[woman] This one is the lady that gave birth to Daddy.

I wanna find her 'cause I wanna make sure she's okay.

[man 2] I would really like to see my daughter.

This is my last chance.

[man 3] It is hard, and you think about it every day.

I'll never, ever give up looking for me mother.

[Davina] There are many reasons why people across Britain are searching for missing family.

It's a feeling that's deep inside that you're on your own.

Keeping secrets and keeping people locked away... nothing good ever comes of that.

Some need to know their identity.

You look at yourself and you think, "Where am I from?

Who do I look like?"

Others have difficult questions.

Why hasn't he tried to find me?

Where was he?

So imagine the moment when the answer you need is just around the corner.

I'm not that far away so I should be with you shortly.

Oh, it gets a bit real, doesn't it?

[Nicky] In this series, we uncover unexpected truths... -Wow!

-He got knighted by the Queen?

...find people that no one else could trace... -We have found your mum.

-Blimey!

I didn't expect that.

...and reunite families after a lifetime apart.

-They found my mother.

-[woman] You're joking!

Mwah!

Oh, God, child!

[Davina] This week, a man searching for the mysterious family who couldn't keep him.

[man] There's people out there that have the same blood as me and the same mum and dad, and I don't know who they are.

And a woman who's spent 50 years longing for her only son.

I have a child out there, and that's all that I can think about and live for.

Our first searcher has always treasured an old newspaper clipping because it's the only memento he's ever had of his birth family.

[man] When I saw this, I knew that it was my mum and my siblings.

The connection really was instant, instantaneous, as soon as I saw their faces.

I just hope that they stayed together and had a good life after this.

It's important to me to find them if they are out there.

Nice control, kids.

Forty-six-year-old Leon Parton lives in Bebington with his partner Rachel and her two children, Oliver and Evie.

Yaaay!

[laughing] [Leon] Rachel's turned my life round, to be honest.

It's nice being able to come home knowing that you've got someone there who wants you home and loves you.

And I love those kids.

They're cool kids.

Oh, yes!

And he scores!

One thing I always said, if I was gonna have kids, I'd never be the man that my dad was to me.

Leon was adopted as a baby by a couple who already had three biological children.

[Leon] I'll always have a love for my mum and a love for my brothers and sisters.

Um, but my dad wasn't a very nice man.

He was an alcoholic.

He used to punch and slap and hit.

I got the brunt of it, to be honest, and I never, ever fought back because I was a little kid.

In my mind I always thought if I wasn't adopted, I would have a better life than I'm having now.

But these dreams were shaken when Leon was 11 and his adoptive mother sh owed him a newspaper clipping she'd been keeping since he was a baby.

I was so thankful for her actually seeing it and recognizing it was my, uh... biological mother with three siblings.

It describes a family evicted from its home and they were having to squat.

"Mother fears family split-up.

Last night Mrs. Ute Daniel..." who is my mother, "...said, 'We had nowhere else to go.'

Mrs. Daniel fears most of all having her three children put into care and the family split up if a permanent home cannot be found."

After reading that, I thought perhaps my mum didn't really want to give me up.

Perhaps I wasn't rejected.

If I was a baby in that scenario, did the Social Services get involved taking me out of that situation?

When I saw this, I was just automatically drawn into the faces of siblings that look completely like me, when I was younger.

They were living day-to-day.

There's no water, no heating.

It must have been quite difficult.

Um, but I really wanted to be stood here or something like that, just photoshopped into it.

The article gave the address of the cottage that Leon's birth mother and siblings had been evicted from.

This is the first time that Leon has been there.

This is it.

Oh, this is beautiful.

Wow!

Hm.

This is where they used to live.

It is quite strange to think that they probably stood here or played in the garden.

I didn't think I'd feel like, like wobbly like I do at the moment.

Yeah, it must have been quite hard for my mum, to lose a home, walking out, knowing that you're not gonna live here anymore.

And then that not knowing what's gonna happen tomorrow or the next day.

