nicky] She ordered his birth certificate, which had been amended to say he'd been adopted.

And given that he'd lived with the family for 18 months and answered to the name Geoffrey, it was unlikely this name would have changed.

But to find him, she needed to know his new surname.

So, that was the first way we could help.

We worked with a specialist social worker legally allowed to access the Change of Name records for adopted people.

They discovered that Geoffrey's adoptive parents had kept his first name.

He was now called Geoffrey Tonks.

We couldn't find a record for Geoffrey Tonks in the Southampton area, where he'd lived with his mother, Bessie.

So, we turned to his adoption certificate.

It revealed that Geoffrey had been given the middle name John and that his parents were living in Walsall at the time of his adoption.

This gave us a new area to focus our search-- the Midlands.

Scouring the electoral rolls, there was a Geoffrey John Tonks of the right age living in Staffordshire.

We got in touch-- and he confirmed he was the right man.

[fast-paced music playing] I'm on my way to meet him.

Geoffrey was 18 months old when he was given up.

That's a huge thing to happen to a little boy.

I wonder how his life has turned out.

And how's he feeling now that his sister has come looking for him?

Okay, thanks.

Geoffrey has been married to his wife, Wendy, for 50 years, and they have two grown-up children.

[doorbell rings] -Hello.

-Hello!

-I'm Nicky.

-How are you?

-Very well.

-Nice to meet you.

Come on in.

[Nicky] Geoffrey.

Thank you.

[Geoffrey] It is nice to see you.

[Nicky] Good to be here.

So, did you know you had a sister?

-Yes.

-How did you know?

Because in the '90s, I got my file from Barnardo's, which gave me basic information.

And did you think about searching for your birth family?

I didn't see any point in it because of rejection.

How would I have felt if I'd have gone to them, and they didn't want to know?

How much do you remember of your childhood?

Until I was 7, it was a blank.

What do you mean, it was a blank?

Well, I was in Barnardo's, but I can't remember anything until my adoptive parents took me at the age of 7.

It was the sort of family where there was never any hugs or emotions.

They fed me, bed me, took me out to the seaside, but there was never the emotion there.

Who was the first person that showed you love in your life?

Wendy.

Yeah.

[crying] You don't look back.

-Sorry.

-No, it's alright.

Listen.

It's so wonderful that you've been together for 50 years as well.

How does it feel to know that there's somebody else there who loves you-- Barbara?

Good.

[Nicky] There she is.

[sniffs] Yeah.

[Geoffrey] Nice smile there, isn't it?

[Nicky] The day she found out she had a brother, she was in her late twenties.

Since that time, she's had you in her mind, and she's wanted to find you.

[Geoffrey] That means something there, kid.

[Nicky] She's written this letter.

"Dear Geoffrey, there has not been many days that you have not been in my thoughts.

I hope that you have had a happy life.

Being parted from your mum must have been so traumatic for you both."

Mmm.

"She loved you very much, and she was heartbroken.

She would be so thrilled if we were able to meet.

Fondest love, Barbara."

That's lovely, isn't it?

That's lovely.

And is she Bessie?

[Geoffrey] Amazing, isn't it?

And that's the first time in 73 years I've seen my mum.

Hmm.

There's a likeness, isn't there?

For sure.

She's your mother.

I'll treasure that.

[laughs] So, I've got a picture of my mum, and I've got a picture of Barbara there.

Can't wait to meet you.

Can't wait.

[kiss] -Where are you?

-[Wendy] I'm in the kitchen.

Look at that.

That's my mother.

-That's Bessie.

-Oh, wow!

[Geoffrey] And this is my younger sister, look, Barbara.

-Oh, it's lovely, isn't it?

-Isn't this amazing?

How are you feeling?

Aww!

It's alright.

Don't be upset.

It's okay.

[Davina] Before we tell Barbara that Geoffrey's been found... Our second search is on behalf of a woman looking for her birth mother, who gave her up for adoption against a backdrop of racial tension.

[woman] It was the '50s.

It was bad enough getting pregnant out of marriage anyway, but for a white woman to have a mixed-race baby was even worse.

I feel for my birth mum.

She must have had it hard.

