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

[woman] Just to be in my father's arms... to have him hold me... it's be like a dream come true.

[man] I want to know that I'm part of a family.

I want somebody to feel loved by and to express love to.

[woman] It was a secret.

And finding my brother would put an end to that secret.

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

But that's where we step in... -We've found your brother.

-Have you?

[crying] ...offering a last chance to people desperate for help... -Here's your mother.

-Oh, my gosh.

I've imagined this moment my whole life.

[crying] [Nicky] We've no idea where our searches will lead.

We've travelled the world, uncovering family secrets and finding people that nobody else could trace.

[dogs barking] Laura?

¿Cómo está?

Buenos días.

That's your daughter.

Gracias.

...and finally answering questions that have haunted entire lives.

I'm your big brother.

[laughs] I've always wanted a big brother.

This week, two stories of children looking for missing parents-- A man whose father has never been part of his life... [man] I need to meet my dad, to be recognized as someone's son.

...and a search for the youngest birth mother we've ever come across.

She was a child herself having to make adult decisions.

It must have just been awful.

[dramatic music ends] [Davina] Our first story comes from Cambridgeshire and a man longing to find the father he's never met.

[kids yelling] A father-son relationship is so important.

[child screaming playfully] Former British soldier David Smith is married with two children, Nick and Emma.

[David] I've always wanted a dad.

You want a role model.

You want somebody to look up to.

You want a hero.

[son] I can't put myself in my dad's shoes, because my dad's always been there for me to-- take care of me and look after me, you know.

And it must be extremely difficult for him to not have that support.

Especially when he was really young.

David grew up with his two younger sisters, his mother, Kathleen, and her husband, the man he believed was his father.

I didn't know he wasn't my dad.

I never felt a bond.

You know, I'd be polishing my shoes or hanging my school uniform up.

I'm doing the dishes.

So, I thought, "One day, he'll tell me how proud he is.

One day, he will stand up and say, 'That's my boy.'"

But I wasn't his boy.

When David was 15, his mother divorced, but it wasn't until a few years later that a family friend hinted at the truth.

She said something that sounded really bizarre at the time.

She said, "Well, did you ever find out if he was your real father or not?"

Startled by the question, David asked his mum what the friend meant.

She told him that his real dad was someone called Ken Davis.

Ken was in the Royal Artillery.

He was my mum's first real boyfriend.

Young love.

I think my mum may have been, you know, persuaded by the red leathers and the fact he was on the motorcycle display team.

My mum fell pregnant.

They had a really heated argument, and as far as I'm aware, that pretty much was the last time my mum saw Ken.

The revelation about his dad had a huge impact on David.

I felt betrayed.

I was 19 years old.

Um, it was clear that everybody else knew-- my aunts, my uncles, my nan.

I became very bitter and angry.

I started drinking, getting into fights.

With the attitude of, I don't care anymore.

I've got nobody to impress.

David had joined the army, and realizing his life needed a radical change, he took a posting to Brunei.

It was here that he met a young woman, Priscilla.

But not long into the relationship, history seemed to repeat itself when Priscilla became pregnant.

It was a shock of, "Alright, okay.

Um, now what do we do?"

We sat down, we discussed what we were gonna do.

Yeah, I said, "I love you," and then I said, "Marry me."

The similarity to what happened with me and happened with Ken and my mum was so close, but the outcomes were worlds apart.

David and Priscilla's son, Nick, was born in 1995, and the family came back to the UK a few months later.

[guitar music playing] I don't think you understand the love of a father until you become a father yourself.

[song ends] -That was brilliant.

-Thanks, Dad.

-[David] Really good, wasn't it?

-Yeah.

[David] It was really cool.

Seven years ago, David and Priscilla also had a daughter, Emma.

Now, David longs to share his life with his dad and is desperate to find him.

[Priscilla] It is really important to him.

I think he'll probably-- will probably understand himself a bit more.

-Love ya.

-Love you too, Dad.

[Priscilla] Hopefully, he will find some answers he needed to know.