It would be great to hopefully think that the family stayed together, but obviously you've got to look on the realist side of things, maybe more of the children were taken away at a later point.

Must have been tough.

What became of Leon's family after the eviction is a mystery that he's now determined to solve.

[Leon] It's been 35 years of not knowing the truth.

Whether it's a happy or a sad ending, what is important to me is, is knowing, getting some answers.

There's people out there that have the same blood as me and the same mum and dad, and I don't know who they are.

The only information Leon had about his birth family came from the old newspaper article which mentioned his birth mother's name, Ute Daniel.

Ute is a very unusual name, so we quickly found two old addresses registered to her on the electoral roll.

But, after 2010, the trail went cold.

Hoping to find out more, we wrote to both properties, and we were in luck.

A former partner of Ute replied, but with the sad news that she'd died in 2012.

Fortunately, he could give us the names and ages of Ute's children, the three pictured in the newspaper clipping: Kirk, Kelly and Kim.

And another daughter called Karen, who was born later.

So we now knew Leon has four siblings, all of whom have names beginning with a K. Leon himself was called Karl with a K before he was adopted, so it all made sense.

We managed to trace Leon's eldest brother Kirk, living just a few miles from the last address Leon had for the family.

Kirk agreed to meet me, along with their younger sister Karen.

Until now, the only information Leon had about his family showed them evicted and facing an uncertain future.

So what happened to them?

And how does Leon fit in?

Did his siblings even know about him?

-Hello.

-How you doing?

-Hello.

Come on in.

-Nice to meet you.

[Kirk] And you.

Thank you so much for having me.

Thank you for coming.

How did you feel when you heard your brother was looking for you?

Very strange.

Emotional.

Very emotional.

-[Nicky] You knew about him?

-[both] Yes.

Yeah.

We've always, like, thought about finding him.

I have tried to before, but obviously we just get stopped at the adoption process, don't you?

He's got a totally different name, hadn't he?

Exactly.

When Karl was adopted, his name was changed to Leon.

-Oh, right.

-[Karen] Oh, yeah.

Just hope he's all right.

I'm sorry mum's not here.

[Kirk] Yeah.

What would she think about this?

I'm sure she'd be happy, I'm sure she would.

She didn't want to adopt him.

When she put him up for adoption, then did she explain why she had to?

We weren't sure, so we can't say exactly what she thought or what she felt or... but from conversations I've had, I just think it was just too hard, like, she didn't know how to deal with it.

It was the circumstances she was under and she obviously split up with my dad.

We was left homeless then.

She felt that she had no other option... at the time.

So do you remember what was going on at the time?

Your mother squatted because she'd nowhere to live.

[Kirk] Yeah, we'd been squatting.

God, Mum looks like a kid!

-I've never seen that picture.

-[Kirk] No.

[Karen] It's embarrassing.

[Kirk] We didn't have a very good upbringing really.

Mum found trouble.

Doesn't matter where she turned, she found trouble.

I'd never put my children through what...

Some of the things that we've been through.

-Never.

-I'm so sorry about that.

Did...

But the family stayed together?

We all stayed together, yeah.

Well, Leon was aware of this newspaper clipping.

His adoptive mum had shown it to him.

And he looked at the faces and he saw himself.

Oh, gosh.

It's hard, isn't it, 'cause you want Karl to see something, something nice.

This is why we were so scared, like, of getting in touch, I suppose.

I've always thought, I'd love to find him, but then would he like to find this when he-- Do you know what I mean?

I know we're all right people, but is it something we wanna bring him into, like?

It's not a very nice image to have in your mind, is it?

That's the image he's got in his mind, but that's the past, isn't it?

-Yeah.

-Mm.

It's amazing how things turn around, isn't it?

And we're quite close really.

We are.

We know we love each other.

-And he's coming into that.

-[Kirk] Yeah.

-And that's great.

-Yeah.

I think one of the things with Karl, I always dreamt that he'd got this lovely family.

