[man] Can you find my son?

It would mean the world.

[woman] The main thing I would love him to know is he was wanted.

[Davina] In the last year, over 4,000 people from across the UK have contacted the "Long Lost Family" team... Do you know what her full name would be?

...asking us to find their missing family.

He was a beautiful little baby.

He's lost and we want him back.

I just want to say sorry.

A girl can make one mistake, and I was her mistake.

[Nicky] Using trained intermediaries, DNA experts and investigators all over the world...

Please check this name.

-...we find people.

-Donna.

-Hello.

-...nobody else could trace.

They loved you, and they still love you.

We uncover incredible family secrets... Why would they be faked?

-This was her dying wish.

-Really?

So she wanted it?

[Davina] And answer questions that have haunted entire lives.

We have found him.

-Oh, thank you.

-Whoo-hoo!

[laughs] Like I've swallowed sunshine.

[all] Hello!

Oh, my God!

[Davina] This week, a mother living with a heart-breaking decision made when she was still a child.

[woman] I didn't keep my first born.

I didn't bring him up.

I gave him away.

And a woman on a quest to solve a family mystery.

[woman] Seeing my sisters' names on the birth certificates was just like a bomb going off.

They are my flesh and blood.

I need to find them.

[dramatic music playing] Our first search is on behalf of a mother who has cherished the only memory of her first-born son for over 40 years.

[peaceful music playing] [woman] I can remember it as if it was yesterday.

I fed him and I bathed him.

It was then that I told him that I loved him, that I hoped one day he would forgive me for not being able to keep him, 'cause I was so young.

Come on, Malc, three, three, three, three, three.

Fifty-nine-year-old retired nurse Julie Johnson is a devoted mother and grandmother.

[Julie] The most important thing in my life is spending time with my family and my children.

And my grandchildren.

Really, they are my world.

If you choose to have children, then you do the best you can for them, in good times and bad.

[on-screen] Your turn to be noughts.

And just be there and support them in everything they choose to do in life.

[on-screen] Yeah, one, two, three... Yay!

High five.

Well done.

But Julie has one child who she has never been able to do any of those things for... her first-born son, Steven.

I met Steven's father at school when I was 14.

He was my first love.

I was five months pregnant before the school found out, and they rang my parents, and I was pulled out of school.

Instantly, you're too young, you're a child, it's better for you if the baby's adopted.

I wasn't given a choice.

That's hard.

Steven was born on the 2nd May, 1977 in the hospital.

I gave birth on my own.

And I just cried for 24 hours afterwards.

I was told I couldn't see Steven, but I did see him on the second day.

I gave him a hug and told him I loved him.

Forgiveness -- that's what I pray for.

To take a little bit of the guilt away for not being able to be his mum.

I hope that he was loved, and I so wish I was old enough to keep him and look after him and be a mum, like I have with my other children.

After Steven's adoption, Julie and his father stayed together.

They went on to get married and have three more children.

[Julie] I thought of Steven when I saw them smile for the first time.

And their first steps... 'cause I never saw my first son grow up and reach all those milestones.

Julie and her husband drifted apart and divorced after 15 years together.

And all that time, Steven was a secret she kept from her other children.

[Julie] I thought they would think I'm a bad person.

They'd think awful of me that, you know, I didn't keep my first, my first-born, I didn't bring him up, and I gave him away.

But the children heard a rumor, and when she was a teenager, Julie's daughter Sophie confronted her about Steven.

From what I can remember, I think initially it was shock.

You think you know everything of your family, so then that's when you want to start asking questions... well, what happened?

How old and where did he go and why?

[Julie, sighing] Well, it was such a hard thing to admit and tell you, I just felt guilty.

I would never think badly of you for doing it.

[Julie] None of the children have held it against me.

They didn't judge me.

It's all in the open.

And that is lovely.

[Sophie] I remember saying to you, "If you ever want to find him, we'll back you 100%, we will help you."

Over the last 14 years, the family have contacted adoption agencies and even done DNA tests in the hope it will lead to Steven.

