[seagulls crying, piano music playing] [Paul Connolly]My mother put me out with the rubbish when I wastwo weeks old.

This is where my life started.

[Diane Kerridge] A social worker came.

I asked her, "Please don't take him."

But she did.

Every year, thousands of people come to us, looking for missing family.

[Rachel Burch] My dad left my life.

I know nothing.

I feel like half of me is missing.

[Nicky Campbell] Sometimes, it's to solve a mystery that's troubled them for decades.

I've had in the back of my mind that my mom could have been murdered.

She took this to her grave.

[Davina McCall] Or to end the torment of what they don't know.

When is the right time to share with your children, "Oh, by the way, you've got a brother and sister somewhere"?

[Sara Hathaway]Did she genuinely really not want me?

[Nicky]So, imagine the moment when the burning questions can finally be answered.

It's Davina.

Put the kettle on.

Yes!

It's just blown my mind.

[Davina] In this series, we discover extraordinary stories.

That's your mom.

[Mary Beth] God, she's lovely.

Finding people around the world who nobody else could trace.

-Sorry.

It's massive.

-How are you doing?

I've waited 43 years for that hug.

[Davina] Reuniting families who've spent a lifetime apart.

Flippin' heck!

Hello, family.

[gentle piano music playing] [bird chirping] [Joe McGregor]You've got the whole family-- a sister, two brothers, mom and dad, and granny.

My dad was pretty awesome, a very-- very kind man.

And my mom is pretty special, too.

But it's hard to have a truly defined sense of who you are if you've got a background like mine, because you don't really know where you've come from.

[phones ringing] Many searchers come to us knowing that they are loved by their adoptive family.

But that love doesn't stop them from feeling that they might also belong to a different family, somewhere else.

[gentle guitar music playing] [Davina]48-year-old builder Joe McGregor lives in Bristol with his partner, Sarah, and their children, Silvia and Jacob.

-Never seen that before.

-Tiny baby there, isn't it?

[Davina]Joe was adopted in 1975 in Bermuda, where his adoptive father, Alistair, had come to be a vicar.

Alistair and Sheila already had a daughter, Catherine.

Is that when they just got you, Joe?

[Joe] Yeah, yeah, I was only a few days old then, yeah, I was a brand-new baby.

[Sarah] Your mom looks really pleased.

[Joe] She does, yeah.

[Jacob] And you look really happy as well.

[Joe] I do, yeah.

Yeah.

[Davina] When Joe was two and a half, the church recalled his dad and the family back to the UK.

Joe spent his childhood in Norfolk.

He's arranged to meet his sister Catherine and brother Matthew at one of their father's old churches, to talk about their experiences growing up.

-[Catherine] Hey, Joe.

-[Joe] Hi, you alright?

-Yeah.

How are you?

-[Joe] Good.

You good?

Aw.

-[Joe] Hi, bro.

-Hi, bro.

[Joe] How you doing?

[Catherine] We used to have that as our job, Joe.

[Joe] Yeah.

[Catherine] On a Sunday morning, putting the hymn numbers up.

-[Joe] Doing the numbers, yeah.

-Yeah.

[Davina]They have vivid memories of this time.

How we viewed things and how the rest of the world viewed us -are very different things.

-Yeah.

For us, we were just like a normal family, if you like.

But to other people, we weren't.

When we lived there, it wasn't very mixed at all... [Sarah] No.

[Joe] I was the only Black kid at school.

I used to get flak from kids at school about you as my brother.

Right.

It used to really make me angry.

People saw us as different.

Someone said to me, "He's not your real brother."

Yeah.

That is the worst thing that anyone's ever said to me.

[Joe] Yeah.

[Davina] As Joe got older, he met with more overt racism.

I can remember seeing loads of racist graffiti.

National Front stickers, BNP stickers.

It wasn't uncommon.

I remember seeing police giving you grief... -Yeah.

-...for riding your bike.

A lot of the really bad stuff that happened, I kind of kept a lot to myself, and I didn't want to tell my parents, because I didn't want to upset them, you know.

It just became something that was a part of my life, you know.

I think I found things difficult, just not having people around me who were like me and having people to talk to who could kind of relate to what I was going through.

[gentle piano music playing] [Davina]When Joe was 19, his father gave him a startling piece of information.

My dad said that pretty soon after they got me, a letter came from the hospital, which I think was sent in error, and it had my birth mother's name on it, which is Brenda Connor.