[Kirk] Yeah, I always thought he'd have that.

He was being brought up better than we were, hoping that, you know, like when he grows up, he'll be all right, because we haven't really.

Is he all right?

Is he okay, like?

That's the most important question of all, isn't it?

Yeah, he's in a good place.

Recently he met and fell in love with his life partner, Rachel.

-Oh, wow.

-But he didn't have a very happy adoption.

He had a really difficult relationship with his adoptive father.

Very unhappy.

I know our family wasn't the best, but he would have been home, wouldn't he?

[Kirk] Have you got a photo of him?

-I do.

Yeah.

-Have you?

-I do.

-That's what we've all been waiting...

It's mental.

-That's our brother.

-[Kirk] I know.

[Karen] It's crackers.

[Kirk] I think he's definitely a Daniel, isn't he?

He's got the same cheek, same sort of grin, isn't it?

[Karen] He looks like a Karl, though, don't he?

He doesn't look like a Leon.

[laughing] So are all four of you, all the siblings, you wanna meet him?

-Yeah!

-Yeah, definitely.

Yeah.

He's our brother.

He's part of our family, isn't he?

He's been absent, but he's still part of it.

Bless him.

[Davina] But before we tell Leon hi s siblings have been found... the anguish of giving up her baby has consumed our next searcher for over 50 years, even more so because her lost son is her only child.

[woman] I wanted to keep him.

But I just couldn't believe that something so lovely had just been snatched from my arms.

Should never have happened.

Retired bank clerk Lynne Oakes is widowed and lives by herself in North London.

When you get up in the morning and make a cup of coffee and make breakfast, and then I think, "What's my son doing today?

I wonder where he is.

I wonder if he's happy."

Lynne was born in 1953 and grew up with her parents and older sister.

[Lynne] They were loving parents.

My father had a good job.

He was a bank inspector.

We were lucky.

Mum and Dad always looked after us.

But when Lynne was only 14, her safe and carefree childhood was shattered.

[Lynne] I have this picture of me when I was at school, about the same time as it all happened.

There was an older guy.

I suppose he took a shine to me.

We'd meet on the way home from school.

I look innocent, don't I?

Look like a little girl.

What man would want someone as young as that?

He was being nice to you and you thought, "Oh, I'm grown up."

But you never realize what was going on.

I didn't know.

I didn't know how you got a baby then.

At the age of 14, Lynne fell pregnant and the man disappeared.

I was too young, and my parents just couldn't handle it.

So it was to be hushed-hushed.

Lynne was sent away to a mother and baby home.

[Lynne] I was the youngest one there.

I was always knitting.

I made lots of baby clothes, well, just to keep the baby warm and make him look nice.

Hello.

When Lynne's baby boy was born, she named him Eugene and spent several days ta king care of him in hospital.

Oh, I loved every minute of it, bathing him.

No, I'd sing to him and I'd talk to him.

So for 10, 12 days, you get to love something, it's yours, you know?

But I knew he wasn't gonna be mine for long.

I knew I wasn't gonna keep him.

And then the very last day I remember crying and all my tears were dropping on his face as I was feeding him and I was talking to him saying I was sorry.

I told him I loved him and I'll always love him and one day I would find him.

And then they put him in the cot and they just wheeled him away and that was it.

In the years that followed, Lynne married but never had any other children.

[Lynne] I wished I had, but it just didn't happen.

I have a child out there, and I just would like to know if he had a good life because he's my baby.

Crying now.

Bringing it all back.

[Nicky] As Lynne's baby had been given a new name when he was adopted, she was never able to trace him.

Without that name, she had nothing to go on.

Fortunately, we were able to use adoption specialists to access the change-of-name records and discover that Eugene was now called Michael Cocks.

The adoption records also gave us a vital clue, that Michael's adoptive family lived in Norfolk.

A search of the electoral register revealed four entries with the right name in the right area.

We contacted them all.

One of them replied, saying he was Lynne's son.

Now a builder, he has two children and a grandchild.