But in the last year, their search has taken on a new urgency.

[Julie] Sophie found a lump.

We went to the hospital and a nurse said, "Unfortunately, Sophie, uh... you have got triple negative breast cancer."

You know, "We're very sorry."

Of course we both cried five minutes.

We hugged one another.

I thought, you're not gonna lose... another child.

I look at photographs that popped up from like this time last year, and I'm thinking, I had cancer then.

When I got my diagnosis, we realized we might not have tomorrow, so we have to find him now.

Thankfully, Sophie has recently been told her cancer is in remission.

Finding Steven is now the family's main priority.

You think about it almost every day.

And you long for the day that hopefully one day you will meet and give him a hug and see him smile.

And that would be absolutely wonderful.

[sighs] My life would be complete.

It really would.

[birds singing] [Nicky] Julie and her family had nowhere else to turn.

So we took up the search.

When Steven was adopted, it's likely he'd have been given a new name.

So we enlisted the help of a specialist, legally allowed to access those details.

After a three-month wait, there was a breakthrough.

Julie's son's new name was Ian Pitt.

He'd been adopted by a couple from Staffordshire.

An electoral roll search revealed he was still living in the area.

We contacted Ian and he agreed to meet me.

We know just how important family is to Julie and how she's always thought about her first-born son.

But has Ian ever thought about Julie?

And how will he feel about the fact that it's not just his birth mother searching for him, but his siblings too?

Ian now lives with his wife Siobhan and close to his two children from his first marriage.

-Ian.

-Nicky.

-How are you?

-Well.

You?

-Very good.

-Come in.

What was your reaction when you heard that your birth mother was looking for you?

You never think it's gonna happen, and especially as you get older.

I'm over the moon that she's come looking.

Have you always known that you're adopted?

Absolutely.

There's never been a "Sit down, son, we've got something to tell you" conversation.

My childhood was great.

You know, fantastic memories of everything.

Love, affection, protection, fun.

I guess an easy way to sum that up was a story that I'd always say...

There's a period for after you're adopted that your birth parents can sort of "take you back," for a better phrase, and my dad got our car pre-packed and if anybody come knocking, tu-tu... we were off.

He had a plan to go to, to go to southern Ireland... Wow!

...to stop them taking me away.

Oh, wow!

So you feel afraid of upsetting your parents in a way?

Yeah, yeah.

I think that's it.

An absolute natural fear.

But I think they understand.

My mum said, "Look, we expected that this may happen one day."

You know, they're 100% supportive.

Did you know anything about the circumstances of your birth mother?

Very little, to be honest.

Julie was so young when she had you and she has never forgotten about you.

You've always been in her thoughts.

It was her parents who made the decision that putting you up for adoption was the best thing for Julie and the best thing for you.

So when she gave birth to you, she wasn't allowed contact.

But just before you were taken away, she was allowed to feed you and to bath you, and that is such a precious memory for her.

You kind of... You kind of don't expect that, in a way.

Julie wrote a letter to you in case we found you.

[Ian] So, "Dear Steven...

The day we..." Too tough?

Do you want me to do it?

"Dear Steven, the day we parted really did break my heart and has left a permanent hole, it really has.

Life without you has been so very hard.

How I've missed your first smile, your first words, your first steps.

I pray that you've had a happy, healthy life.

I want you to know that you were loved from the day you were born and have been every day of your life.

I hope you'll forgive me for not being able to keep you.

I hope that one day you can be a part of our lives.

Lots of love always, from your birth mum, Julie."

It's kind of sad.

It's kind of sad that it seems to have consumed her quite a lot.

In so many ways, this is so much harder than I thought.

But still super cool!

Have you got any pictures?

[Nicky] Here's your birth mother.

[Ian] Wow!

Oh, my word!

Wow!

I think we've got the same kind of crooked nose going on.

Got the same lines here.

Wow!

Julie married your birth father, and they went on to have three children, but they've divorced since then.

And then Julie went on to have another child later on as well.

