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

[woman] I don't know her, but she's my mum.

She gave me life, and I need to know who that person is.

[woman] My son is out there somewhere.

If I could just see him for once and tell him that I love him with all my heart.

I want some answers about where I've come from, and I've wanted that every single day of my life.

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 dad.

-Really?

[crying] That's so good to hear.

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

They've found him.

Ahh!

[crying] God!

Oh.

[crying] [Nicky] From DNA technology to painstaking detective work-- we've traveled the world, uncovering family secrets and tracing people that no one else could find.

Are you Nten?

Yes, this is Nten.

Oh my god.

[crying] She's so beautiful!

How are you?

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

I'm glad you've found us.

I'm sorry it took so long.

This week, two lives overshadowed by questions from the past-- A man searching for the brother given up after a wartime affair...

I'm part of him, he's part of me.

And if before I pass away, I could find him, I'd go to Heaven happy.

...and a woman hoping her birth mother can reveal the truth behind her adoption.

She's the only one that can answer the questions I have.

[dramatic music ends] Our first search comes from Essex and a man desperate to find his younger brother before it's too late.

[whimsical music playing] [man] I know there's somebody there.

I don't know who he is.

I'm 73.

Barry would be 72 now.

I don't want to go to my death not ever meeting my brother.

73-year-old Derek Berg grew up in a Jewish family in East London, the only son of Freda and Kenneth Bergbaum.

Being an only child, you can be lonely at times.

I was brought up lovely, but I would have loved to have a brother or a sister.

When Derek was 21, he married his childhood sweetheart, Jackie, and they've been together for 52 years.

-[Derek] There's my mother.

-Oh, yes.

Look how lovely she looks, yeah.

But in 1965, when the couple were expecting their first child, Freda revealed to Jackie a closely-guarded secret.

All of a sudden, out of the blue, she said to me, "Derek's got a half-brother."

I was really amazed.

I just think she felt the need to tell somebody, and specially me being 6 months pregnant brought back the memories.

Freda confessed that 18 months after Derek was born, she'd had a second son, Barry, who she'd given up for adoption.

I was shocked at first, because it had been kept very quiet from me-- totally and utterly shocked.

But then, I thought, "This is somebody of my blood, brother I would have loved," and I was absolutely delighted.

Freda had fallen pregnant with Barry in 1944, towards the end of the Second World War.

She was living with Derek in the East End of London, while Derek's father, Kenneth, se rved abroad in the Air Force.

This is where I used to live, in an upstairs flat.

[planes flying] [film] Wave on wave of bombers launched their assault on England.

[Davina] By 1944, Britain had been at war for five years.

[film] London would be a heap of brick and rubble.

[Davina] 43,000 men, women, and children had been killed in air raids, and millions made homeless.

And London's East End, where Freda was living, was hardest hit.

[Derek] It was a very dangerous time.

You didn't know whether you're going to be alive or dead tomorrow, and when your husband's away and has been away for a long time, that had to be very hard.

21-year-old Freida was swept up in an affair with a Canadian soldier, one of the millions of allied servicemen who passed through Britain on their way to the front line.

She soon discovered she was pregnant.

Then, Derek's father returned home.

When my father found out about it, he was absolutely furious, the shame of it.

Barry had to be given away if we were going to stay together as a family.

Barry was born on Christmas Eve 1944, one of an estimated 23,000 children born to Canadian servicemen during the war.

Like many illegitimate war babies, he was put up for adoption.

And Kenneth ordered Freda never to speak of him again.

From the moment I heard about it, I've always wanted to find him.

But I promised my mother that I wouldn't do any searching for anybody whilst my father was still alive.

For nearly 50 years, Derek kept that promise.

But when his father died in 2014, Derek immediately began searching for his brother.

This is Barry's birth certificate.

When we first found this, it was-- it was wonderful, it was a beginning.

But without Barry's new adoptive name, Derek's search hit a brick wall.

We came to a halt, and there was nowhere else to go.

Now, Derek is racing against time.

Before I'm no longer on this earth, I would love to meet him.

He is part of the family.

I'm part of him, he's part of me, and if before I pass away, we could find him, I'd go to Heaven happy.

But I might have left it too late.

Maybe I'm going to be left with nothing.