[talking indistinctly] [David] I don't even know if he knows I was born.

Or whether he does think about me.

I need to meet him.

I need to know him.

I want someone to be proud of me.

Someone to say, "This is my son."

[announcer talks over loudspeaker] David's father's name, Ken Davis, is a very common one.

What's more, as an army man, he could be living anywhere in the world.

[Nicky] So, we started our search by contacting an army reunion group.

Though no one was in contact with Ken anymore, they remembered his nickname was "Brum," and they thought he might have left the army and moved back into the Birmingham area.

That gave us a place to focus our search.

[train announcer] And terminates at Wolverhampton Central.

[Nicky] We trawled the electoral role for all the Ken Davises in the area, and we hit upon one of about the right age, in West Bromwich.

We called him, and he confirmed that he had had a relationship with David's mother and agreed to meet me.

He lives with his wife, Shirley.

They have two grown-up sons and Shirley's older daughter from a previous marriage, who Ken adopted.

David has always felt the absence of his father in his life.

But has Ken ever thought about his son, and how does he feel about him coming into his life now?

[sentimental music playing] -Hello, Nicky.

-How are you doing?

-How do you do?

Nice to see you.

-You too.

-[Ken] Please come in.

-Thank you.

Please come in.

Ah.

Well, this is amazing, isn't it?

-Absolutely.

-How do you feel about it?

Well, I'm still in a bit of a state of shock, to be honest with you.

It's come out of the blue.

I always hoped one day there'd be a knock on the door.

-So, you knew about David.

-I did.

You knew that you had had a son.

Yeah, I did know, yeah.

Yeah.

So, tell me about your relationship with David's mother, Kathy.

What happened?

Did you have a big falling out?

Yeah.

I knew she was pregnant, but, obviously, she didn't want me in her life.

I just retreated.

But you knew that he'd been born.

Yes, yes, I was aware of his being born.

I had a photograph sent to me, just one photograph-- I believe he was two and half months old-- and it was a little letter saying, "This is your son, David."

If you'd like to have a look... That's the only one I ever got.

[Nicky] So, there he is.

Did you feel connected to him back then?

-I... -That little baby.

It's difficult, it's difficult.

I don't want to tell a lie.

I never formed a bond.

I never touched him.

All I had was a small photograph, and, uh, when I met Shirley, I did tell her that, um, I'd had a-- had a son.

What was her reaction?

She-- she was great about it.

She said, uh, "Because you've adopted my daughter, I'm more than willing to adopt your son."

But then I-- I received a letter from Kathy saying she met this other guy, and he wanted to adopt David.

And I thought, well, it would have been in the best interests of David.

I didn't think I had any right to-- to get into his life.

I thought, well, you know, he-- "His mother's married another guy, and he'll be his father."

So, you were confident he was going to have a happy childhood with his mother and stepfather, yeah.

I hoped he would, Nicky.

I hoped he would.

Well, he didn't really.

Did he not?

[sighs] I'm so sorry.

I am so sorry.

He didn't feel that he had the father figure that he wanted to have.

I'm so sorry.

I should have made more of an effort, but...

I just didn't think I had the right.

I didn't think it was my place to interfere with a-- a woman and her husband if they wanted to adopt a child.

I just assumed, naturally assumed that he would have a good life, and I'd be better off out of his life.

So, he's been looking for me for some time, then?

Will you feel that he's your son?

I don't know 'til I meet him.

Does he need somebody like me in his life?

-I don't know.

-Not somebody like you.

He wants me.

[sighs] Would it help if you saw a picture of him?

It would do.

It would do.

[Ken] Oh my God!

Oh my God.

It's like looking at myself.

[Ken] He's mine.

He's my boy.

All I can do is offer a hand of friendship, uh, and an apology.

An apology?

Well, for not being there for him.

He's my son.

No doubt about it.

Now he's gonna meet his dad.

Well, do you want to see a photograph, Shirl?

-I'd love to.

-You'll be amazed.