Wow!

Right, okay.

Unbelievable.

Just absolutely... Oh, my God, that I had this assumption that my birth parents had... it was a one-night stand or something.

To find out that, you know, that I've got siblings... nuts.

But your sister Sophie was diagnosed with breast cancer.

Wow!

And it was at that moment that they thought, "Life's too short, and we have to find him."

Wow!

So Sophie's breast cancer, how's that...?

-In remission.

-Brilliant.

Good.

All that while I've been merrily going along on my everyday life and there's all this going on in the... -Parallel universe.

-Yeah.

Wow!

Have you got any pictures of my siblings?

-[Nicky] Mm.

-No way!

[Nicky] Here's your sisters.

[Ian] Oh, my word!

Look a happy, fun bunch, that's for sure.

My life could have been spent knocking about with these guys.

[Nicky] What's it gonna be like meeting them?

Wow!

After all these years.

That'll be an emotional one, that's for sure.

[contemplative music playing] Oh!

Oh, my God, look!

She's got your nose, hasn't she?

Aww... Mm.

Love you.

[Davina] Before we tell Julie that her son has been found... our second search is on behalf of a woman whose missing sisters remained a secret for years.

[woman] I don't know anything about my sisters.

The only thing that I have that tell me that they exist is their birth certificates.

I've no idea what they look like.

I don't know where they live.

I don't even know if they're still around.

-Drinks, girls?

-[Davina] Sixty-year-old Susane King and her husband Steve have been foster parents for over 20 years.

[Susane] We've fostered over a hundred children.

-[laughing] -[Susane] That's what we enjoy, just being there for them and, and caring for them.

[indistinct chatter] She's an amazing person.

Really amazing.

And she puts everyone first-- apart from herself.

-[Susane] It's a lovely taste.

-It's all right.

I think that my past gives me a bit of an insight into what the young people that I care for are going through... because I had quite a difficult childhood.

Susane's mother was young when she gave birth and unable to care for her, so Susane was raised by her grandparents.

That's my grandparents' house where I was brought up.

Their approach to bringing up children was quite archaic.

There were no cuddles, no love.

And my grandfather had a very, very quick temper.

And he was prob-- usually quicker with his fists than anything.

Sometimes when I was naughty... when they said I was naughty, they would lock me in a cupboard under the stairs.

And it was while she was locked in the cupboard that Susane overheard a family secret.

[Susane] There were raised voices... talking about my birth mother and the fact that, er... that she had another child.

It wasn't until years later that Susane dared to confront her grandmother and ask for the full story.

[Susane] She did confirm that there were two girls that had been born to my mother and... they'd been adopted.

Two sisters.

Couldn't stop thinking about them.

I was just really desperate... desperate to find them.

Forty years ago, Susane King discovered she had two sisters who'd been given up for adoption.

[Susane] It's the longing inside.

It's...

It's in your heart.

And I have this desperate need now to find them.

As an adult, Susane traced her estranged mother, hoping to find out more about them.

[Susane] Unfortunately she didn't want to know me and doesn't want to have anything to do with my sisters.

I think that perhaps that she'd been very damaged by life.

So I respect her wishes.

But my mother gave me no information at all.

Nothing at all to go on.

Susane had no choice but to search for her sisters alone.

[Susane] I was doing everything I possibly could, but it was very, very difficult because I had no idea what my sisters would be called.

Then, just two years ago, Susane had a breakthrough.

After scouring birth records, she discovered evidence of two girls, Julie and Linda, born around the right time and with the same surname as her birth mother.

That was just like a bomb going off.

That was just amazing.

Absolutely incredible.

There they were.

They were actually real.

Like my sisters.

They're out there somewhere.

I can only hope that they had a better life than me.

I need to find them.

They are my sisters.

They are my flesh and blood.

With two adopted sisters to find, we decided to start with two separate searches.

We used an intermediary social worker to discover the identity of the eldest child, Julie.

Her adopted name was Lorna Johnson, and she'd married in 1978.