Excuse me.

Derek's stumbling block is that he didn't know Barry's new name.

That's where we could help.

[Nicky] A specialist intermediary, who is legally allowed to access adoption records, discovered that Barry wa s now called Julian De Lange.

But then, we hit a problem.

There was no trace of Julian living anywhere in the UK.

So, we decided to look into his adoptive family, and discovered that he had an older sister, Adelaide.

She'd passed away, but we found her daughter, living in Brighton.

We contacted her, and she gave us the information we were desperate for.

Julian had emigrated.

He moved to Canada in the 1960s but now spends much of his time in America.

Julian was involved in a car accident many years ago which seriously injured his back.

As his health has suffered, he lives half the year with his daughter and her family on the outskirts of Philadelphia.

Derek is desperate to find his younger brother before it's too late.

But what about Julian?

Did he even know he had a brother?

And how will he feel about being a part of Derek's life after all this time?

-Welcome.

Come on in.

-Hello, sir, how are you?

-Good to see you.

-Good to see you.

-[Julian] Come on in.

-Thank you very much.

[Julian] Oh, you're very welcome.

Thank you, thank you very much for having me.

When you heard that Derek was looking for you, what was your reaction?

It's naturally a bit of a surprise, quite astounding, but I'm very happy that it has happened.

Did you consider the fact that you may have a sibling or siblings?

Oh, yes, it certainly crossed my mind.

It's just that I always thought I couldn't find out even if I wanted to, so I thought I'd never really know.

What did you think had happened when you were adopted?

I didn't know.

I thought that I was the result of an affair during the war or my parents had just died during the bombing.

Because I can tell you.

Your mother had this affair with a soldier when her husband was away serving with the RAF.

I was the result.

You, Julian, were the result of that, and you had to be given up for adoption, but your mother, Freda, she never ever forgot about you.

That is really touching and appreciated.

And it's heartbreaking.

And Derek-- he's been so worried that the clock's been ticking, and he wanted to find you before it was too late.

And I'm pleased he was successful.

I look forward to meeting him very much and hearing about Mum.

What would you want to know about your mother?

As much as I could.

And if he has a photo or something like that, just something to remember her by, then that would make me happy.

-He's written you a letter.

-Oh, okay.

Good calligraphy.

"Dear Barry, It has been hard to know that somewhere in the world there is a brother of mine I have never met and missed having a childhood relationship with.

Meeting you would make our family complete.

I would love to have the opportunity to tell you all about our birth mother and what a lovely person she was.

You have never been far from my thoughts.

Derek."

I like that.

Very touching.

Thank you, Derek.

[Nicky] There's your brother.

Hmm.

Strong eyes.

I see a man who's very thoughtful.

Yeah, we'll get along.

Yeah, we'll get along.

You did beat all the odds.

'Cause there must have been a lot of times he pretty much thought it was a hopeless cause.

He's looked very, very hard for you.

I admire that, so, thank you, Derek, and we have a lot of lost time to make up for, and I look forward to it.

[Davina] But before we tell Derek that his brother's been found... Our second search comes from Watford and a woman haunted by unanswered questions about her past.

[sentimental music playing] [woman] I've reached my fifties, and I've never known where I'm from.

Everybody else knows their parents, but I've never known, and I've always just accepted not knowing.

But I don't want to do that anymore.

I want to find my mum.

53-year-old grandmother Ann Smith lives in Watford with her partner, Steve, close to their two daughters, Fiona and Clare.

-Oh, really?

-[Fiona] I'm joking.

[Fiona] Well, he's got your dimples, hasn't he?

[laughs] He has got my dimples.

-He's got one of your dimples.

-[Clare] He smells similar!

[Ann laughs] [speaking indistinctly] As a child, Ann was adopted by George and Jean Smith.

[Ann] Aw, look at this picture of Nana and Grandad.

[Clare] Such a nice picture.

My mum and dad were so spectacular, and I had such fun.

They were loving, very affectionate, very kind.

Yet despite growing up in a loving family, Ann was always aware that she was different.

I was never told by my parents.

I never once spoke to them about being adopted.

Because of how I looked, I just knew.

[Clare] Your hair is so dark.

Yeah, my hair's very black.

