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

[man] How often has he thought about me?

What has he thought about me?

I want to find him.

[woman] I need to know that he's been okay and that he forgives us for what we did.

[man] I have always, always thought about her.

I want her to know that it wasn't my choosing to leave.

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

But that's where we step in... [whispering] Your mum's been found.

...offering a last chance to people desperate for help.

-She feels she's given you away twice.

-Oh, the poor woman.

-[Davina] That's your mum.

-Just to know that she wants to be a part of my life is phenomenal.

With no idea where our searches will lead, we've travelled the world, uncovering family secrets and finding people that no one else has been able to trace.

I always had this feeling that it was a girl.

[Davina] And finally answering questions that have haunted entire lives.

[man] It's from my dad.

Oh, my God.

I love you saying "mum."

[laughs] -I'm your mum.

-I've waited long enough to say it.

This week, two stories of sisters kept while their brothers were given up for adoption.

A mother and daughter looking for the baby boy lost from their family.

[woman] It was a wrong decision.

A terrible, terrible mistake.

And a sister searching for the brother kept secret from her as a child.

[woman] I'd always wanted a brother and that's why it was such a bombshell when I found out.

[dramatic music playing] [birds calling] [peaceful music playing] Our first story is on behalf of a mother and daughter, united by their search for the man who's been missing from both of their lives.

You notice I'm in my pajamas in that, because I hadn't been very well.

I was pregnant with your brother.

Did you know at this time that you would possibly have to give... -No.

No.

-...my brother up?

-That's why you look so happy.

-No.

[woman on right] It must be hard to look at.

Fifty five years ago, Elizabeth Wells had to make the agonizing decision to keep her daughter Janice, while giving up her son, Ja nice's brother, for adoption.

[Elizabeth] I've missed him from the day I agreed to go through with it, and I regret it.

I sincerely regret it.

Ooh, here's your tea coming, Mum, that'll keep you warm.

Today, Elizabeth and Janice live together in a village in Somerset.

Maybe see if the girls want to come... Elizabeth grew up locally, and when she was 16, started dating her first boyfriend.

[Elizabeth] It was true love, I was smitten.

He was the only person I could see.

I could be in a room with other people, but he would be the only person that I could see.

But Elizabeth's boyfriend was married.

[Elizabeth] He used to say, "Don't worry about it," and he promised to marry me.

Well, I really thought that he would get a divorce.

Hi, can I pay the bill, please?

That was lovely.

But before her boyfriend could keep his promise, Elizabeth fell pregnant with Janice.

Thank you, have a good one, bye.

[Elizabeth] When Janice was born, he did support me, he didn't desert me, because of how we felt about each other.

She was born out of love.

Elizabeth's parents helped look after Janice and she carried on seeing her boyfriend.

But when Janice was just seven months old, Elizabeth fell pregnant again.

He was quite excited, believe it or not, and I thought we would live happily together like a family unit.

Everything was fine right up until the last minute.

But by the time Elizabeth gave birth to her second child, a son she named Brian, the baby's father had decided to stay in his marriage and cut off all ties with Elizabeth.

[Elizabeth] I was very shocked, very shocked.

I thought, how am I gonna support two children, you know?

My parents couldn't support them.

They weren't in the position that, you know, they could help financially or anything like that.

So I thought, what am I gonna do?

At the time Elizabeth gave birth, the benefits offered to mothers by the government were limited.

So while Elizabeth went out to find a job, her parents agreed to take in Janice.

But they couldn't cope with looking after two young children.

[Elizabeth] I never had a choice to keep the two.

And so adoption was the only choice really.

Having one child and then having to make a decision to go through the pain of actually giving another child up must have been horrific.

Two weeks after Brian was born, he was given up for adoption, and Elizabeth never saw her son again.

It was like a blur.

It was like I... it wasn't me it was happening to.

I can't describe it.

I was so upset after it happened.

I felt part of me was dead.

Eventually Elizabeth got married and began to rebuild her life with Janice.

[Elizabeth] I have a guilt that I got to stay with mum, but my brother didn't.

How great would it have been to have someone to relate to, -to grow up with and share these memories with?

-[Elizabeth] I know.

[Janice] There was sadness because he wasn't in my life.

That's forever with you.

And then I try to put myself in her shoes.

How can you get over something like that?

You know, he was part of her.

Oh, that one was taken... [Elizabeth] We've got to find him to let him know the truth, that he's not just a child that was born out of wedlock.