He took it in the garden and burnt it and didn't ever say anything to anyone.

I think he was worried that something would happen if anyone kind of found out, and they wouldn't...

They may have to give me back or something, I don't know.

[Davina] Joe contacted Children's Services in Bermuda to find out more about his past.

[Joe] It was like a brick wall.

I didn't really have any rights to find out about what had happened to me.

[Davina]He went on to settle down in Bristol with his partner, Sarah, and two children.

When I held my daughter for the first time, it was very emotional, just because she looked like me so much, and I've never really known anyone who looked like me.

Your genes are being passed down.

[Davina]In recent years, Joe has investigated his DNA to tryand find out more.

It kind of made me want to know where I kind of came from and who I look like in the world.

I feel like I've got different families and also maybe a family I don't know about.

[gentle piano music playing] [Matthew] I've always known Joe has a birth family, but I've always put it out of my mind, because I didn't want it to come between us.

But I also know that he needs to know.

[Catherine]I don't want our family to change, but I think it's really important that he gets some answers.

He's got a right to have those answers.

[Joe]I want to find out as much as I can.

My life's not really complete, because there's so many unknowns about my past.

[general chatter, keyboards clacking] [Nicky]Joe knew that he was born in Bermuda, and he believed his birth mother's name was Brenda Connor.

That's all the information we had.

Using his DNA, we searched databases and discovered a match with a William O'Connor in the USA.

William's record showed that he was also from Bermuda and that he had a sister, Brenda O'Connor, but that, sadly, Brenda had died almost 30 years ago.

Was this Brenda O'Connor Joe's birth mother?

Records showed Brenda had a son, Gavin, five years older than Joe and still living in Bermuda.

When our intermediaries first contacted Gavin, he thought the suggestion he had a long-lost younger brother was far-fetched.

So he went to Bermuda Registry Office himself and called up Joe's birth certificate.

And the name of the mother on that birth certificate?

Brenda O'Connor.

[upbeat guitar music playing] I've arranged to meet Gavin at his home.

Joe has known all his life that he's adopted, so the idea of a birth family has always been at the back of his mind.

But as for Gavin, the news that he has a brother has come completely out of the blue.

So, how's he feeling now?

[knocking on door] -[Gavin] Hello!

-Hey.

-Hey.

-Hey, Gavin.

How are you doing?

Yes.

-How are you doing?

-I'm fine.

I'm Nicky.

-How are you?

-Yes.

Good to meet you.

-[Nicky] You too.

-Come in.

[Nicky] Thank you.

-[Nicky] So you got the news.

-Yes.

When I realized that possibly I've got a brother out there, I was like, "No, this can't be real," you know?

-But it is real.

-But it is real, yes.

I was always the only child growing up.

So, this is a big psychological shift.

Definitely, yes.

And the age I am, you know, and then the age he is, you know?

He was born in '75.

I was born in 1969.

So, you're five years older.

-Five years older, yes.

-Than Joe.

-Yes.

-Your mom.

[Gavin] Mm-hmm.

So, what was going on in 1975 in her life?

We lived with my other three uncles and my grandmother as well, her mother.

So, we all lived together.

She worked two jobs to make sure I had everything that I needed.

I mean, what have you been thinking about why she might have given him up?

That's the biggest thing that puzzled me, like, why would she have done it?

Would she not be able to handle two children, being a single parent at that time?

But I know she was a good person.

Whatever she done, she made it in good judgment.

-Have you got any pictures?

-Yes, I do.

I have two photos here.

If you'd like to see.

That's one of her.

My mama.

-[Nicky] A beautiful picture.

-Yes.

-And she's white, yeah?

-Well, well, mixed as well.

You know what I mean?

Because her mother, my grandmother, she originally came from England.

That's her at my son's christening.

Taureen was six months old.

[Nicky] Wow.

The way she's holding your son, Taureen, there.

-[Gavin] Yes.

-Such pride.

[Gavin] Yes.

Do you have a photo of Joe?

Yeah.

Right here.

He's a version of me.

[laughs] Definitely.

Yes.

Uh-huh.

Yes, I see it.

You can't take the smile off your face.

Yeah.

I see it all up in her, you know?

Yeah.

Mm-hmm.

[Nicky] Yeah.

That's your brother.

Yeah.

Yes.