We're going on the fair, on the merry-go-round.

60-year-old grandmother Sharon Harte lives in Stourport in the West Midlands.

Are you excited?

Yeah.

Adopted as a baby, Sharon was raised in nearby Smethwick, the youngest of nine siblings.

I had a happy childhood.

I was in a bubble.

Was just love all around me.

I grew up knowing I was adopted as far back as I can remember.

All my siblings were white, and there's me-- Well, I knew there was a difference, because, obviously, I was a different color.

[laughs] Sharon's adoptive parents told her what they knew about her background.

Her birth mother was a white woman called Barbara.

She already had a daughter from a previous relationship, and she'd worked in a bicycle factory here in Smethwick.

It's a strange feeling inside to think she's walked around here.

It feels like I'm walking in her footsteps.

At the time Barbara was working here in the late 1950s, Smethwick was changing.

The town's busy factories attracted hundreds of new arrivals from across Britain's former empire, and Smethwick quickly became racially diverse.

It was at this time Barbara met Sharon's dad, who was from Jamaica.

My mum was white, and my dad was Black.

But mixed relationships in those days, it wasn't accepted at all.

I've heard that sometimes in the street, white women used to get spat on for going with a Black man.

I experienced racism myself, being called names to do with my color, and so, I understand how my mother must have felt.

And it wasn't just racism that Barbara was dealing with.

By the time Sharon was born, Barbara had split up with the father and was a single mum.

In those days, women experienced horrible things just being unmarried mothers, but having a Black man's baby, people would shun her for that.

I just pictured my mum being so sad.

With no help.

And no one.

Not knowing what to do next.

I wish that I could find her.

I'd give anything to just see her standing in front of me.

When she was 16, Sharon tried to find out where Barbara went after giving her up.

She placed an article in the local newspaper and rang round anybody who might have known her.

She left, and no one saw her again.

I was told that she'd moved on to a new relationship, but nobody knows where she went then.

Now, 60 years after being parted from her birth mother, Sharon is still trying to find her.

The older I've got, the urge has just got stronger and stronger.

She's my mum.

And I just feel in my heart that connection.

When Sharon came to us, she had very limited information about her birth mother.

She did know Barbara had worked in Smethwick near Birmingham, but there wasn't a lot to go on.

So, we tracked down Sharon's birth record, and this revealed Barbara's maiden name to be Dickson.

And that's when we made a tragic discovery.

A search for Barbara Dixon revealed that she'd passed away in 2010.

Sharon is never going to have a chance to meet her birth mother.

But we also know that Barbara had another daughter before Sharon.

So, what happened to her?

Using the name Barbara Dickson, we found a child born four years before Sharon in Smethwick, called Carol.

So, we wrote to her.

Carol replied and told us she wasn't Barbara's only other daughter.

Sharon also has three younger sisters-- Terri, Bev, and Sandra.

Stirchley, please.

Bev didn't want to appear on camera, but Carol and the others agreed to meet me in Birmingham.

It's been eight years since Barbara passed away... And now, Sharon has come looking for her.

Did Barbara tell her other daughters about Sharon?

Or was it a secret she took to the grave?

Hello.

I'm Nicky.

Pleased to meet you.

-How are you?

-Fine, thanks.

Come on in.

-I'll follow you.

-Okay.

-[Nicky] Hi.

-[Terri] How are you?

-This is Terri.

-[Nicky] Terri.

How are you?

-[Sandra] This is our Carol.

-[Nicky] Carol.

How are you?

It's very nice to meet all of you.

Right, so we've got Sandra and Terri and Carol.

How does it all fit together?

I'm the oldest.

-Then there's Terri.

-[Nicky] Right.

And then there's the baby, Sandra.

[Nicky] Right.

Naturally, you can see I'm from a different dad, lighter, you know.

My mum and dad split.

Right.

And my nan and granddad brought me up.

So, Sharon fits where, then, in the timeline?

Sharon's in between, um, our Carol and myself, and so, Mum's had a relationship in between our two fathers.

Did you know about Sharon?

I knew that there was, uh, a sister.

Spoke a few times to Mum about it.

But she wanted to keep it secret.

I think it was protecting the younger ones.