Oh, my giddy aunt.

[Ken] It's like a mirror image, isn't it?

-It is.

-I'm over the moon.

And he wants to see me, that's-- that's what makes it important.

I'm coming to see ya.

Don't worry.

[Davina] But before we tell David his father's been found and wants to meet him... Our second search is on behalf of a woman haunted by the story of her birth mother.

[all singing] Happy birthday, dear Mandy, mum [laughter] Happy birthday to you [all cheering] [Davina] Mandy Hearn is celebrating her 48th birthday.

Shall we do a family selfie?

She lives with her husband Peter, and they have two daughters, Grace and Danielle.

[Mandy] My birthday comes with a tinge of sadness.

I do wonder, is my birth mother thinking about me?

That must be a date that she never forgets.

And I need to hear from her what her story is.

Mandy was given up for adoption as a baby and brought up by Margaret and Desmond Harding.

I knew I was adopted before I even knew what it meant.

I grew up in a loving family, but I did feel that there was something different about me.

As much as I felt part of the family, there was another mother out there.

I needed to know-- what was she doing?

What-- what happened to her?

[announcer speaking indistinctly over intercom] [Davina] Mandy was adopted in Richmond in Surrey.

When she was 18, she accessed her records to find out anything she could about the woman who'd given birth to her, Pamela Georgina Day.

I wanted to know what the circumstances were behind her decision, and why she couldn't keep me.

But Mandy had no idea what she was about to discover.

When I got her birth certificate, I almost couldn't believe that it could be the right one.

You know, the date of birth was 1954.

She would have still been 13 when she gave birth to me.

It's shocking when you first see how young she was.

She must have been terrified.

I can't imagine what it must have been like.

At school, she enjoyed art, drama, and games.

You know, my own daughters really enjoy drama, and I-- I picture a-- you know, a schoolgirl, um, at school doing her drama classes and things that a 13-year-old girl should be doing.

Not, you know, finding themselves, you know, pregnant and with a huge responsibility and a huge decision to make.

[seagulls calling] Mandy started to search for her birth mother.

But then, given Pamela's young age, she had second thoughts.

Well, I started to think about how it might affect her.

She was just a few years older than me and probably had a young family, and I felt, "Do I have the right to intrude on her-- her life?"

There'd be a lot at stake if this sort of secret was to come out.

So, Mandy put her search on hold, but the questions about what happened to her birth mother have never gone away.

It's something that... you know, I've-- I've struggled with.

She was a child herself, and I wonder how much maybe that's scarred her or tormented her.

It would just give me peace knowing how her life has turned out.

[Nicky] When we took on her search, Mandy was able to give us two essential pieces of information-- her birth mother's name and date of birth.

Pamela Georgina Day was born in southwest London in 1954, so she'd be in her early 60s today.

Now, although her young age is something that's always troubled Mandy, it gave us hope that she could be found alive and well.

But we could find no Pamela G. Day living in the UK now with the right date and place of birth.

If Pamela were still alive, she could have married, changed her name or left the country.

We began checking marital records for Pamela Days and found several potential matches.

One caught our eye in Hounslow, the same area of southwest London where Pamela was born.

We sent a letter to this Pamela's last known address, but there was no reply.

She appeared to have moved on.

Then, we had a stroke of luck.

[Nicky] Taxi!

Thanks.

A neighbor who was checking Pamela's post found our letter and forwarded it on to her new address.

And she had moved abroad... to the west coast of Ireland.

Pamela went on to have a family of her own.

She's widowed but lives with her partner in Bellmullet, County Mayo.

She confirmed that she was Mandy's birth mother and agreed to meet me.

When Pamela gave birth to Mandy, she was little more than a child.

I wonder how she coped with so much pressure on such young shoulders.

And what does she think about Mandy coming to find her now?

-Pamela?

-Hi.

Nicky.

-Pleased to meet you.

-Nice to meet you as well.

-Do come in.

-Thank you very much.

-[Nicky] Out of the rain.

-Yes.

Come into the lounge.