-That is your brother.

-Yes.

He looks a lot like my mama too.

I'm so used to saying "my mama," "my mama."

So I have to say "Mom" now.

-"Our mama."

-"Our mama."

Does he have a family?

He has wife and kids, or...?

Yeah, it was when he had his, uh, his kids that he had people in his life that shared his DNA...

Yes.

...and that was a further journey down the road towards you.

Yes.

It's never too late to reunite.

He's a Bermudian.

We actually say in Bermuda, "born and bred Bermudian."

He's coming home.

I've already got Joseph in my heart.

I haven't met him yet, but he's in my heart already.

[general chatter, phones ringing] Our next searcher came to Long Lost Family looking for help to fulfil his late mother's dying wish to find her daughter, his sister.

[gentle guitar music playing] [Simon Miller]My mum had her for 14 days, and she said it was the best 14 days of her life.

And then they came to take her, and she said it was devastating.

She-- and she punished herself ever since.

[Davina]49-year-old Simon Miller is a supermarket assistant living in Putney, south-west London.

Aaliyah, I'm off now.

I'll see you tomorrow.

-Yes.

-[Simon] Have a nice afternoon.

-[Aaliyah] Bye.

-[Simon] Bye.

[Davina]Simon grew up with his older brother David, who is very supportive of Simon's search but doesn't wish to be filmed.

They were cared for by their mom, Beverley.

We had a good relationship, all three of us.

She was my best friend, not just my mom.

Good listener, funny.

She was the best mom.

[Davina] But when Simon was 14, a relative revealed an amazing family secret.

[Simon]I was away with family in Coventry, my cousins.

We were in the front room looking at photos, and there was one particular picture with my mom.

She looked really well.

And then that's when I saw the bump.

And I was like, "Wow."

She was pregnant.

And it wasn't me.

[Davina] Simon learned that before his mother had him, she'd given birth to a daughter, Bronwen.

They thought I knew, and I didn't.

They said, "We can't discuss it, Simon.

You need to speak to your mom."

And I came home, and I said, "I've got a sister."

And then she goes, "I'll need a couple of minutes."

I think she went out in the garden, had a little cry, and then she came in and sat me down and told me.

So, my mum fell pregnant with my sister Bronwen, and the relationship broke down with the father.

She said, "I had a breakdown."

She didn't think she could cope because of her situation, and she wanted her to have a better life.

Then they came to take Bronwen away.

She goes, "It just devastated me."

[Davina]Simon Miller is looking for the sister his mother gave up for adoption over 50 years ago.

Today, he's meeting with his aunt, Geraldine, his mom's sister, to find out more about his mom and the circumstances around the time of Bronwen's birth.

-[Simon] Hello, Gel.

-Hello, Si.

-How are you?

-I'm alright, darling.

You?

-[Simon] Aww, come here.

-Aww.

-[Simon] Oh, love you.

-Good to see you.

[Simon] Oh, thank you.

That's a nice photo, Gel.

[Geraldine] That's Mum mucking about there, look, on the scooter.

That's with the mods and the rockers.

We were mods.

Yeah, so here we have Mum with David, and she's pregnant with Bronwen.

And she would have been 23.

-And times were tough back then.

-She was single.

And she was just so unlucky, you know, with her partners.

[Simon] Mm.

[Geraldine] And I think she did what she thought was best for her daughter.

But then I know that Mum... -[Simon] Regretted it.

-She did.

It must have been horrendous, just wondering what she was like and was she happy, was she being looked after?

[Simon] It's just nice to know that I've got a sister.

[Geraldine] I know, Si.

Love you, Gel.

I love you too, love.

[Davina]In 2008, Beverley was diagnosed with cancer.

[Simon] She knew she was dying.

A couple of weeks before she died, she goes to me, "I want you to do me a massive favor.

Find my daughter.

Explain my story to her, and just apologize."

It's my mum's wish, and I feel like I need to know myself.

My sister is loved.

I just would like to just give her a big... hug.

[general chatter] [Nicky] Our search team started by finding Bronwen's adoptive surname-- Foster.

Using specialist databases, our intermediaries discovered that she had married seven years ago.

With her married name, they found her, now living in Shropshire, close to where she grew up.

Bronwen lives with her husband and two adult daughters.

I want to find out how much she knows about her brothers, David and Simon.