I knew because when I was young, I came across a document, and it said there was a girl adopted.

And I thought, "Oh, this is private, I shouldn't have seen that."

And I never spoke about it.

But it never left my mind.

Never.

-So, you knew?

-Yeah.

And you knew and Sandra.

-No, I didn't know anything.

-Nothing?

No.

But I'm chuffed to bits that I've got another sister.

So, Carol, when you did discuss Sharon with your mother, what did she say?

It wasn't very often I did speak.

It was private, wasn't it, you see, so...

But the one time I was pregnant with my daughter, and I said to my mum, "I'll call her Sharon."

Her face lit up, as if to say, "[gasps] Would you?"

So, it just showed Mum's never forgot.

I can't imagine how Sharon's going to feel when she finds that out.

Yeah.

I hope she's chuffed.

'Cause I know Mum was.

Have you got a picture of your mum?

[Carol] Yeah.

[Nicky] So, what was she like?

[Terri] Mum loved to see people happy.

And if there was an event on or something, Mum wouldn't be the center of the attention, but she could see people having a nice time.

-Mum was happy then, wasn't she?

-[Carol] Yeah.

And she was a barmaid for 15 years, down the road.

She actually wanted her own pub.

[Nicky] So, that's your dad?

-Yeah.

-[Nicky] Right.

-And they look so happy.

-[all] Yeah.

Mum and Dad were together for over 40 years, weren't they, until Dad passed away.

It was lovely that Mum had Dad, you know, after having... -[Terri] Yeah.

-...broken relationships and relationships that didn't work as such.

Yeah.

They went through a lot.

Mum had lost a lot of friends and family and everything, hadn't she?

Because of being with a Black man.

-Really?

-[all] Yeah.

And called all sorts of names and spat at, and I remember a brick coming through the door.

-A brick?

-Yeah, through the front door.

Just thrown in through the front door.

And if Mum was on her own, and, um, Sharon came along, to have all that... That's why, as well, she felt like it was the only option is to give Sharon a good home to somebody else.

I'm just hoping that Mum made the right decision for her.

But, you know, we can't wait to welcome her, because-- we just want her now.

-We want to see her.

-Yeah, one of us.

-See what she looks like.

-Yeah.

Yeah.

[all] Awww!

[laughs] [Sandra] Aw, she looks lovely.

That's our sister!

[all laugh] [Terri] Oh...!

[Nicky] She had a good adoption.

And a wonderful childhood.

-She did?

-Yeah, yeah.

-[Terri] Oh!

-Fabulous.

[Carol] Oh, thank goodness.

Mum would have been pleased.

-Oh, yeah.

-Yeah.

She has two children and a stepdaughter as well, and 10 grandkids.

Wow!

[laughs] [Sandra] It's just such a shame Mum's not here.

[Terri] But she's got us now, hasn't she?

-Yeah.

-Yeah.

Yeah.

All Mum's daughters.

[Carol] Oh.

[Barbara Jacobs] Right beneath the rolling pin, that's it.

Fabulous.

[Davina] Barbara Jacobs came to us searching for her older brother Geoffrey, who was given up from the family at 18 months old.

We found Barbara's brother living 170 miles away near Stafford, and I'm on my way to give Barbara the news.

Since the moment she found out about Geoffrey, Barbara has been desperate to tell him just how much he was loved and wanted.

And now, after more than 40 years, she can.

-Hi, Barbara.

-Davina!

How lovely to meet you.

-And you.

-Oh!

-Do come in.

-Thank you so much.

The circumstances under which you found out about Geoffrey must have been such a shock for you.

It was tough, 'cause I'd got to that stage in my life when-- and I didn't know.

'Cause he stayed with my mum for so long, I can only think that that little boy must have been very bewildered, very frightened.

And I hope that that has not affected his life.

So, you-- you've been worrying basically for all of that time?

All of that time.

I hope that he's had a happy life.

I hope he wants me in his life.

Well, he's gonna be in yours.

Oh.

[crying] [Barbara sighs] We found him.

-Really?

-Yeah.

Oh!

-And is he alright?

-Yeah.

Is he happy?

Is he married?

-He's married.

-Does he have a family?