Lynne has carried the memory of her baby son in her heart for the last 52 years.

With no other children, she's yearned to have him back.

So how will Michael react to this?

And how does he feel about having his birth mother back in his life?

-Hi, Michael.

-Hi, Nick, all right?

-Yeah.

How are you feeling?

-Nervous.

[laughs] -After you.

-Okay, cheers.

So when did you find out you were adopted?

My parents told me when I was about 4 that I was adopted.

They were absolutely the best people, and they've always tried to push me to find my birth mum.

I looked into it, and I couldn't find my mum.

But here I am now, eager to meet her, yeah.

So what were you told about Lynne, about your birth mother?

She was very young when she had me.

That was about it really.

That's basically the story.

She was only 14 when she found out she was pregnant.

And your birth father was much older and made himself scarce.

Oh, dread to think.

She told her parents, they were dismayed, and she was sent to a mother and baby home, and then when she had you, she had you for 10 days, and those were 10 days which were, you know, the most special 10 days of her life.

But when you were taken from her, she was crying so much, she remembers the tears falling on you.

[sighs] It must have been terrible, handing somebody over that you love, knowing that you're most probably not gonna see them again.

So that must have affected her for the rest of her life then really.

She's never got over it, and she didn't have any other children.

-Really?

-Yeah.

Sad for her not having that love in her life.

What can I say?

-Wanna see her more now.

-So you'd like to see a photo?

I would love to see a photo, yes.

There's your birth mum.

She looks a lovely woman.

Got her nose, got her eyes.

Never thought I would see the face of my birth mother.

Want to bring her into my family because I've got such a loving family.

-She's gonna love that.

-I can't wait to meet her.

Tell her everything's okay.

Incredible.

That's my mum.

[Davina] Ever since Lynne was a 14-year-old girl, she has longed for news of her son, and now I'm on my way to North London to give her just that.

Lynne never really recovered from the painful separation from her baby.

But today I can tell her that her only son has been found.

We've arranged to meet at a local pub.

-Hi, Lynne.

-Hi.

Thank you so much for talking to me.

I just wanted to talk to you about how old you were when you fell pregnant 'cause you were still at school, right?

-Yeah.

-It must have been so frightening.

Oh, it was, really, really scary, very scary.

It's a secret I've kept all my life.

-Very hard for you.

-And I'd just like to know that he's had a good life.

You know, that he was looked after.

And I would like to tell him how much I loved him.

Well, you can tell him because your son has been found.

-Really?

-Yes.

Does he want to see me?

-He does.

-[gasps] Does he?

Oh, my God!

Oh, I can't believe it.

He doesn't hate me?

He doesn't hate you.

Oh, my God!

What a shock.

And I dreamt all this time.

He's not Eugene no more, is he?

He is not.

He's called Michael.

-Michael.

Oh, right.

Lovely.

-Yeah.

Does he live a long way away?

-He lives in Norfolk.

-Wow!

Yeah.

He's always been there.

That's where he was brought up and his adoptive parents were lovely.

Oh, I'm pleased for him.

I have got a photo.

Have you?

Go on then.

This is your son, Michael.

Oh, my God!

Oh, I can't believe it.

I'm shaking, you see?

-He looks a kind person, doesn't he?

-Yes.

-Has he got children?

-He has.

-Has he?

-You're a granny.

-Oh, really?

-He's got two.

-Oh, God.

-So he's got one from a previous relationship.

-Yeah.

-She's 29, she's called Ellie.

Oh, God, Ellie, yeah.

And then he's got a little boy who's 12 and he's called Finley.

Oh, Finley.

And then Ellie has got a daughter.

-Oh, great grandma!

-Called Ivy!

Granny and a great granny, oh, my God!

That's marvelous, isn't it?

Oh, I can't believe it.

[Davina] He's also written you a few words.

Can you read it for me?

[Davina] Yeah, no problem.

"Where to start?

Never have I felt any animosity towards you.