That he was loved.

He's my boy.

We're both united in one goal.

We just would love to find him.

[Nicky] Elizabeth and Janice have been trying to find Brian for over three decades, but not knowing his new name after his adoption, they've had no success.

Three months after their search was launched, a specialist intermediary accessing Brian's adoption papers discovered that his name had been changed to Paul Meddelton.

A check of electoral rolls began in Plymouth where he was born.

But there were no records for him there, so a nationwide search was undertaken.

Luckily for us, Paul's surname, Meddelton, was spelt in an unusual way, which helped to narrow the search.

And finally Elizabeth's son, Janice's brother, was found.

[contemplative music playing] Contact was made and Paul confirmed he was the man we were looking for.

A retired manager for the Post Office, he now lives 275 miles away from where he was born, in Kent with his wife.

Between them they have four children and four grandchildren.

Elizabeth and Janice have spent years feeling the absence of the man that I'm about to meet.

But what about Paul?

How does he feel about the fact that his mother and sister are looking for him after a lifetime apart?

Okay?

Thank you.

-Hi, Paul, I'm Nicky.

-Hi, Nicky, come on in.

Thanks.

-Through there.

-Through here?

Thank you very much.

So, um, what was your initial reaction to hearing that Janice and Elizabeth were looking for you?

[Paul] Gobsmacked, really.

I suppose because my own parents have now sadly passed away, that I thought that it was more than likely that my birth mother had sort of passed away as well.

So it was a... that was a really nice surprise, to be honest.

One day your life is just trundling along, and then, you know, this tsunami comes along, washes everything you've known and... the game has changed.

So, did you know that you had a sister?

[Paul] Not when I was growing up.

My parents had always told me that I was adopted, from quite a young age.

But I didn't find out till ten years ago that I had an older full sister.

What did you think?

I was an only child, so I thought one day it might be nice to try and sort of track her down, but I'd always said to myself, if I was gonna go down that route, I'd never ever do it all the time my own parents were alive, because I didn't think that would be fair on them.

Yeah.

Your sister, Janice, found out about you when she was 15.

Right.

And has she been wondering all this time then, has she?

Right.

Christ, that's 40 years, then.

Over 40 years.

Blimey.

That must have been really... really, really tough.

Well, I've got some photos for you.

Your mum and your sister.

[Paul] Wow!

There is a resemblance.

Ah!

Yeah, you can tell that that is my sister... [laughs] ...without any, any shadow of a doubt.

Yeah.

Oh, that's amazing.

'Cause you imagine sort of what... what they may look like, but nothing can sort of prepare you for the reality.

Oh, tremendous.

That's from your mum.

[Paul] Right.

[clears throat] Right.

Uh, "My dear son."

Whoa, this is gonna be tough.

"My dear son, whilst I gave up the right to call you son many years ago, you have been with me all my life and forever in my thoughts."

Uh... "Do I regret the actions that I took all those years ago giving you up?

Yes, I do.

I hope that your childhood was filled with joy and contentment and that you were treasured and loved.

My dearest wish is to meet you and tell you my story in a hope that you may be able to understand and forgive me for the actions I took all those years ago.

Yours, kiss, kiss, kiss, your birth mother."

Well, nothing-- nothing to forgive.

And I did have a good life.

And, yeah, I'm looking forward to meeting.

And I... that's a lovely letter.

Because when you are adopted, you'd like to think that you were wanted.

And quite clearly I was wanted.

Yeah, amazing.

I'd imagine I'll call her mum.

Unless she didn't want to be called that, I suppose.

Because that's what she is.

[Davina] Before we tell Elizabeth and Janice that Paul has been found... our second search comes from Peterborough and a woman desperate to find the brother missing from her family.

[siren wailing] [woman] Dad was in hospital, he'd had a stroke.

I remember Mum going off to get some teas and coffees and Dad grabbed my hand and said, "There's one thing I wanna do when I get out of here.

You need to promise me you won't tell your mum, but we're gonna find your brother."

[peaceful music playing] [Davina] Tracey Collins was born in 1977 and grew up thinking she was an only child, with her parents, Pamela and Thomas Dickson.

[Tracey] It was a happy childhood.

We had a lot of time, you know, family holidays and nice places.

Mum and Dad and I were very close, but I don't think they could see how lonely I was.