For years, Simon has been wondering about Bronwen and worrying whether she's had a happy life.

So, what has it been like for her?

And what questions does she have about her birth family?

[knocking] -Hi, Bronwen.

-Hi, Nicky.

-[laughs] How are you?

-Pleased to meet you.

-Come on in.

-Lovely to meet you.

Lovely.

Your adoptive parents, what were they like?

When I was about five, my adoptive parents separated, so I was brought up by my mom and my grandfather.

That was amazing.

We all lived together.

So, what was your mom like?

Very supportive, loving.

Had a happy childhood.

No siblings?

No.

I was an only child.

From what stage did you actually know you were adopted?

I've always known that I've been adopted.

I knew about my one brother, but I didn't know I had a second brother.

You knew about one brother?

-Yeah.

-Right, okay.

So, that's David?

David, yes.

How come you knew about him?

Because my adoptive mom said about him when I was 12.

Knowing I had a brother was hard, because I couldn't meet him.

I couldn't play with him.

So I couldn't be a sister.

-And you wanted to be?

-Yeah.

So, now, another brother.

Yeah.

A younger brother.

Yeah.

-Wow.

-I know.

Did you think about tracing and finding David or any-- your birth mother?

I didn't, because I was rejected by her.

When I was born, she gave me up.

And I always looked at-- why did she keep David and not me?

I found that really hard.

-Can I tell you about her?

-Yeah.

She was in a relationship, and then they had you.

Yeah.

But your birth father left.

And she was left on her own to deal with the situation.

Was she?

You know, David was a bit older, she'd bonded with David, and it would have been easier for her if you were put up for adoption.

And it completely broke her heart.

And she was with you for 14 days.

-Was she?

-Yeah.

And she thought about you every day of her life.

She died in 2008 of cancer.

And when she got the diagnosis and she said to Simon, "Promise me you'll find her."

Now, can I ask you-- I know it's very difficult all this-- but hearing that, after all these years of feeling that she rejected you... does that change things?

Yeah.

Obviously, there was reasons why she did what she did.

Couldn't have been easy for her to give me up.

I've got a photo of your birth mother.

-Have you?

-Yeah.

-Can I see?

-Yeah, sure.

This is Beverley when she was, um, young.

What's it like looking at your-- your birth mother?

Weird.

I've got a photo of your brother Simon.

-Have you?

-Yeah.

-Can I see?

-Of course you can.

[Nicky] Does he look like you?

Yeah, I think he does.

So, this is Simon?

Wow.

Hmm.

He's written a letter.

So, "Dear Bronwen, I am writing this letter to you because you have been on our minds for many years.

Our mum loved you so very much.

It broke her heart having to give you up for adoption... because she wanted you to have a better life.

She talked about you often.

We made her a promise we would find you.

Sorry it has taken so long.

Love from your brothers, Simon and David."

[melancholy music playing] Wow.

That's touching.

It really is.

And it's great to see, like, "Your brothers, Simon and David."

-Yeah.

-As you say, wow.

It is wow.

I can't believe it, actually.

-Can you not?

-No.

I can't wait to meet him.

[gentle piano music playing] [Davina] Joe McGregor was adopted in Bermuda when he was a baby and is searching for the birth family that gave him up.

[lighthearted music playing] Off-camera, we've told Joe the sad news that his motherpassed away nearly 30 years ago.

I've come to find out how he's doing as he begins to take that in, but also to give him the exciting news that he has a new brother who can't wait to meet him and welcome him home.

[parakeets chirping] [knocking] -Davina.

-Hey.

-Hi.

Come in.

-Thank you.

Thanks, Joe.

I am really sorry that we couldn't give you better news.

How was that?

Sad, but because I've spent my whole life not really knowing anything, finding out stuff, even the fact that my mom's died, that helps me to complete my life.

-So, in our digging... -Mm-hm.

...we got a photo of your mother.

Okay.

[Davina] This is your birth mother.

Oh, wow.

That's amazing.

Oh, that's crazy.

Just looking at the eyes.

It feels really strange seeing someone who's actually related to me, like, an older person, you know?

I can see myself in her a bit.

-Thanks for getting me this.

-That's alright.

I've got another picture of her, if you'd like to see.

Yeah, yeah.

Oh, wow.

This looks very different there.

[Davina] Yeah.

[Joe] So, who's the baby that she's holding?

Well, that is your nephew.

Right.