But from the early 1990s, our intermediary could find no evidence of Lorna.

And that's when we made a heart-breaking discovery.

Lorna had died in 1991.

Hoping to bring Susane some happier news, we focused on the other search.

Our intermediary told us the new identity of Susane's youngest sister Linda.

She's now called Donna.

And she lives close to Susane, on the south coast.

Donna agreed to meet me to hear all about Susane.

But out of respect, we told her about her sister Lorna's death away from the camera.

-Donna.

I'm Nicky.

-Hello.

-Pleased to meet you.

-It's lovely to meet you.

-Come in?

-Thank you very much.

So, sad news about Lorna, and I'm so sorry that you had to hear that.

Yeah, feel a bit sad that I never had the chance to meet her.

-It's awful.

-But how did you feel when you heard that Susane was looking for you?

Really excited.

Nervous.

Just...

It was just so out of the blue.

So did you have a happy adoption?

Yeah, brilliant.

The best.

So much love.

I was lucky, I think.

But growing up, my adopted parents told me that I had an elder sister.

I only ever thought that I had one elder sister, and I always thought that she stayed with our mother.

So it was always, you know, why... why me?

-Why was I put up for adoption?

-Mm.

That was difficult.

Well, Susane felt that rejection as well.

Your birth mother wanted to give her up for adoption, but your grandparents said, "No, no, we'll look after her."

And from then on, your birth mother was basically a stranger in Susane's life.

Sad.

It's awful.

So how long was Susane with them for, her grandparents?

All her life, but wasn't happy.

-Right.

-They were very strict grandparents.

When she was a little girl, when she was in trouble, they used to lock her in a cupboard.

-Oh, my God!

-Hm.

To think what kind of upbringing I had to what kind of upbringing she had.

If my adoptive mum knew, she would have taken her.

I'd always loved the thought of having a sister and that is just so sad that, until now, we never really got to meet, so... Susane has your birth certificate and Lorna's birth certificate on proud display.

Oh, that's lovely.

At least I've got somebody who wants me!

[laughs] It feels special.

[Nicky] I've got a photograph of her.

Oh!

Ooh, it's lovely.

She's got my smile.

Nice eyes.

-She looks kind, doesn't she?

-Mm.

Yeah.

Tell you how kind she is.

Over the last 20 years, she and her husband, Steve, have fostered more than a hundred children.

-No way!

-Mm.

Oh, my God!

I feel privileged that she's my sister.

I can't wait until we meet.

[Davina] Julie Johnson is hoping to find her son Steven, who was adopted more than 40 years ago.

[phone dialing] -[Julie] Hello?

-Julie?

Yes?

-It's Davina.

-Oh, hi.

[Davina] I'm on my way to meet Julie.

This is exciting, isn't it, girls?

It is, isn't it?

Do you think she's here to tell us that they've found him?

-You've got to be prepared for both sides, though.

-I know, I know.

Yeah, calm down.

Family's always been important to Julie and she's felt a real gap not having her eldest child in the fold.

So how's she gonna feel when she discovers that her son has been found and her family is finally complete?

-Hi, Julie.

-Well, hi.

-Would you like to come in?

-Yes, please.

Thank you.

Thank you for seeing me today.

Can you tell me about your memory of Steven?

[inhales sharply] Yeah.

I bathed him in the maternity ward.

I sang to him and told him I loved him and wished things could be different.

So that was, that was very special?

Yes.

That was very important.

I'm so glad I had that little bit of time.

But I never saw him smile or walk or talk.

Never give him a nursery rhyme or nursed him when he was crying.

Never saw his first birthday or Christmas.

I just hope he was well looked after.

Well, he was well looked after.

-We know.

-Oh, wow.

Your son's been found.

Oh!

Goodness...

Sorry.

It's amazing, thank you.

I never thought this day would come.

I feel so lucky.

[exhales sharply] His name has been changed to Ian.

He was very pleased to be found.

Oh!

Really?

That's amazing.

He had wonderful, wonderful adoptive parents.