So, how did you feel when you heard that Mandy was looking for you?

It was-- it was a shock, but it was one that I've sort of been expecting for years.

-Really?

-Hoping.

You know.

"Maybe one day, I will get to see-- see the baby that I gave away."

Uh, oh, you just-- Ohh.

It's so strange, because you sort of, like, think about it, and you think, "Oh, God."

And then, I'm 13 again.

So, take me back, and you were 13 years old.

I was 13 going on 18.

My mother was a single mum.

She worked, so there wasn't-- there wasn't an over amount of support for me.

Was like you sort of grow up but you're not really grown up, and you experiment, and you do things, and... Mandy was the outcome.

Do you remember when she was born?

Yes.

It was terrifying.

'Cause you ju-- I just... didn't know what to expect, you know.

But I knew at 13 that as much as I felt I would have wanted to look after her, I knew there was no way that I could cope.

Did you feel maternal towards her?

Oh, gosh, yeah.

You know, she was my baby.

She was my little girl.

And she was put with a foster mum that was only just down the road from me.

And I used to vanish from my house, and I'd be round at the foster mum's.

I don't think they expected me to go round as often as I did, but I did.

And I got photographs of her.

-Can I see it?

-Yeah.

Here she is.

I think she was probably about six weeks, something like that there.

[Pamela] She was lovely and cuddly.

[Nicky] Look at the way you're looking at her there and smiling at her, and...

But it's a little girl with a baby.

Mm-hmm.

Yeah.

And it's never really struck me until now.

I look at that, and I think, "Oh, my God, wasn't I a baby myself?

Wasn't I young?"

-[Nicky] Thirteen.

-Hmm.

I knew I wouldn't keep her for long, so I made those few weeks count, you know.

And I'd hoped-- you know, she would go to a family that couldn't have children, so I looked on it I was doing somebody a favor.

That they couldn't have children, and I couldn't look after mine, so I'd given them a baby.

Did you see it that way, then?

-Yes.

-When you were 13.

'Cause when she found out that you were 13, she thought, "Oh my God, how did she-- how did she cope?"

It's-- [sighs] it's the way I got through.

That I was doing somebody a good turn.

Yeah, making family for other people.

So... [sniffs] Do you want to see a picture of her?

Yes, please, I am [laughs] dying to see a picture of her.

There's Mandy.

[gasps loudly] Oh, she's beautiful.

Ooh, she really is, she's lovely.

Oooh.

Gosh.

[sniffs] One of the last times I cuddled her.

And then, she's all grown up, gosh.

What was her family like?

Lovely family.

Good.

Yeah.

-Is that a good feeling?

-Yeah.

It means I made the right decision.

You were making a family, and you made a happy family.

Yeah.

I still don't believe it.

[laughs] She's mine.

Well, my daughter.

I'll get a nice frame for that.

[Davina] But before Mandy finds out that Pamela's been found...

I'm on my way to see David Smith, who discovered at the age of 19 that the man who'd brought him up was not his father.

Ever since, he's been trying to find his dad, Ken.

David's always felt the absence of a father figure in his life, and it's something he's really struggled with.

But now we've found Ken, I can tell David that his dad wants to meet him and make it up to him in any way that he can.

-Hi, David.

-Hi, Davina, how are you?

-Nice to meet you.

-I'm alright, and you?

-Do you want to come in?

-Yes, please.

-Brilliant.

-Thank you.

Thank you.

Um, so, David, why are you looking for your dad?

What I want, Davina, is for him to turn round and actually say, "This is my son."

-So, someone to be proud of you?

-Yeah... You know, I want just to walk down the street or walk into a pub and just want him to go, "Do you know what?

This is my son.

This is my boy."

That's it.

Well... we have found your dad.

Really?

And he-- he wants to see me?

-He wants to see you.

[laughs] -No way.

Really?

Yeah.

Thank you.

[crying] What can I say?

You don't need to say anything.

I can tell you some things, if you'd like.

Please.

Yeah, yeah.