I just remember constantly saying to my mum and dad, "I wish I wasn't, you know, the only child and I wish I had somebody else."

And... it just... Yeah, it hit home that I was very sort of on my own.

But when Tracey was 17, her mother told her that she wasn't an only child.

She had an older full brother, called Thomas, who her parents had given up for adoption three and half years before Tracey was born.

[Tracey] I had all these questions buzzing around in my head: where is he?

What's he like?

Why did you have to have him adopted?

But she said, "Don't ask me any questions, it's too upsetting.

We were never gonna tell you, it was always gonna be a secret."

Desperate to find out more about Thomas, Tracey turned to her father.

His face just dropped and he just sobbed into his hands.

And I just remember him saying over and over again, "It was the hardest thing I had to do to give my son away."

Unlike her mother, Tracey's father was relieved to be able to confide in Tracey, and they would steal moments to talk in secret.

He just wanted to explain why they'd done it.

They weren't married.

They were living in a bedroom that they were renting from a friend.

He kept saying, "We had no money.

Just, there was no work out there.

We had to do what was right for him."

I told my dad, "You can't just tell me I've got a brother, something I've wished for for years."

And he said, "I know," he said.

"I know your life maybe could have been a lot different."

And from that day we just became so close.

But just months after Tracey first talked to her father about Thomas, he suffered a stroke and was admitted to hospital.

It was here when Tracey was at his bedside that he made her a promise.

[Tracey, tearfully] And I just remember him just holding my hand and smiling and saying, "I know where he is.

I know the family are looking after him and I know the address.

I know they're still there."

He said, "We're going to find him.

I know how much he means to you."

And then Mum come back and... we just...

I remember my dad gripping my hand and just giving me a look and a wink as if to say, "our little secret, but we'll do it."

I had this amazing feeling inside, thinking and just excitement and just thinking, "Oh, my God, you know, I might get to meet him."

And then Mum and I went home, and I just remember being woken up by the phone ringing.

And, um, it was... it was Dad's doctor.

And he said, "Unfortunately your dad passed away in the middle of the night."

I felt like my heart had just been ripped out and I felt so bad for thinking it because I should have been thinking about my dad, but I just thought, but he knew where Thomas was.

And now I can't ask him.

All Tracey knew about her brother was that her parents had called him Thomas, and that he was born on the 17th of January, 1974.

And since her mother died in 2008, Tracey and her husband, Mick, have been trying to find him.

[Mick] We'd got to a point where we thought we'd explored every avenue.

She'd say, "I don't know if he's alive, I don't know where he is, I don't know what he's doing."

There isn't really much I can do except put my arms round her and give her a hug.

[Tracey] I put the flowers out on his birthday.

It's just my way of saying, "Happy birthday, brother.

I hope you're having a good day."

He's always been there at the back of my mind, and on his 40th birthday this year was just another year that had gone past that I haven't been able to find him.

I need to be able to say, "This is my brother."

And being able to look up and say to Mum and Dad, you know... [sniffles] "Look, he's here, he's all right."

[contemplative music playing] Although Tracey had Thomas' date of birth, any information about the whereabouts of her brother was lost when her father died.

When he was adopted, Thomas would have been given a new identity.

So in order to trace him, we had to work with a specialist legally allowed to access adoption records.

Eventually we were told Tracey's brother had been found in Lincolnshire, just two hours away from Tracey.

Now called Christian, he too grew up as an only child.

He was contacted to say that his sister was looking for him and agreed to meet me.

Some years ago, Christian, who had been working in I.T.

and as a musician, suffered from a stress-related illness.

He now lives with his adoptive parents, just outside Scunthorpe.

Ever since Tracey discovered that she had a brother, it has been so important for her to find him.

But I wonder what her search will mean to Christian.

How will he feel about the fact that his birth parents went on to have another child?

Great, thank you very much.

-Hi.

-Mr. Nicky Campbell.

-It is.

-Pleased to meet you.

-Christian, how are you?

[laughs] -Come on in.

[Nicky sighs] So how do you feel about all this?

-A little bit blown away.

-A little bit blown away?

Yeah, a lot, a lot blown away.

It never has really settled since finding out.

What had you been told about your adoption by your parents?

Just that I was adopted.

I've always known it.

I've always...

I've not had any trouble coming to terms with it.

So you knew you were adopted.

Did you have any information whatsoever about the adoption?

Um, there was a letter that detailed the parents.