[Clare] He's so blonde and blue-eyed.

[Ann] I looked completely different from my brothers and sisters.

I had thick, black hair and brown eyes.

[Clare] You look really happy.

We were.

Proper brother and sister, having a laugh.

[Ann] At home, it didn't matter what I looked like.

I was just part of the family.

But as Ann grew older, life outside home became more difficult.

This was while I was still at junior school.

I was about 10 here.

I had goofy teeth as well.

[chuckles] Because I looked Asian, the bullies really picked on me a lot.

I used to get called all sorts of names.

They made playtime hell.

Ann's troubles at school made her wonder about her birth parents and who her mother might be.

I wonder what she looks like, if I take after her.

A million questions.

I want to know where I'm from, but only my mum can tell me that.

So, 20 years ago, she began searching... and discovered her birth mother's name for the first time-- Denise Hogg.

There she is.

Where are you from?

What's your story?

What's my story?

I felt I may be getting somewhere, but...

I wasn't able to find anything else out.

Hey, you're splashing me!

As the years have passed, Ann's children have seen her need to find her birth mother grow.

It would mean a lot to my mum to know what the circumstances of her adoption were, 'cause it's just been an everlasting question.

It's just, we've had no answers whatsoever.

To see her mum and think, "Oh my god, that's where I get my dimples from," or anything, it would be wonderful.

-Yeah, wouldn't it, George?

-[chuckles] George wants to know.

[Ann] Catch him!

My biological mother, she's the only one that can answer the... questions I have now-- who she is and where I'm from.

I just want to know the real truth.

[all scream] [Ann, laughing] Hey, be careful.

[Nicky] When we took on Ann's search, the only thing we knew about he r birth mother was her name-- Denise Hogg.

We searched records for Denise and found out that she'd married and had a daughter called Delina.

But that's the last we could find of Ann's birth mother or her half-sister.

The trail had gone cold.

So, we searched for other family members and managed to trace a relative of Denise's.

She hadn't been in touch with Denise for years, but she was able to tell us that Denise now went by the surname Lopez and was living in Southsea, in Hampshire.

While we could see that a Denise Lopez had lived in Southsea, we couldn't find a current address for her.

But one thing did jump out at us-- a Delina Wilson living in Southsea, with the same date of birth as Denise's daughter.

We contacted Delina, who told us that Denise was indeed her mother.

But, tragically, she'd passed away just three months ago.

Breaking this news to Ann is gonna be tough.

We've just missed out on finding her birth mother.

Delina also told us that Ann had more half-siblings.

Four of them didn't want to appear on camera, but Delina and her older sister Julie agreed to meet me.

Julie is 54, a year older than Ann, and Delina is 52, just one year younger.

I'm meeting them at Julie's house in Southampton.

[Nicky] Ann has spent years looking for her birth mother.

Now that Denise has passed away, will her sisters be able to give Ann the family connection that she's longed for?

[doorbell rings] -Hi.

-Hi, Nicky.

I'm Julie.

-[Nicky] Julie.

-Hi, come in.

-I'm Delina.

-Very nice to meet you.

Thank you very much indeed.

-Shoes off?

-No, no, you can keep them on.

-Is that right?

-Yeah.

Well, thanks for having me.

You're welcome.

What was your initial reaction when you found out that a sister is looking for you?

[Julie] It was a surprise, wasn't it?

[Delina] Yeah, it was a surprise.

We didn't even know she existed.

We haven't stopped buzzing.

We are really excited and really happy, and we can't wait to meet her.

It's just sad for Ann, isn't it?

You know, Mum dying so sudden and not getting to meet her and to be so close, and then...

I'm so sorry to hear that your mum's passed away, very recently too, so it must be really raw still.

Mm-hmm.

We weren't expecting it.

She was poorly, but we weren't expecting her to die as soon as she did, so... -It's quite sudden.

-It's a shock, yeah.

What was she like?

Tell me about her.

She was a loving mum, and all my memories with her, growing up were-- were lovely.

[Delina] I've got a picture of Mum when she was younger.

[Nicky] I can see the family look.

Yeah, but I wasn't brought up with Mum.

You didn't grow up with your mum?

[Julie] No, I didn't.