Is he-- is he married?

Has he got children?

He's married to Shirley.

He had two boys.

-Really?

-Yeah.

[crying] Oh, this is so much.

And he adopted Shirley's little girl, and he talked to Shirley about trying to adopt you.

But then they heard that your mum had met, um, your stepdad and that they were going to adopt you, and so, he just sort of took a step back.

And he thought you'd have a better life.

-I didn't.

-I know.

And he was devastated when he heard that.

And he said that he'd often think maybe you'll come and knock on the door to come and find him, but he feels bad, you know, and he wants to know how he can make it up to you, but he doesn't know how.

He hasn't got to feel bad.

This is not about a vendetta, this is not about, "Where were you?

Why weren't you there?"

This is about now.

I want him to meet my children.

I want to meet his family.

I want to meet him.

You can tell him that.

I've got a letter here, if you'd like to read it.

-[Davina] Here.

-I'm shaking.

"Dear David, Hello.

For many years, I have wondered how you are and what kind of life you have had.

I never got to see you or hold you... [crying] but you were always of mind.

Hope to meet you soon.

Ken."

[sighs] I've never been out of his thoughts.

-That's what you wanted.

-Yeah.

Oh, thank you.

-Do you want to see a picture?

-Yeah.

Yeah.

[laughs] It's quite uncanny, actually, because I think he looks so like you.

[David] Wow!

Yeah.

Yeah, wow.

Brilliant.

I feel like I'm a-- I'm a 10-year-old boy at the moment.

I'm so happy.

I'm gonna see my dad.

Hi.

[Davina] Mother of two girls Mandy Hearn has spent 30 years looking for her birth mum, Pamela, who was just 13 when she had her.

I'm on my way to tell Mandy that her search is finally over.

And now that we've found Pamela, Mandy will get the chance to hear her mother's story at last.

-Mandy?

-Hello.

How are you?

-Good, thank you.

Come in.

-Thank you.

So, gosh, when you found out how old your birth mother was, what was that like?

It was quite shocking.

This young girl is-- is... was pregnant at-- at 13 and had me just before her 14th birthday, and...

Very scary.

A daunting thought.

-And having daughters, you know.

-Yeah.

To put yourself in her position.

It's such a vulnerable, young age to have a child.

How did that make you feel towards your mum?

I did worry about... about her, because, yeah.

Something as big as that can affect you for the rest of your life.

-It can.

-And I'd just like to think that she was able to have a good, you know, a good life without, you know, that having scarred her too much.

Well, you'll be able to find all of that out.

Because we've found her.

[laughs] Really?

-Yeah.

-Really?

Wow!

[laughs] -So, she's alive and is well?

-She is.

She is.

She's thrilled.

-[laughs] Really?

-She's so thrilled.

So, I nearly did it 25 years ago, and then I just thought... she'd be still quite young, and if she started a new family... and I could put things at risk for her.

-You were thinking about her.

-As much as I wanted to.

You haven't hurt anyone.

-You've never been a secret.

-[laughs] Everybody's always known about you.

-Really?

-Yeah.

[crying] -I'm sorry.

-Don't apologize.

No need to apologize.

It's a big bit of news.

[whispering] It's okay.

-[sighs] -And she's a strong woman, but she did have a really tricky childhood.

Her mum worked.

She had no support, and she really did feel she was doing the best thing for you.

[crying] When she was just a child herself.

-She was.

-How... -She was.

-To go through so much.

Yeah.

The way that she dealt with it emotionally is that she saw it as a gift, a gift of family... [Mandy] Really?

...to some people that really needed it.

My mum and dad would thank her.

[crying] My dad would be-- "Thank you for giving us a daughter."

Would you like to see a picture?

[crying] Here.

Here's your birth mother.

Oh, my God.

[laughs] Oh, my gosh.

Gosh, I-- is-- She looks lovely.

[laughs] She's living in, um, County Mayo.

-Oh, wow.

-In Ireland.

What do you want to say to her?

She made the right choice.