-He's got a family.

-Oh... Oh!

-Do you want to see a picture?

-Oh, I'd love to.

Oh, my word!

Oh, my word!

Oh-- Oh, he's lovely.

Oh.

It's yours.

Oh!

So, he was adopted when he was 7 years old, and he had material things, but it wasn't a hugely affectionate household.

He remembers kind of wishing he could have a hug.

He did have a tough time, he did.

But he's happy now.

That makes me happy too.

Today, just a few days after discovering that her older brother has been found, Barbara's going to meet Geoffrey for the first time.

My emotions are just all over the place.

My tummy's doing somersaults.

Instead of just seeing in my head that little boy, to be able to see the man and know that he's okay.

-Hi.

-Hi, Davina.

-Ah... -How are you doing?

Lovely to see you.

-You ready?

-Yeah.

I'm ready.

[Davina] Let's go.

Geoffrey and his wife, Wendy, have traveled from Staffordshire to Hampshire so Geoffrey can meet his younger sister.

It's important to me knowing that you've got family from the past that are interested in you, whereas you never thought it was gonna happen.

I've got a sister that's been looking for me.

It's a big day.

Let's have a look.

-Will I do?

-Yeah, you look fine.

Good luck.

Enjoy yourself.

[Nicky] Geoff.

-[Geoffrey] How are you?

-How are you?

-Nice to see you.

-Are we ready?

[Geoffrey] We're ready, kid, raring to go.

So, how are you feeling about today?

Ah, unbelievable.

Finding your sister in your seventies, that means a lot, kid.

I shall be able to hold her hand.

Yeah.

We're nearly there.

So, how are you feeling right now?

Very nervous.

He might not like me.

Of course he'll like you, Barbara.

What do you think your mum would make of today?

-I think she'd be thrilled.

-Mmm.

Yeah, she would be really, really thrilled.

Brother and sister are meeting at a country house hotel not far from West End, where, over 70 years ago, Geoffrey lived with their family.

In there-- that's where you're gonna meet Barbara.

-Good luck.

-Thank you indeed.

Your brother's in there.

Ohh... -Good luck.

-Thank you.

[sentimental music playing] [Barbara laughs] -Barbara... -Geoffrey.

Geoff... -How are you?

Nice to meet you.

-Oh!

[both] A long time.

[Barbara] A very long time.

[Barbara] Oh!

[Barbara sighs] [Barbara sighs] You've been looking for so long.

Mmm.

Never mind.

[kiss] -[sighs] -Better late than never.

Yeah.

Better late than never, absolutely, absolutely.

[Barbara sighs] -Give me your hand.

-[Barbara laughs] Oh!

I've just got to tell you how important this day is to me.

Knowing that you've been searching, you've been looking for me.

I would have done some searching, but I didn't want to be rebuffed twice, do you get the meaning?

And I do get that.

You didn't want to open yourself up to any more hurt.

No, but I'm stronger now knowing that I've got a sister.

-And that she loves you.

-Yes.

-Yeah.

-Yeah.

And I appreciate that, and I thank you, from the bottom of my heart, I do.

So, I've made you happy?

Yes.

More than happy.

-Good.

-So, you can relax now.

-Yeah, I can.

-Here I am.

I can stop worrying.

-Did you worry a lot?

-Oh, I worried-- worried lots.

Shame.

But I haven't got to worry anymore.

[Barbara] Seeing how happy Geoff is, I just feel a weight has been lifted off my shoulders.

I'd begun to think this was never gonna happen.

Same here.

I mean, I-- I never thought it would have happened.

You sort of not wanted when you're 18 months, but... You're wanted now.

Good.

You are wanted now, without a doubt.

[Barbara] Hmm.

It's hard not to cry.

[sighs] I've got Barbara now.

I've got a sister now.

I am wanted.

That bond straight away, you realize it was there, that bond.

You can feel the warmth in her hand when you hold her, right, and she feels the same.

And you can look her in the eyes, and you can tell straight away that it's there.

And this is a picture of our mum.

[Geoffrey] Yeah.

I just need you to-- to know that she did love you very, very much, and that it was the worst-- the worst decision... -That she had to do.

-...she had to make.