I was brought up in foster care, and I didn't trace Mum and Delina until I was 22.

I don't know her reasons for giving me or Ann up at birth when she did, but that was 1962.

It wasn't acceptable then to be a single mum.

Those were very, very different times.

Yeah, we understand it.

We do understand it.

We do have empathy with her.

She was very young as well.

-[Nicky] Of course.

-She was 17, so... [Delina] I didn't know Julie existed 'til I was 20.

No idea.

So, we've never had that childhood bond.

We haven't got those memories of childhoods together.

[Julie] Or photos of us as children together or... You've got such amazing chemistry with each other.

Yeah, yeah.

Ahh, don't, I'll cry.

But it's like you've known each other forever.

[both] Yes.

Yeah.

We're really close.

So, how do you feel about another sister -coming on the scene?

-To us, it's nothing new, 'cause we've done it already with each other.

I can empathize with her, and I know how she must be feeling right now.

It must be a mixture of emotions.

Let me tell you about Ann.

-She's got her partner, Steve.

-Yep.

And she's got, uh, two grown-up girls... -Oh, wow, same as you.

-[Nicky] And she's a granny.

A granny!

Wow!

So, she has two children, so our kids have got two new cousins.

Yeah.

What's the image that you've got?

A combination of us two in everything.

All-- all traits, everything, so... [Delina laughs] -Oh, wow!

-Yeah.

Yeah.

[crying] She looks like Mum.

[Delina] She does, yeah.

Definitely.

Sorry.

She looks lovely.

She's got a huge, happy smile.

[Nicky] She'll obviously have lots of questions to ask about your mum.

For Ann, it's about knowing where she comes from.

And that's why it's so sad and tragic that she's too late.

We can't fill in those missing pieces, 'cause we didn't even know she existed, so it's going to be hard, but... yeah.

But the missing pieces of the family that she's looking for-- you can fill those in.

-Oh, yeah, yeah.

-[Delina] Oh, yeah.

It's just her dad, so that's the only thing we can't help her with.

Do you feel Ann is part of the family?

-Straight away, yeah, yeah.

-Yeah, yeah.

[Julie] I hope she feels the same.

And I think she'll fit nicely between us two.

Yeah.

[laughs] [Delina] We can't stop smiling, 'cause we just can't wait, yeah.

-[Julie] We're happy.

-Yeah, yeah.

It can't come quick enough.

[Davina] 73-year-old Derek Berg came to us searching for his younger brother who was given up for adoption during the Second World War.

Derek's waited a long time to search for his brother, and I think there's a part of him that's worried that he may have left it too late.

But Julian's been found.

And after more than 70 years, they're finally gonna get to meet.

[doorbell rings] -Hey, Derek.

-Hi, come in.

Ah, thank you.

Thank you.

Lovely to meet you.

-[mwah] Thanks for having me.

-Come that way.

-Thank you.

-You're welcome.

You've been wanting to search for Barry for so long.

Yes.

What would it mean to you to have a brother?

The world, absolutely wonderful.

I just hope it could ever happen.

I don't know if he's still alive or not.

-Do you think about that?

-Yes.

You know, when you start getting into your seventies, and I'm coming into my middle seventies-- who knows what the future's going to be.

I've got to do it as soon as I can.

Well, we've found him.

-You've done what?

-Yeah, we found him.

-Oh, you darling!

-Yeah!

He's not called Barry anymore, he's called Julian.

Julian, oh, unbelievable, and where does he live?

Well, he actually lives in Toronto.

-Toronto?

-Yeah.

So, he moved out there when he was in his twenties.

And does he know about me?

He didn't know about you, but he knows about you now.

And what's his reaction?

I mean, completely taken aback.

He just-- he couldn't believe it.

-Oh!

-[Davina laughs] He'd assumed that he was the product either of an affair, or that both of his parents had died in the war, so it was a complete bolt out of the blue, but he's absolutely thrilled.

Unbelievable.

I was expecting the worst after so long.

I really was, and it's just unbelievable.

Yeah.

He wants to thank you for making such an effort to find him.

If my mother could look down from up there, then she'd be over the moon, she'd be dancing.

-Would you like to see a photo?

-Oh, I would.

Oh, my goodness me.

That's my brother!