I have had a happy life, and I was in a secure, supportive family.

She would be very grateful to hear that.

Thank you.

[laughs] Thank you.

-[Davina] Aw.

-[husband, inaudible] -[crying] -[inaudible] Today, Mandy will meet her birth mother for the first time since she was a baby.

-Hi!

-Oh, hi, Davina.

-Are you ready?

-Yes.

-Hey, Peter.

-[Peter] Hi.

-How are you?

-Fine, thank you.

-Okay.

-Hope it goes well.

Love you, darling.

Bye, love you.

See you later.

Pamela has flown over to London from Ireland to be reunited with her daughter, who she gave birth to when she was only 13.

-Pam?

-Hi, Nicky.

You're looking fantastic.

Thank you.

What a day in store.

[Pamela] Beautiful.

So, what are you hoping for from today?

All I've ever wanted was to find out about her and that she had a good life, really.

Um, because I did, and I don't have any doubt that, you know, my path has been the way it is, and the people I have in my life is because she made that huge sacrifice all those years ago.

[Nicky] So, 48 years ago, when you last saw her, you must have thought, "That's it, forever."

-Yeah.

-End.

That was it, yeah.

But I'd-- I'd thought, "Well, I can't keep her.

And I won't ever see her again," yeah.

Little tiny baby in my arms.

[Davina] Pamela and Mandy are meeting at a hotel in Richmond, close to where they last saw one another.

-[Pamela] Thank you.

-Right.

This is where I'm gonna say goodbye.

-[Nicky] Good luck.

-Oh, thank you very much indeed.

-Thank you.

-Just along there.

[Pamela sighs nervously] [Mandy] I'm feeling nervous.

Very nervous.

[laughs] Ah.

Good luck.

Thank you.

-Thank you.

-She's just in there.

Okay.

[soft music playing] [laughs] -Hello.

-Hi.

[laughs] [Mandy] Oh, gosh.

You're so tiny, you're beautiful.

[Mandy laughs] -All this time.

-I know, I can't believe it.

Let's sit down.

Oh, gosh.

[laughs] Last time I saw you, you were tiny.

-Oh, I know, I know.

-Little baby.

I just couldn't imagine how it would have been for you.

Just how did you cope?

Oh...

I did what I had to do.

-'Cause I was very young.

-Yeah.

I knew that I could never keep you, but you were always there, never forgotten.

-[laughs] Oh, you're cold.

-[laughs] Oh, bless.

It's just so good to finally-- -to finally meet you.

-You've got tiny hands.

[Mandy laughs] Do you want to see a picture of you when you were a baby?

[laughter] Yeah.

I've treasured these.

-Can't see-- there you are.

-Oh, wow!

[Pamela] That was me and you at the foster home.

[Mandy] Gosh.

[sighs] You can just see how young you are.

You were forced to grow up, really, weren't you?

Yeah.

Forced to grow up.

That was it, very much.

-Yeah.

-But I-- I always knew I was making a family for somebody that couldn't have one.

That's how I looked at it, you know.

I've had a great life.

-I had a wonderful mum and dad.

-Good, good.

I don't have to worry about you anymore.

[laughs] [Pamela] I'm grateful that she's had a good family.

They gave her such a very good life, that she deserved, that I couldn't give her.

[Pamela] So, I made the right decision.

[Mandy] My daughters are 20 and 22.

Beautiful girls.

[Mandy] And one's at uni, her first year, and Grace graduated in 2014.

She's really happy.

It's a great feeling to know that she's well, and she knows that I'm okay.

She was making a family, and that's exactly what she did.

[Davina] Ever since he was a teenager, David Smith has been longing to find his father, Ken.

Today, David's going to meet him for the first time.

Oh, my God, David!

I'm so excited!

-How are you doing?

-Good.

Good to see you.

This is it.

Say bye-bye to Priscilla.

Aw.

-Love you.

-I love you.

-I'll see you later.

-Thank you.

Thank you, bye.

-Bye-bye.