[Geoffrey] That's a big thing.

It's overwhelming to, um, to know that she loved me and cared for me.

[Barbara] If our mother is up there looking down, I think she would be extremely happy.

Probably rest in peace now.

And I'm just really happy that I've been able to put that right for her, for us all, really.

It's a long time, isn't it, and if we got another 70 years, we'll stick together.

[both laugh] -[singing] Do-do-do-do-do... -You got her?

60-year-old Sharon Harte was given up for adoption at a few months old.

She came to us searching for her birth mother, Barbara.

Sadly, we discovered that Barbara passed away in 2010.

We've told Sharon away from the cameras.

It is incredibly tough getting this kind of news, but Sharon has agreed to see me today.

And I hope that I can bring her some kind of comfort when I tell her she has sisters-- lots of sisters-- who can't wait to meet her and welcome her into the family.

-Hey, Sharon.

-Hi, Davina.

Are you alright?

Yep, come on in.

Come on in.

[Davina] I'm really, really sorry that we couldn't bring you better news.

How've you been?

-Sad.

-Mmm.

Sad.

'Cause I just wanted her to go to her grave without a guilty conscience.

I wanted her to know, see me, know-- see that I was okay.

And have you ever seen a picture?

Did you have in your adoption files-- did you ever have a picture of your mum or anything?

-No, I haven't got anything.

-No.

Haven't got anything at all.

Would you like to see a picture?

Yeah.

[Sharon] Oh, gosh, that's my mum!

And I've always wondered what she looked like.

Wow!

I look so much like her, don't I?

I'm just thinking, I hope-- hope she used to think about me.

She did.

How do you know?

Well, you've got four sisters.

Four sisters!

Wow!

Did they-- did they know about me all along?

So, your older sister is called Carol.

She always knew about you.

-Your mum used to... -Did she?

Yeah.

Your Mum used to talk to her about you.

She was told to keep it between the two of them.

Yeah.

But Carol felt a real bond to you, and she named her daughter Sharon.

Oh!

[crying] -She named her after me?

-Yes.

Oh, God, that's lovely.

Yeah, and it meant a lot to your mum that she did that too.

That's so lovely.

[Davina] These are three of your sisters.

Oh, my gosh!

[Davina] Carol, Terri, and Sandra.

Wow!

My sisters.

I can see myself in-- in-- yeah.

[Davina] Oh, my gosh.

I mean, you and Terri...

They really can't wait to tell you all about your mum... -Oh, God... -...and her life.

[Sharon] My sisters.

We've got the same blood, you know.

We've got the same blood.

So, your other sister, Bev, is really excited about meeting you, but she would like to do that away from the cameras.

Oh, this is lovely, Davina.

This is so nice.

Thank you so much.

They've written you a few words.

[sniffs] "Hello, Sharon.

We are all so very excited and pleased that you have made this search for Mum.

Mum was a lovely lady, a very quiet but loving mum.

The decision she made will not have been easy for her.

Sharon, we want you to know that you have never been forgotten.

We have so much catching up to do.

This is just the beginning.

With love, your sisters-- Carol, Terri, Bev and Sanny."

[laughs] My sisters!

I can't wait to see them.

Today, just a few days after discovering that she has sisters who are desperate to meet her, Sharon is going to be reunited with them.

I'm just hoping that this is the beginning with my family, my sisters.

I keep saying "my sisters."

-Hi!

-Hi, Davina.

-How are you doing?

-[laughs] I'm good, thanks.

[Davina] Okay, hop in.

-Oh, gosh.

-And we'll go.

[Sandra] Cup of tea, Tez?

[Terri] Yeah, please, Sange.

Right, yeah, just... put there.

Love these photos.

We've done this book for Sharon, and we haven't got one!

-I know.

-[Carol laughs] -[Terri] I know.

-Typical.

It hurts that Mum's not here.

I'm sorry for Sharon that she's not meeting Mum.

Can't change anything from the past, but from now, hopefully, we can with us.

-Hopefully.

-Yeah.

It's really important to share everything with Sharon, yeah.

[knocking] -Hello.

-Hi, Nicky.

[Nicky] So, having known about Sharon for so long, how does it feel, the fact that this is happening now?