Great.

And he wanted you to know, because he didn't want you to feel guilty in any way, that he had a very, very good life.

Wow!

I'm so happy for him.

I won't feel as guilty now knowing all that, really.

He's had wonderful parents.

It means a lot.

Just wait till the sisters find out.

Is he healthy?

-He is healthy.

-Wow!

-Does he have children?

-He does.

Oh... goodness!

-How many?

-Two.

-Wow!

-A girl and a boy.

Oh, one of each.

Wow.

It was an enormous relief to him to find out that you'd stayed with his dad.

-Fifteen years.

-Yeah.

And that he was born of love, you know.

He was.

He was my first love.

[Davina] Yeah.

Well, this is your son.

-Oh, dear... [laughs] -[Davina] Ian.

[Julie] Wow!

He's handsome.

Oh, he looks so happy as well, doesn't he?

Oh...

I can't believe he's mine.

It's amazing!

Oh... [sniffles] -Can I keep this?

-[Davina] Yeah, it's yours.

Thank you.

-That's wonderful.

-[Davina laughs] Oh... Oh, goodness gracious me.

-They've found him.

-Found him?

Oh, my God!

Now I spilled my brew everywhere.

[laughing] -[Julie] My baby!

-Wow!

-I knew it.

I knew it.

-He wants... [laughing] -Wow!

-[Julie] It's your brother.

-Wow, he's not got... -[Julie] I know.

His name is Ian.

Right.

[Julie] And he's had a really happy childhood.

[Sophie] Has he?

Oh, good.

-You've got everything you wished for.

-Yeah.

Oh, that's brilliant.

[laughing] [Davina] In normal circumstances, we would have tried to reunite Julie with Ian as soon as possible.

But just days after I saw her, the UK's lockdown began.

Sadly, during this time, Julie became poorly and any contact, even on the phone, was put on hold.

But today is Ian's birthday.

"Happy 43rd birthday, Ian.

Hope you have a lovely day; lots of love from your birth family."

And although they can't be together, Julie's been able to send her son a card for the very first time.

"Cannot wait to meet you, Ian, and share stories.

Take care.

Lots of love, Julie."

Lovely.

Today, with lockdown lifted and Julie feeling better, mother and son are finally meeting.

[Julie] I can't believe that it's happening.

It seems a bit surreal at the moment.

It doesn't seem real until... until I see him.

As Julie's only recently been discharged from hospital, her family has come to support her on this big day.

[daughter] Mum's been quite unwell.

She's definitely felt the pressures of lockdown and waiting and isolation and...

I'm so grateful for... for her to have this opportunity today to finally get all happy.

You know, put all the pain away and look to the future.

[Sophie] Today means a lot to my mum.

There was always a missing piece of the puzzle, and it's finally gonna get slotted into place, today.

And I can't wait.

[laughs] Ian has travelled from Staffordshire up to Lancashire to meet his birth family.

[Ian] Wow, this is the day.

Waited, what, 43 years, and now with lockdown, an extended waiting period.

And Julie going into hospital, it's been quite concerning.

But she's gonna come out the other side and everything's gonna be okay.

I'm feeling really excited and keen to crack on with it.

How's that?

Very smart.

Very good.

Do you feel ready?

-Think so.

-Let's go and do it.

Let's do it.

[Julie] I've been wondering all these years what kind of life he's had.

And I'm dying to meet him.

It's gonna be unbelievable.

[chuckles] Will be hard not being able to give him a hug 'cause I'll instantly want to give him a hug.

I won't be able to.

Might have a few tears.

-Good luck.

-Okay.

See you in a bit.

I'll be here after.

Hope it goes well.

Okay.

All right.

[Julie] Hello.

How are you?

Are you okay?

Wow!

Hi.

-Hi.

-[laughs] -You look like your dad.

-I know, it's weird.

And you've got my teeth that cross over.

-Oh, thanks!

Yeah.

-[laughing] Sorry!

So this is crazy to think that you guys have been looking for me.