-Taureen.

-Okay.

Which means you have a brother.

Right.

Oh, that's crazy.

So, what do you know about him then?

How old is he?

He's five years older than you.

Okay.

And does he live on the island?

-He does.

-Right.

-He's called Gavin.

-Gavin, okay.

That's a cool name.

So, does-- does he know about me?

When we got in touch with him to say he had a brother... -Mm-hmm.

-...he didn't believe us.

Really?

And then he got back in touch with us and was like, "This is amazing."

Bit of a shock for him, then.

So, when he did finally believe that you were real... -Yeah.

-...he was over the moon.

Oh, that's good.

Oh, that's good.

So, he would have been five when you were born.

At the time, Brenda was living with her mother, and Brenda was working.

[Joe] Right.

And then her mom would look after Gavin.

Okay.

-So, they had a lot going on.

-Right.

-They didn't have much money.

-Right, okay.

We can only guess, but life probably would have been really, really hard for her at that time.

[Joe] Yeah.

Mm-hm.

That's what I was told when I was a kid.

I don't think my parents really knew that much, so, that's why I was put up for adoption.

And that kind of-- it kind of sitted right, and, you know, it kind of made me feel better about it, in a way, you know.

Not so much that I was unwanted, but just that it was impossible to keep me, which I understand happens, you know.

I've had a good life, you know, and, like, things, I think, have turned out alright, you know, and it was... everything was fine, you know.

Do you want to see a picture of Gavin?

Yeah, yeah.

This is your brother.

[Joe] Whoa.

Oh, wow.

Oh, that's awesome.

He does look like me, just with less hair.

-[Davina] He does.

-Yeah.

That's crazy.

That's amazing.

He looks like a really cool guy.

I've got someone in my family, you know.

It's a really good feeling.

And Taureen, who's here, is 33 now, and he's got a son.

-Yeah?

-So, you're a great uncle.

Right, okay.

I don't feel old enough to be a great uncle.

-Yeah, I'm sorry.

-Yeah, well... -You are.

-It's crazy.

[Davina laughs] My family's just got a lot bigger.

-Yeah.

-Really quickly.

I feel really happy, in a way.

-Do you?

-Yeah, I don't... feel as alone in the world.

You know?

It's really good.

[steel drums playing] [Davina]A week later, Joe and his wife, Sarah, have traveled more than 3,000 miles to Bermuda, the country where Joewas born.

The past week or so has overwhelmed me at times, you know, what's actually happening.

I'm feeling happiness.

Sadness as well, that my mom haspassed away.

Um... nervousness.

Lots of feelings, really, all kind of mixed up.

[Gavin]The anxiety is high right now.

I've never had a brother before.

I always wanted a brother coming up.

I never knew I had a brother.

But I'm just ready to go forward and, you know, meet him and see what it's about.

I'll be around if you need me.

[Joe] Thanks, love.

[Joe] To get to know him, to get to know about his life, that's what I'm looking forward to most.

We're not young men anymore, but maybe that's better, because we know who we are, you know, which most young men don't.

Maybe it's a good time for us to do it.

[sentimental music playing] [music swelling] -My brother!

-[Joe] Yes, bruv.

-What's up, bro?

-[Joe] How you doing, man?

-[Gavin] I love you, man.

-Good to meet you.

-[Gavin] I love you, man.

-Ah, respect... [Gavin] First, I love you with all my heart, man.

Aw, so good to meet you.

It's so good to meet you.

-Have a seat, man, yeah.

-Thanks, man.

Thanks.

[Gavin] Yes.

Yes.

-[Joe] It's a crazy day, right?

-It is.

It is.

-Have a seat.

-Thanks, man.

Thanks.

[Joe sighs] Finally get this chance, you know.

-This is very strange for me.

-Yes.

But it must be even stranger for you.

It is.

It is.

And I don't want to say, like... not like I'm sorry, but it just must have been so weird... -Yeah.

-...when this all first started and you found out about it, you know?

And for me, I was looking for people, but you weren't.

-Right.

Yeah.

-You know?

Yeah.

And I'm just looking at you.

We look so much alike.

You know, I'm even looking at your fingers, fingers and all that, look, same, same, right.

[Joe] They're the same, yeah.

[Gavin] My son has, and my grandson.

Us being half-brothers or all brothers, it doesn't make any difference to me.

-Yes, yes.