It's always been there, in my mind, in my heart, knowing she's there, and to meet her-- it's just brilliant.

I can't wait.

And I'm churning up as well.

-Churning up right now, yeah?

-Yeah.

I hope she wants to be part of the family.

-[Carol] Yeah.

-[Terri] Yeah.

She belongs with us.

What do you want to say when you see them?

That I'm just pleased to know that I wasn't forgotten.

Are you nervous?

Yeah, but I want to meet them as much as they want to meet me, -I think.

-Mmm.

I hope.

[sighs] The sisters are meeting at the pub where their mother, Barbara, worked for 15 years.

[Nicky] That's where you're gonna meet Sharon.

[Carol] Okay, thank you very much.

Thank you.

-Good luck.

-[Terri] Thank you.

[Davina] So, this is where I say goodbye.

Davina.

So, your sisters are in there.

-Okay.

-Good luck.

[kiss] Mwah.

[sentimental music playing] Oh!

[Sandra laughs] [Sandra crying] [all crying] [all laugh] Oh, Sharon.

[kisses] Oh, God.

-You're all beautiful!

-[all exclaim] It's just fantastic.

Oh, thank you.

I've known about you that long.

I know you have.

I knew about you too.

I just didn't know your name.

-[all] Oh!

-But I knew about you.

I knew I'd got an older sister.

And you named your first-born after me.

And that was with Mum.

We sat and talked about it, and Mum was that thrilled.

-Oh!

-Oh, dear!

[loud kiss] [all laugh] [Sandra] Oh, Sharon!

[Sharon] Oh, gosh.

I'm just really glad you wanted to meet me.

-[Carol] Of course.

Of course.

-So glad.

[Terri] There's no way we wouldn't.

You've always been there.

[Sharon] I should have done it sooner, shouldn't I?

Been thinking about it for a long time, but I just never had the...

It's not an easy thing to do, is it?

-No.

-It's not easy.

-But you're here now.

-I'm here to stay.

You're not getting rid of me.

-[Terri] Brilliant!

-Yes!

Oh, do you know what I've thought about?

-[Terri] What?

-Put your hand out.

There's a bit of a curve.

Tez, she's got it.

She's got... -[Terri] Oh, look!

-She's got the family fingers.

-[Carol] Oh, wow!

-Have you got them as well?

-Yeah.

-We've got them bad, haven't we!

[all laugh] [Sharon] It just felt like they were accepting me straight away.

Like I belong.

I felt like I belong.

[Sandra] We've had every emotion going.

We've laughed, we've cried with excitement, we've cried with upset, you know, thinking of Mum.

[all] Yeah.

'Cause Mum would have loved to have seen this.

I just can't stop looking at her.

Sharon's got light brown eyes, the same as Mum.

I can see Mum's eyes straight away.

[Carol] Mum would have been so pleased.

Knowing all the girls were finally together and be able to let go sort of thing of the feeling she must have had when she had to give Sharon up.

I've had a happy childhood.

-I've been lucky, really.

-Yeah.

And now, I'm even luckier 'cause I've got my sisters back.

[all laugh] [Terri] I know it's mad, but I feel like I've always known her.

It's like she's been away, and now, she's come home.

-Got you a present.

-Oh!

We've done something for you.

-[Carol] You ready?

-You shouldn't have.

[Carol] Yeah, we should.

Oh, wow!

That's-- -It's Mum.

-It's Mum.

Our Mum.

[Sandra] There's Mum when she was 18... 28.

[Sharon] I feel a connection with my Mum.

Although she's not here...

I feel a connection with her.

Thank you, girls.

Thank you so much.

I may not have got to meet my mum, but I've got myself four beautiful sisters.

Let's say cheers to Mum.

Oh, cheers.

Cheers to sisters.

Next time on Long Lost Family... ...a woman whose brother disappeared from the family when he was a toddler... [woman] Three children kept together and one taken away.

So, what happened?

...and a search on behalf of a former England rugby player with two people missing from his life-- his mother and his sister.

[man] To someone outside looking in, you'd just think, you know, he's living the dream.

But, inside, I was a complete a mess.

[peaceful music playing]