I've just been there, minding my own business, living my own life.

And you've had a good upbringing too?

My parents have been superb, yeah, absolutely.

-First class.

-I held you once.

I did.

And I told you I loved you and that you'd have a good life.

I'm good.

Honestly, I'm fine.

Fine.

[laughs] No, it must have been unbelievably difficult for you.

[Julie] Yeah.

It's been tough.

But I'm meeting you now.

"All these years I've worried about him and now look at him.

-Bloody hell!"

-[laughs] [Ian] I'm hoping that this brings some kind of closure to the... the concerns that she's had all these years, and... hopefully will help on the road to recovery.

So, you know, I'm feeling positive for her.

I thought he would never come, the day would never arrive.

And now it has, I can take a...

I'll go to bed tonight and I know I'll be happy and I don't have to worry.

He's healthy and he's had a good life.

♪ Da-da-daaa ♪ -Hi.

-How you doing?

-Finally here.

-[Ian] I know.

-Under strict social distancing rules.

-I know.

It's hard that we can't just come over and grab you!

-I know.

-[women laughing] -You've got him.

-I know.

[Julie] I just feel like it's complete now that the children, that they're all together now.

Got a lot of catching up to do.

-[laughing] -[Ian] A whole new family to get to know and enjoy and be part of, part of each other's lives.

Get them to meet my parents and my family and all that sort of stuff and... one massive Christmas party would be good.

[contemplative music playing] [Davina] Susane King asked us to find her two sisters who were adopted as babies.

We were successful in our search for the youngest, but sadly we discovered that the middle sister Lorna had passed away.

[Nicky] But our search didn't end there.

Hoping to be able to tell Susane something about Lorna, we reached out to her children.

We tracked down the eldest daughter, Lorraine.

[phone dialing] -[Lorraine] Hello?

-Lorraine, it's Nicky here.

-How are you?

-Hello.

I'm okay, thanks.

I'm so glad we could find you.

So how do you feel knowing that your mum's sister Susane has been searching for her?

Shocked, but it was a nice shock that someone was looking for her.

Now I do have some other news for you.

We've found another sister of your mum, Donna, who was also adopted.

[Lorraine] Oh, my God!

There's another one!

[laughs] -That's amazing.

-What does it mean to you to, to be able to meet them?

That's just awesome.

I can pass on every single memory that I've got to both Susane and Donna.

I know they won't get to see mum in person, but they'll be able to know what she's like.

I just want to go outside and jump up and down!

[laughs] [Davina] We've now told Susane about Lorna's death away from the cameras, and I'm on my way to meet her.

Susane's early family life was really hard.

But the thought that she had siblings somewhere gave her hope.

So the news that Lorna's died must have been devastating for her.

But thankfully I also have some very good news to give her.

-Hi, Susane.

-Hi, Davina, hi.

How you doing?

Nice to see you.

-Lovely to meet you.

-Come on in.

Thank you.

Thanks very much.

Thanks for the tea.

[sighs] Um... First up, I really want to say I'm so sorry about Lorna.

It was devastating.

It wasn't the news that I expected or wanted, because I'll never get to meet her.

I mean, do you know anything about her?

-I do.

-Oh.

-She got married when she was 18.

-Oh, okay.

-And she had five kids.

-Oh, wow.

The eldest, Lorraine, would really love to meet you.

-Would she?

-Yeah.

Oh!

It makes me want to meet my sister Linda more.

-Your other sister.

-Yeah.

And hopefully that she'd wanna meet me.

-She does.

-Oh, does she really?

We've found Linda.

Oh...

Sorry.

I'm all right.

[sniffles] God!

It's amazing.

But she's not Linda anymore.

She is Donna.

She lives in Devon.

-No!

Really?

-Yeah!

Oh, my God!

Oh, wow!

Oh, my gosh!

So close.

I have got a picture.

Ooh!

[Davina] Hold on.

-You ready?

-Yeah.

This is your sister Donna.

Aww... Oh, bless her.

God!

I can't believe it.