-A brother is a brother.

-That's the way I see it.

-Yes.

I just wish Mom was alive so she could have seen you, like, now, you know what I mean?

-Yeah.

-Yeah.

I just want to apologize.

I don't know the reason why it happened.

-You know what I mean?

-You don't need to do that.

Because even when I was young, I never really blamed her for it.

What my parents told me was that my mum -wasn't able to look after me.

-Right.

So I was given up for adoption so I could be with a family that could care for me.

Right, but I'm glad that you had a good life.

You didn't have to go through no hardships or nothing.

-No, I turned out fine.

-Right.

Yes.

And that's why, like, I wanted to meet her.

Just to show her that everything worked out alright.

Right, yes.

I'm just so glad for this brother, man.

It's like it's not real, you know what I mean?

-You're a Bermudian, man.

-I know, I know.

-You see what I'm saying?

-They're always happy.

-Yes, yes.

-This is Sarah.

Hi.

Hi, sister-in-law, how are you?

-Nice to meet you.

-Likewise.

You've got exactly the same, like, profile.

[Gavin] Yes.

[Davina] At a nearby bar, the rest of Gavin's family and friends are waiting to meet Joe.

[Gavin] This is your nephew, right up, Taureen.

-Respect.

-You good?

Yeah, cool, man.

It's a strange thing.

[Gavin] This is... Marlon.

Call him Marlon.

-Yeah.

-Yeah, man.

[Joe]Really good feeling.

It means so much.

And I feel really honored.

And I see it as, like, the next phase of my life, in a way, you know?

And that this is all kind of starting now.

When I come here, I'm coming home.

It's just good to meet people who I'm linked to.

Do you know what I mean?

It's just a really good feeling, man.

Yeah, man.

Every little step of the way has been a life-changing experience right up until now.

I totally feel different from I did a month ago, from I did two weeks ago, from I did yesterday, reuniting with Joe.

Got to get a photo.

Sarah?

It's difficult to know where you're going to, unless you know where you're coming from.

I stole that line from Bob Marley.

I don't know if you have to check that with the lawyers.

It's in one of his songs.

I don't think he'd mind me using it, you know.

[sentimental music playing] [Davina] Simon Miller is looking for the sister that he accidentally discovered when he was 14.

She could be a grandmother now, she could be living abroad, she could be anywhere.

Simon's need to find his sister is huge, because it's not just for him.

It's to fulfill the last wish of his mother.

So, I can't wait to lift that burden by telling him that his sister Bronwen has been found.

-Hello.

-Hey, Simon.

-Come on, Davina.

-Thanks.

-Come on in.

-Thanks so much.

You're welcome.

[Simon] Thank you.

[locking door] Tell me about your mom.

What was she like?

She was funny, caring, honest.

Um, she liked her cooking.

-She couldn't bake.

-[laughs] I do the baking.

Um... She had a soft heart.

Near the end of the time when she, like, was ill, she used to say to me, "That could be my daughter on that telly."

I could be in any supermarket, she could be the one on a till.

Did she look for her?

We spoke about it, but she goes... She was embarrassed and ashamed, 'cause she didn't know if she would reject her.

-Scary.

-Scary.

She goes to me that I'd be the stronger one trying to look for her out of everyone.

It's a big responsibility on your shoulders, too.

-It's a lot.

-Yeah.

I am here to give you a bit of news.

She is okay.

Oh, Davina, really?

Your sister has been found.

No way.

Is she okay?

Is she well?

Does she know that I'm looking for her?

Well, she's... We've been in contact with her, and Nicky's met her.

No way.

Oh.

She... she knows about me looking for her?

Is she okay about it?

She's really happy.

Really?

So, she knows about me.

Thank you.

Did she have a good life?

She had a really good childhood.

-That's good.

-Your mom did the right thing.

That's what she wanted.

Sadly, her adoptive parents split up when she was five, so she was brought up by her mom and her grandad.

-Oh, okay, that's nice.

-Yeah.

-She did know she was adopted.

-Okay.

And she was a bit upset that I think David was kept... -Yes.

-...and why wasn't she?

She couldn't understand that.

I thought that.

I have thought that.

But, actually, Nicky talking to her about you, she was absolutely blown away by the fact that she had two brothers.

She couldn't believe it.

But when Nicky told her about why Beverley gave her up, it did help her start to process that a bit better.