The circumstances were that they lived in a one-bedroom accommodation, and they just didn't have it within themselves, you know.

Their circumstances there and then weren't, um... -Conducive to.

-Yeah.

...starting a family there and then.

And so this astonishing revelation that you have got a full sister, that's... -"bolt out of the blue" time, is it?

-Oh, yeah.

I'm overjoyed.

Yeah, I don't feel like my feet have touched the ground.

Just, yeah, opened my eyes to a brand-new horizon.

Exactly what is that feeling like knowing that they gave you up for adoption, stayed together, and then... had your sister?

What I've actually got from it, rather than any negative thing, I feel there are two people sharing the same parents who have yet to meet.

It's fantastic.

I certainly don't feel as alone in the universe anymore.

Yeah.

I believe you've had a few problems in your life?

Well, a few years ago everything collapsed in.

Everything, I was completely exhausted.

And having come through it, suddenly this couldn't have come at a better time.

[Nicky] Well, this is a big moment.

There's your sister.

[Christian] Amazing.

I can see a family resemblance.

Thanks for this.

[Nicky] Thank her.

She's kept that candle burning, hasn't she?

-Yeah.

-She's been thinking about you since she was a teenager.

Her father-- your father, your biological father-- he promised to find the information, to get the information, so that your sister would know her brother.

And then unfortunately he passed on so that never happened.

-Right.

-And that affected your sister profoundly, as you can imagine.

Every year on your birthday, she would put fresh flowers on the windowsill to recognize your birthday.

That's amazing.

No one's ever done anything like that for me.

Mm, yeah, I feel really warm towards Tracey.

-So you're looking forward to meeting her?

-Yeah.

Just... Just, imagining that future is the best thing ever.

-The best thing ever?

-Oh, yeah.

I will be living the rest of my life with a full sibling.

Not that I haven't always had one, but now I know I've got one.

And... we'll know one another as brother and sister.

I just think that is amazing.

Hello.

[mother] How have you got on?

Let's not keep you in suspense.

Oh, my God.

-She's lovely, isn't she?

-[father] She is, she's gorgeous.

She reminds me of somebody we know.

-You think?

-Mm.

You see it?

You upset?

-Emotional?

-Mm.

Yeah, I'm pleased for you, love.

-I am.

-[father] It's all right.

It's not goodbye or anything.

[laughing] [Davina] Before we tell Tracey that Christian's been found, I'm on my way to Somerset to meet Elizabeth Wells and her daughter, Janice.

Elizabeth and Janice have been longing to find their son and brother for years.

And what's wonderful is that I can finally tell them that Paul wants to be part of their family.

So much so, he'd even like to call Elizabeth "mum" if she'd allow him to.

-Hi, Elizabeth, how are you?

-Oh, hello.

-Fine, thank you.

-I'm Davina.

-Hello.

-Lovely to meet you.

And you.

I'm Liz.

Oh, Liz.

I'm allowed to call you Liz?

Good.

[Elizabeth] Oh, please do.

Come in and meet Janice.

[Davina] How much of a part of your life has Brian been?

Do you talk about him a lot?

Is he, is he kind of with you every day?

[Elizabeth] He's with me every day.

We do discuss it at times, but I get a bit upset about it.

Mum's tried to search, I've tried to search, but we just keep getting sort of dead ends.

It's exhausting to just keep looking and looking.

Yeah.

Well, you don't have to look anymore.

Brian's been found.

Okay, Mum.

All right, okay.

Thank you.

Thank you so much.

-As long as he's well.

-He's well.

He's called Paul.

Oh.

And he's living in Kent.

Does he want to see us?

Does he want to see us?

-He does.

-Ooh.

I don't wanna take the place of his mother and father that brought him up.

I just want him to know the truth.

-Is that important to you?

-Yes, very important.

I didn't want him to think that he was just, you know, anybody's, but... -Sorry.

-All right?

[Davina] You okay?

It's all right.

I know it's, it's huge, isn't it, to take on?

-Yeah.

-It's a lot.

Did he know that he had a sister?

He knew he was adopted at about five or six.

And it was actually only about ten years ago that he found out that he had a sister.

That must have come as a shock to him.

So he hadn't really thought of looking for either of you out of loyalty to his adoptive parents really.

Sadly both his parents passed away and so he's alone.

And actually about a year ago, he did start thinking that he might start looking.

So when you did find him, it was perfect timing.