I have thought about what you must have gone through giving me up, and I never gave up hope of one day finding you.

My heart is fully open to the future.

Yours in anticipation, Michael."

-Aww!

-Here, you can have a look at it.

[Lynne] Oh, God!

It's so lovely.

I'm gonna treasure this forever.

-I can keep this?

-Yes.

This will go under my pillow tonight.

I can't believe it.

It is a secret that's not a secret anymore.

-Yeah.

-I don't have to hide it anymore, do I?

-No.

-Oh, my God!

-You can tell people you've got a son.

-I've got a son!

I've got a family.

My own family.

It's wonderful, isn't it?

Leon Parton has asked us to find the birth family he's only ever glimpsed in an old newspaper article.

-I'm a little bit scared.

-Yeah.

I just hope the family have stayed together and it wasn't all split up.

You've always wanted to know what had happened all them years ago.

-It'll give you some peace.

-I might get some bad news, but that bad news will also answer questions that I've had for a long, long time.

Unfortunately, just as he feared, we have had to give Leon some bad news away from the cameras.

His birth mother has passed away.

Despite the sad news, I hope that Leon will be excited by the fact that we've also discovered his four siblings.

They stayed together, and they can't wait to welcome him into the family.

I've arranged to meet him at a café near his home.

-Hey, Leon.

-Hi, Davina, you okay?

-Yeah, good, thanks.

-Nice to meet you.

Yeah, and you.

I'm, um, really sorry we couldn't bring you better news about your mum.

It is a bit rough, to be honest, but I wish I could have met mum.

That must have been hard.

So you had that newspaper article.

-Your birth mum with three kids.

-Yeah.

Had three kids, which we're assuming are your three siblings.

I assumed they were siblings.

So my mum having to move out from her family home.

I knew there was a situation, um, that must have been tough.

-And, of course, tough on the three kids.

-Exactly.

And what happened to them?

Did the family stay together?

Well, we do know what happened next.

Right, okay.

Because we have found your siblings.

Really?

-Yeah.

-Amazing!

Wow!

Are they okay?

-Yeah, they're good.

-Good.

Your mum did manage to keep them together.

-Great.

-With her.

Great.

Wow!

So my first question's got to be, why was I adopted?

They're not entirely sure because all of this was happening -when they were very young.

-Yeah, course, yeah.

They think basically they lived in that place they were squatting, and your birth father and her had split up.

-Right, okay.

-And life was incredibly hard.

-Yeah, I can imagine.

-They feel that it wasn't something that she wanted to do.

Right, okay.

They were told that you'd been adopted.

-Wow.

-Mm.

-They had a very tough time.

-Okay.

But they always kind of hoped and dreamt that your adoption was good.

And so when they heard that you'd also had a tough time, they were really sad about that.

You won't believe what this is... really emotional now for me.

It's amazing.

-Wow.

-Do you want to know their names?

Yes, please.

-So we've got Kirk.

-Yeah.

-Kim, and Kelly.

-Yeah... -They're all Ks.

Yeah.

-You seeing anything here?

-'Cause I was Karl.

-Yeah.

-Wow.

-You're the Kardashians before the Kardashians were the Kardashians!

-And there's also Karen.

-And Karen.

-Brilliant.

-And Karen came later, after you.

Right, okay.

So I now have a big brother and two big sisters, and then a little sister to look after as well.

Amazing.

That's really good news.

-They really wanna meet you.

-I wanna meet them.

-You've seen a picture of your mum when she was young.

-Yeah.

But I have got a picture of her when she was slightly older.

-Right, okay.

-Would you like to see it?

I would love to see it, yeah.

Now, Karen, very sweetly... 'cause she feels that you should have something to keep in your house... has already put it in a picture frame for you.

Fantastic.

-Oh, what a beautiful lady.

-That's Ute.

It's fantastic.

-Just wish I could have met her, though.

-Yeah.

I know.

Kind of a bit more...

I will cherish this.

Can I-- Have you got photos of my siblings?