-Okay, brilliantly.

-So, she... She is starting to understand and be a bit more forgiving towards your mom... -Yeah.

-...for doing that.

So, that's a great thing.

It's a lot to take in for her.

She grew up an only child.

She did at night sometimes think, "Oh, I wish I had siblings.

I wish I had siblings to sort of play with now."

I've always wanted a sister.

Someone to tell me off.

[laughs] -A big sister.

-Yeah, a big sister.

-Has she got kids, Davina?

-She has.

No way.

I've got goosebumps.

[Davina] She's got two girls.

Two girls?

-Your nieces.

-Oh, lovely.

Oh, I've got nieces.

-Does that mean a lot?

-Yeah.

Yeah.

What would be your dream?

To have a relationship with her.

Um... and just get to know her.

You know, I'd just like to see what she looks like and what... -I've got a picture.

-No.

-Yeah.

-Oh, no.

Oh, Davina.

-You ready?

-Let me put my tea down.

Yeah, put your tea down.

Simon, this is your sister.

[Simon gasps] She looks a bit like me.

[Davina] I couldn't believe it when I saw it.

I mean, it's uncanny.

Oh, my God.

-She's got the nose.

-Yes.

She's got the eyes, the eyebrows.

She looks gorgeous.

Yeah, she does, doesn't she?

Oh, it's just like... looking at that is like looking at me.

If I had the same T-shirt on, it'd be a double.

Would be quite mad, wouldn't it?

She looks pretty.

I can't believe it.

My sister.

I've always wanted a sister.

She'd better get used to me, because I don't shut up talking.

[Simon laughs] I can't wait to give her a big hug.

[Davina]Bronwen and her husband Dave have traveled to London, near where Simon lives.

[Dave] How you feeling, Bron?

-Nervous.

-It'll all be fine.

I'll be here at the end.

Okay, then.

-See you afterwards.

-Okay.

[Bronwen] Today, I'm feeling excited, happy.

With being an only child, I've missed having a brother.

I've waited a long time to meet him.

[Simon] Since the age of 14, I've been wanting to find my sister.

I've missed out on her birthdays, Christmas.

I missed out on her wedding.

She's got two kids, which I'm so pleased about.

It's been hard, but then, today, I'm actually getting to meet her.

I've got butterflies.

Yeah.

Have a lovely time.

-[Bronwen] See you later.

-See you later.

[Bronwen] I don't know what to expect.

I'd like to tell him that I've missed having a brother growing up.

Meeting him is gonna be amazing.

Can't wait.

[Simon]It was my mum's wish for me to find her.

I'm looking forward to meeting my sister... after all the years I've been trying to search for her.

[sentimental music playing] [music swells] [crying] It's like looking at me.

-Thank you.

I love you.

-I love you too.

-Thanks for finding me.

-I needed to.

[Simon] Come here.

-Do you want to sit down?

-Yeah.

-Oh.

-God.

-Oh.

-Whoo.

-Hot.

-Yeah.

I bet you had a right shock.

I did, 'cause I didn't know about you.

-Only knew about David.

-Yeah.

When I was 12, that's when I found out about David.

My mom sat me down and said that I had a brother.

She found that really, really hard to tell me.

And I found that hard to accept.

It's a lot.

I've known since I was 14.

-Have you?

-Mm.

Mum said she thought it'd be better for you to go.

But then she said... [sighing shakily] She said she made the right choice because she wanted you to have a good upbringing, and she couldn't give you it.

I had a good upbringing.

And that's what she wanted.

I just wanted to know you was alright.

You're just like me.

[laughs] You've definitely got that nose.

And the dimple.

I just can't believe I've got my sister.

You ain't getting rid of me.

Being a big sister is like, wow, I have a brother.

Growing up, I always missed having siblings.

I can understand that.

So, I've missed that bond.

You would have done if we... if I found you sooner.

[Bronwen] It's okay.

We found each other now.

We're united.

It was overwhelming, but it was amazing.

You know, she's such a lovely character, and I can't wait for the next chapter in my life with my sister.

He said he loved me, and I love him.

He's my brother.

So, what do you drink for alcohol?

Lager.

Gin.

I like gin.

Now I've found her, I'll always have her in my life.

She ain't gonna get rid of me.

Because I've got 53 years to make up.

-Cheers.

-Cheers.

Ah, that's lovely.

[end music playing]