Oh, my God.

[Janice] We look alike.

Look!

-What do you think, Liz?

-Yeah.

He looks very happy.

[Davina] He's written you a letter.

-Both of you.

-[Elizabeth] Ooh!

Will one of you read it?

[Elizabeth] D'you want your glasses?

"Dear Elizabeth and Janice.

For anyone to give away their child must be the most difficult decision in their life.

But I am sure you will have made that choice in order for me to have had a better chance in life.

So please do not agonize over the decision you had to take because I had a wonderful childhood with loving parents.

The only thing I didn't have in my formative years was a sibling, so to know I am shortly going to meet my big sis as well as my mum is simply awesome.

Your son and little brother, Paul."

[Elizabeth] I still can't believe it.

I never thought this day would come, never.

He said to Nicky that, um, he's hoping that if you wouldn't mind he could call you "mum."

Oh, I would be so thrilled.

I would be so thrilled.

I couldn't ask for anything better.

I just can't wait now to meet him.

[Janice] No, I know.

[contemplative music playing] For over 20 years, Tracey Collins has been searching for her older brother, whose existence was kept hidden from her throughout her childhood.

I'm on my way to tell Tracey that Christian's been found and at last she can have the brother in her life that she's always wanted.

-Hello.

-Hi, Tracey, how you doing?

All right, thank you.

Come on in.

[Davina] Thank you.

So thanks for talking to me.

I just wanted to talk to you a little bit about Thomas.

Yeah.

I want to find him purely so, you know, I'd like him to be a part of my life and I'd like to be a part of his.

And when Mum died, it just felt like I was the only person left that could tell him about his biological parents.

Is that important, sort of, for your parents' memory?

Yeah.

I know how guilty they felt, and I knew the pain they were going through.

And it's just, all I want to know is that he's okay.

He is okay.

He's been found.

You sure?

Oh, my God.

I just needed to know he was all right.

It just feels so good to know that he's... it sounds daft, that he's a real person?

-Yeah.

-Because you do... you sometimes sit here and think, "have I dreamt all this, have I imagined it?"

and... you know, is somebody gonna tell me one day that, you know, this name and this date of birth that you've had in your head since you were 17 isn't real?

He has changed his name, or his adoptive parents did.

So he's called Christian now.

Oh, that's a lovely name.

-He always knew he was adopted.

-Right.

-He didn't know about you.

-Okay.

And he was really surprised but bares no grudge whatsoever towards you or the fact that... Oh... [sniffling] I just didn't want him... being angry with Mum and Dad for what they did.

He doesn't feel angry at all.

Has he got a good life?

He is very happy, and he's in a good place now.

But, um... when he was in his sort of early twenties, he was working really, really hard, and he had some sort of a breakdown.

And, you know, this could be very healing for him to meet a full sibling.

Would you like to see a picture?

Yes, please.

-There's your brother.

-Oh, my God.

[Tracey] He looks happy.

He's got Mum's eyes.

Has he?

[Tracey] He looks so lovely.

-And he wanted you to have this.

-Thank you.

"Hello, Tracey.

I was astounded to learn that I have a full sibling.

It has thrown the brightest light into 40 years of relative darkness, literally like curtains flung open in a room I didn't even know had a window."

Aw.

"I hope with great longing that we are kindred spirits.

Much love and kindness, regards... your brother, Christian."

Just to hear him say "my brother," that means so much.

[birds calling] The day after being told that her brother Christian had been found, Tracey's going to meet him for the first time.

Oh-ho-ho, today's the day!

Are you all right?

-Yeah, just about okay.

-Hi, Mick.

-Hiya.

You all right?

-Hiya.

-Yeah, good, thanks.

-Good luck.

-Thank you.

-See you later on.

-I'll look after her.

-Okay.

-All right.

-See you later.

I just feel like I wanna tell everybody that I've got a brother.

-Yeah.

-You know, and the first time I introduce him to somebody will just be the best feeling ever: "This is my brother, Christian."

Christian has travelled from his home in Lincolnshire to meet his sister at Ferry Meadows Country Park, where Tracey and their parents spent many happy times.

[Nicky] You've had your problems in the past.

Yeah.

She's been yearning for a big brother, her big brother, and kind of now you're gonna be there for each other.

Yeah.

It has come at the right time.

I literally feel like I've been given a reason to stay healthy.

I've got a little sister.