Oh!

She's lovely.

Just wanna give her a hug now.

[laughs] She's written you a letter.

[Susane] "Hi, Sis, Susane.

Well, what a surprise this news was.

I could not believe it at first, but now I'm so excited at the thought of meeting you at long last.

After all, we are family, and family belong together.

I had a truly wonderful childhood, and my adoptive parents were loving and kind.

I wish you could have been there to share the wonderful life I had."

[Davina] She was really saddened by your story.

I'm just...

I am glad that everything... that they were kind to her.

I mean, kindness... "And let us hope this is just the beginning of two sisters being reunited.

See you soon.

Much love, your baby sister Donna."

God, that's so lovely.

-Oh, wow!

-My sister.

[husband] Your sister.

That's amazing.

That's just unbelievable.

I'm so pleased for you.

[Davina] Today, Susane is meeting Donna, one of the sisters she has dreamed about for 50 years.

[Susane] I'm super excited.

Like really excited.

Today is just one of the most important days in my life.

-See you later.

-Yeah.

-See you later.

-Enjoy.

[Donna] I'm feeling really nervous.

Will she like me?

Will she not like me?

Will we have a lot in common?

This is huge in my life.

It's huge.

A-hey!

-How are you?

-I'm fine.

How are you?

-[laughing] Good.

-[Donna] I'm so... -[Nicky] So what?

-Nervous.

-Are you?

-Yeah.

But all good.

-Just bring it on.

-Let's do it.

After you.

-Hi, Susane.

-Hello, Davina.

Oh, my goodness.

Are you ready?

Big day today.

Oh, it's huge.

-Are you ready to go?

-Ready.

[Davina] So how you feeling?

Yeah, I can't wait to meet her now.

And just being able to hold her and... she will just be real.

You know, she's not on that piece of paper anymore.

The sisters are meeting at a pub in Plymouth, halfway between where they both live.

This is it.

Good luck.

Thank you.

-Have a fantastic time.

-Thank you.

-Good luck.

-Thanks.

Your sister's in there.

Thank you.

-[Susane] Hi.

-Hello.

-You okay?

-Yeah.

You?

-My little sister.

-[laughing] -It's been a really long time.

-I know.

A long, long time.

Sit down.

-I'm so glad that you wanted to meet me.

-Yeah, of course.

-Just all those years... -Wasted.

Yeah.

When I read your letter, it was really, really important to me that you'd had a good childhood.

I just felt like you should have been with me.

I wish I had.

[laughs] It would have been nice growing up together, wouldn't it?

-Yeah.

-You know, we can't make up for 50 years, but we've got to start somewhere, haven't you?

-And I don't ever wanna lose you now I've found you.

-You won't.

[Susane] It's a life-changing moment.

It was like, God, like there she is, she's, like, just right in front of me, and I...

I'm like, with my heels, I couldn't get to her fast enough and give her a cuddle.

I didn't wanna let her go.

[Donna] Felt as if I'd known her forever.

It was just incredible.

[Davina] And there's more.

Susane and Donna will never get to meet their middle sister, but her daughter Lorraine has travelled from Essex to be with them.

-Hello.

-Oh, hi.

-[Donna] You all right?

-[Lorraine] Yeah.

-Overwhelmed?

-Yeah.

-[laughing] -Oh, wow.

Seeing Lorraine was quite amazing because I think she has so many similarities.

-You two look alike.

-Do you think?

[Donna] Yeah, yeah, I do, yeah.

Not only is it nice to meet you, obviously, and today is the anniversary of Mum's death as well.

-Oh.

-Are you okay?

-Yeah.

I'm fine.

-Oh.

[Susane] So what was she like?

Very bubbly, outgoing, jolly.

And she would a thousand percent be here last week!

[laughing] It means a lot because I know it would have meant a lot to Mum.

Meeting my aunts was like getting a tiny bit of my mum back.

[laughing] Fantastic.

Absolutely bloody amazing!

[laughs] [all laughing] [peaceful music playing]