So...

I'm expecting to see me.

-Wow!

-There are your siblings.

Oh.

Amazing.

It's mental.

Absolutely mental.

'Cause the nose and the sort of the eyes that... -It's a family trait.

-It's a family trait thing.

So, yeah.

Yeah, it's just amazing.

I can feel a massive connection now.

They have written you a letter.

-Okay.

-As well.

"Dear Karl, we hope you are well.

We're all really happy that you have found us.

We have known about you for as long as I can remember and often wondered about you, where you are, how you are, and imagine what our lives would have been like with you in them.

We're all really excited and we are really looking forward to meeting you.

Karen, Kim, Kelly... -and..." -That's Kirk's signature.

Kirk's signature.

It's magical, it is.

It's magical.

It's just everything.

It's amazing.

Thank you.

It's amazing.

So happy.

It's brilliant.

Today, Leon is going to meet all four of his siblings for the first time.

[Leon] There is an air of trepidation and a few little butterflies in the tummy.

It's the culmination of lots and lots of years of wondering and thinking about where they are and... it's just amazing.

Karen and Kirk are going to join their other two sisters so they can all meet Leon together.

We're gonna see him today.

It would be nice to welcome him into the family, won't it?

-Yeah.

-It's a very big day.

I hope everything goes well and that, you know, he, he likes what he sees.

I don't even know how I feel, like.

It's a mixture of nervous, excited, worried, happy, sad... [laughs] ...and crazy.

Crazy.

Kelly and Kim have travelled to a local golf club where the family will be reunited.

Not long now to go.

Very excited.

Little bit nervous.

-Very nervous.

-Very nervous.

[laughs] We might not be able to give him all the answers that he's looking for, but I just hope it gives him a peace of mind that he's found his family.

Everyone has been Covid tested so they can meet safely.

-Thank you.

-Here's your coat.

Love you lots.

Look forward to meeting them all later.

See you later.

Bye.

[Leon] Means the world to me that they're still all together and still quite a strong family unit.

I've got four siblings, so what more can I ask for?

Hi, guys!

[laughs] How are you?

Who wants the first cuddle?

[laughing] -You're Kelly?

-Yeah.

Hi, Kim.

You all right?

-It's been a long time.

-[Kim] I wasn't gonna cry.

Karen.

Are you okay?

-You've got another big bro.

-Are you all right?

I'm good, yeah.

-Are you all right?

-Nice to meet you.

-You all right?

-Yeah.

Yeah, really good, yeah.

-It's been a long, long time.

-[laughter] Has it been as nerve racking for you as it is for me?

-Oh, God, it's been terrible.

-Oh, gosh, yes, it has.

-I think we all look pretty alike though, don't we?

-Yeah.

-The nose and the eyes.

-Oh, yeah, the nose.

It's like looking in a bloody mirror!

Slightly more handsome!

I feel absolutely great.

It's the first time I've cuddled anybody that's a blood relative.

I didn't feel like I'd been away for 46 years.

I felt part of the family straightaway.

[Karen] He's just like us, isn't he?

-Yeah, straightaway.

-Definitely, yeah.

Soon as he started talking, yeah.

[Karen] He's definitely got the family nose.

We've all got quite big noses, haven't we?

-Yeah, yeah.

-Speak for yourself!

[laughter] So you knew all about me?

-Yes.

-Yeah.

It's weird sat in front of you all now 'cause obviously I had photos.

Have you seen the photo that I had?

-I've seen the newspaper, yeah.

-Ah, you have.

That was hard to read, that was.

I'm really pleased that you're still together.

I thought my childhood was tough, but after obviously finding out about you guys... We just felt really bad when we heard that yours wasn't the best.

[Kelly] Yeah, that was upsetting, that was.

But, er, we got here, though.

-Yes.

We're here.

-We got here.

-[Kelly] At last.

-[Leon] So where are we going for Christmas?

[laughs] [Leon] I'm just so happy that they're still together and obviously a good family unit, and finally to meet them, it's just absolutely amazing.