[laughs] All right, Christian, your sister's gonna meet you in there.

Right-o.

-Good luck.

-Thank you.

See ya.

[peaceful music playing] So your brother's just in the café.

Thank you.

Thank you so much.

-Bye-bye.

-Bye.

[dramatic music swelling] Hello.

It's so good to meet you.

It's been a long time coming.

It's just... a lot of years.

Must be such a shock for you.

[laughs] Just to find out you've got a sister, I suppose, is a bit of a shock.

[laughs] That was a revelation.

That was the single most astounding thing.

I've wanted to meet you for so long, since I was 17.

I'm really pleased you got in touch.

Absolutely... -Thank you.

-...overwhelmed.

-I'm just... -I wish it could have been sooner.

I really do.

I really do need to know what Mum and Dad were like.

Would you like to see a picture?

That would be awesome.

Wow!

Can't believe I'm seeing Mum and Dad.

They would have loved to have met you.

[Christian] Can't say how sorry I am about not being able to do that.

I needed to be able to tell you that when Mum and Dad had you adopted, it was just for you, they did it purely for you.

Just to be able to give you the life that you deserved.

-Yeah.

-Because they loved you more than anything.

You needn't have any doubt or any worry.

I've had such a good upbringing.

I have such loving parents, you know.

I've carried that for a lot of years and just to be able to say that to you is just such a relief.

I do, I feel familiar.

I feel like a sudden warmth.

This is, you know, for the rest of my life.

I've got a sister.

-You okay?

-Yeah.

I can see so much of my mum in him.

I've got family, I've got a brother.

Just the best feeling ever.

[peaceful music playing] Elizabeth Wells and her daughter Janice have spent a lifetime without their son and brother, Paul, who Elizabeth had to give up for adoption 55 years ago.

Today, mother and daughter have travelled to Plymouth, the city where Elizabeth gave birth to Paul, to finally welcome him into their family.

[Elizabeth] I'm just so excited.

It's just hard to believe.

I really can't come to terms that it's happening, but I'm so glad.

I'm so glad it's happening.

I can't wait.

I really can't wait.

Now the time is like tick-tocking very slowly this morning.

[laughs] -[Davina] How you feeling?

-Nervous.

[Davina] Oh, my goodness!

Mwah!

-Right, are you ready?

-We are.

[Davina] Did you manage to get any sleep?

-[Elizabeth] Not a great deal.

-[Davina] No, I bet.

Paul has returned to the place of his birth, to meet his mother and sister.

Morning, Nicky.

All right?

Yeah.

Been okay?

Yeah, very well, thanks.

[gulls calling] -Thank you.

-After you.

Are you ready to be a brother?

It will be finding out what being a brother is, won't it?

I'm in new territory here, you know.

Hopefully I'll be a good one.

[Davina] The family will meet at a hotel just a few miles from where Elizabeth last saw her son.

This is it, this is where I say goodbye.

-Good luck.

-Oh, thank you so much.

-Thank you.

-Okay, thank you.

[Nicky] Right.

Right.

Well, this is it.

-All the best to you.

-Thanks, Nicky.

All the best.

Hi, sis.

Hi, Mum.

Oh!

I've waited 55 years for this.

It's happened now.

Oh, I'm so glad.

-Wow!

-Twins.

Yeah, well, it was like looking in a mirror when I saw her photo.

Yeah.

There's lots of similarities here.

Very much so.

It's like looking at your father.

Oh, my God, you're so like him.

Cor, even the smile, look at it.

All right.

[Elizabeth] I thought I was gonna marry your father.

I really loved him.

But then things sort of went... went downhill.

I just wanted you to know the truth... -Yeah.

-...of what happened.

[Janice] We've been apart, well, for nearly 56 years.

But it was uncanny, I just felt... a connection.

I'm so pleased that you've finally met your sister, and that, and, and I could see you before I went on or whatever.

I was, you know, really surprised how sort of natural it felt.

Thank you.

Thank you.

[Elizabeth] I am over the moon.

I can't describe the words.

I feel the heaviness from my heart is going.

Next time on "Long Lost Family," our first ever story of a foundling left on a doorstep when she was only a few hours old.

[woman] People have a history and a past; I don't have that.

I just need to know, I need to know what happened.

And a daughter whose only link to her father is a photograph.

[woman] It's hard to picture him in anything other than black and white, really.

Is the picture ever gonna be, like, real?

[peaceful music playing]