-Bye, Priscilla.

Ken has travelled from Birmingham to Cambridgeshire to meet his son.

Here we go, then.

That's it, superb.

Let me have a look at you, then.

It's worth a kiss.

-As handsome as ever.

-Thank you.

-Everything'll be okay.

-Great stuff, great.

-This is a good day.

-Yeah.

-How are you doing?

-Alright.

Thank you.

[Nicky] Are you scared?

Um, yes, to be honest with you.

I'm going through quite a few emotions, and I've had a few sleepless nights.

It's been such a long time, you know, 45 years.

I'm not gonna know exactly how I feel 'til I actually meet David now.

[Nicky] Are you a little bit uncomfortable with the fact that he is is looking for a father figure?

Yes.

Quite a bit, actually.

Quite a bit.

It's been that long since I've... had-- had a-- a child that's wanted things from me, that kind of thing.

It's a shock.

[Davina] Father and son are meeting in a local pub.

Thanks a lot for all you've done, I really mean that most sincerely.

Alright, good luck.

Thank you.

Take care.

Yeah.

It's alright.

[suspenseful music playing] [Davina] So, what was keeping you up last night?

What were you thinking about?

I was thinking about waking up to-- knowing I've got a dad.

[Davina] Yeah.

Whereas, the day before, I didn't have a dad.

[Davina] Are you nervous?

Yeah.

I won't lie.

I am.

But I know it's gonna be a good day.

Yeah, it is.

Days like today don't come round very often, do they?

They certainly do not.

[David] 45 years, and it's a... -Meeting your dad.

-Start again.

Meet my dad.

Well, he's in the pub over there.

Thank you for everything.

-Good luck.

-Thank you.

[Davina squeals] -Nice to see you.

-Come here, you're my dad.

You alright?

Can I call you Dad?

Yeah, course you can.

Anytime, mate.

Anytime.

You are a chip off the old block, though, ain't ya?

-Yeah.

-Sit down, go on, sit down.

Were you as surprised as me?

I'm surprised that you're here.

I've missed you.

I have.

I've dreamed of this since I was about 18, 19 years old.

I mean, last night, I kind of regressed back to being a kid again.

You know, like at Christmas, Christmas Eve, when you... Never had a birthday card off me, did you-- It doesn't matter.

It doesn't matter.

It's not about-- Dad.

It's not about what's happened and-- what we did or didn't do.

Look, Dave-- Can I call you Dave?

-Course you can.

-Listen, mate.

I didn't have a bond with you because I wasn't there when you were born.

I never held you.

All I had of you was a small-- I'll show you-- I have a small photograph and a little letter from your mother.

But I feel there is a bond here, don't you?

-Yeah.

Can you do me a favor?

-Yeah?

And this will sound-- sound really silly, but... -Yeah.

-Um... it would mean a lot to me if you called me "son."

-Alright, son.

Okay.

-If that's okay.

You are my son, ain't ya?

You are my son.

Just to hear him call me "son," that-- That was brilliant.

[Ken] I feel about him now-- now, this is a big statement-- as I feel about my two boys.

I'm so proud to meet you after all these years.

I came here full of trepidation.

Having met you, I understand where you're coming from.

And I'd like you to be part of my life.

-Aah!

He's a big lad.

-[laughs] [Ken] You're a big lad.

Oh, God.

You've found your dad.

As soon as I saw him, I thought, "I love you.

I love you."

And I haven't told him that, but I will.

I will tell him.

Oh, hello.

-This is my dad.

So he's your--?

-Grandad.

-Come say hello.

-Hello.

Can I give her a kiss?

Hello.

I have got a new dad.

And I-- I can't stop smiling.

[laughter] [Davina] Next time on Long Lost Family... A mother and daughter desperate to find the man they want to be part of their lives...

I hope one day I can meet him and that I can say to him how much your sister loves you and how much I love you.

...and a woman longing to know what became of her mother and her sister.

[woman] I need to have them both in my life, just to know that they're alright.

[peaceful music playing]