Really, really good.

-I've brought some photos.

-[Leon] Have you?

That's Mum, when she was a bit younger.

Oh, wow!

What a beautiful lady.

That's a great photo, isn't it?

-She would have liked to know you were okay.

-Yeah.

She knew she'd let all of us down.

-Do you know what I mean?

-I know what you're saying.

Knew she had, so I think maybe in her heart, she hoped that you were okay and sort of pushed it to the side and thought, "He's all right where he is, let's leave it."

But you're all right, though?

-I'm okay.

I'm better now.

-Yeah.

Life's perfect.

We've gained a brother, haven't we, you know, that we've lost for a long time.

-Yeah, definitely.

-He feels like part of the family already.

It's mad that there were five Ks, innit?

-Oh, gosh, yes.

-It's confusing.

-I know.

-[Karen] I find it really odd to say "Leon," I keep saying "Karl."

You can call me Karl if you want.

[laughing] It's taken 46 years or 47 years to become part of the family again.

It's very nice.

[Leon] Yeah, I'm really looking forward to the future and happy times together from now on.

It's over half a century since Lynne Oakes' on ly child Michael was adopted.

He's got my eyes.

I wonder if he feels as nervous as me.

And today mother and son will finally be reunited.

Fifty-two years.

It doesn't seem real.

I don't know what becoming a mum is like.

I was only a mum for 10 days, really, so it's very hard to know what to expect.

I'm gonna start crying again.

Don't make me cry now, I haven't even got there!

Michael has travelled from Norfolk to meet Lynne, just a few miles from where he was born.

[Michael] This is gonna be a day that's gonna change the rest of my life.

I'm just excited.

They've both been tested so they can meet safely.

[Lynne] To hug him after all these years will be the biggest hug in the world, I would say, the biggest hug.

[Michael] I'm nervous of meeting her and what she thinks of me.

I'm just happy that she decided to find me.

It's something I never thought would ever, ever happen.

It is a dream come true.

It's all right, it's all right.

Hello.

It's been a long while.

Oh.

[Michael] Can I call you mum?

Of course you can.

Yeah, of course you can.

-Yeah.

-There you go.

I really, really am so pleased to meet you.

[both laughing] I've been thinking about you a lot, a lot, a lot.

The day I left you at the hospital, knowing we'd never be together ever again, so it's been a big, big shock to find you, and that, that you, you wanted to find me as well.

Oh, yeah, yes.

Growing up, my adoptive parents always told me about you, so I know it wasn't your fault.

-I had no choice at all.

-No.

I know.

-But I hope you had a good... -Yes, I did.

-...good life.

-Yes.

-They were very loving.

-Oh, I'm so glad.

It's amazing, isn't it, absolutely amazing.

I feel wonderful.

I feel like a whole weight has been lifted from my head.

He keeps holding my hand all the time.

And he wants to call me "mum."

It's lovely.

It was magic.

Absolute magic.

-Me when I was... -Oh, right ...three months there.

Oh, God!

Oh, it's gorgeous.

Oh, they're lovely, aren't they?

[Michael] I was 6 or 7 there.

I bet you was a monkey.

[laughs] [Michael] I'm feeling ecstatic.

I'm over the moon.

She's such a lovely woman.

I'm just looking forward to the rest of the time we can have together.

Now you're gonna be a big part of my family.

Oh, I hope so.

It will be so lovely.

Yeah, I've been by myself for so long.

Not anymore, Mum.

[Michael] She's my mum, and my family are all waiting to meet her.

-That's my daughter.

-Hello.

Wow, it's lovely to meet you.

You too.

Wow, she's so beautiful.

She's so gorgeous.

[Lynne] A second chance for me.

I'm a mum!

A grandmum and a great grandmum.

And I'm very lucky, aren't I?

Wonderful.

And am I gonna wake up tomorrow and this has just been one big dream?

But I'm not, am I?

No.

It's true.

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