-Whee!

-[Davina laughs] Wonderful.

I think I'll just put my arms around him and hug him.

-[Derek] Hello, my darling.

-Hello, my dear.

You okay?

I've got a little surprise for you.

You have?

That's my brother.

[Jackie] Oh, my goodness.

-[Derek] Oh... -Oh!

What a lovely man.

[Derek crying] Today, after over 70 years apart, Derek is finally going to meet his younger brother, Julian.

So, how are you feeling about today?

I just cannot wait to get there and see him.

[doorbell ringing] -Thanks for everything.

-Good luck.

-Bye.

-Bye.

-Hey, Derek.

-Hello, how are you?

-I'm good.

-Lovely to see you.

-Are you ready?

-I'm ready.

Shall we go?

Okay.

Yes, let's go.

[Davina] Brilliant!

[stirring music playing] Julian has made the 3.5-thousand-mile journey from Philadelphia to see his brother for the first time.

Hello, Nicky.

[Nicky] Oh, it's wonderful to see you.

-[Julian] Good to see you.

-Shall we go?

-[Julian] Certainly.

-Right.

What does it mean to you to actually be on the verge of meeting your brother?

Well, in a way, it completes my-- my life in so much that I am basically on the final chapter, and to have such a momentous event makes that final chapter a lot easier to live, because it's going to give me a source of great happiness.

The day is finally here.

What does it mean to you?

Everything that I have a brother.

Something I never thought would happen, and I'm ecstatic.

Derek and Julian are meeting at a pub in East London, close to where their mother lived during the war.

-Thank you.

-Thank you, Nicky.

All the best.

And thank you so much for everything.

Good luck.

[Julian] So, in we go.

[sentimental music playing] So, I'm actually going to have to say goodbye here, 'cause Julian's in there.

-In there.

-Aww.

-Thank you.

-Good luck.

-Thank you.

-Good luck.

[kiss] -How are you?

-I'm good.

Lovely to see you.

Good to see you,.

It's been too long.

It has been too long.

-At last, eh?

-Yes.

After all these years.

But it's just so lovely seeing you.

[Julian] Thank you.

The brother that I never had.

I was determined to try and find you somewhere.

I admire you very much for that.

I'm grateful that you've spent so many years finding me.

-Yes.

-That's very touching.

It was meant from there.

To have you here is just special.

Couple of old codgers, here we are together.

Well, I'm pleased to be here, at last.

I've been waiting for this for the whole of my life.

It's finally come.

Thought I'd never see the day... [Derek] He's my brother.

And he's a very nice guy.

I've got a little present for you, which I hope you like.

That's my mother, your mother.

Lovely lady.

Lovely lady.

[Derek] She was a lovely lady.

When she walked through the door, you could not miss her.

She was beautiful.

[Julian] Thank you so much.

I will treasure this.

Seeing my mother's picture did bring tears to my eyes, and to be part of a family again is a wonderful feeling.

[Julian] I think things are going to go very well.

It's lovely to have a brother.

It is.

I have always wanted another member of the family.

Hello.

Jackie.

This is my brother.

[Julian] I'm very pleased to meet you.

Oh, and you too.

It's just so amazing to see the two brothers together after 70 years of being separated.

It's just fantastic.

You've got the family eyes.

He's much better-looking than me, though.

[all laugh] [Julian] I feel very fulfilled, and I'm going to enjoy my final years.

[Julian] I'm a happy man.

Cheers.

Lovely seeing you, and it's been wonderful.

I found the brother I've always wanted.

He's already part of the family.

Now that I've found him, I'm not going to lose him.

[upbeat music playing] Ann Smith came to us searching for her birth mother, Denise Hogg.

Come here, ready?

We found Ann's half-sisters, who told us that their mother had passed away just three months ago.

We've told Ann this news away from the cameras.

Ann has struggled her whole life with not knowing where she's from, and it's just so sad that her birth mum's no longer around to be able to give her the answers that she needs.

But I am bringing her some good news-- she has two sisters who can't wait to meet her.

-Hi, Ann.

-Hi, Davina.

-How are you doing?

-Come on in.

Thank you.

Thanks very much.

[Davina] Thanks for the tea.

That's okay, pleasure.

I really appreciate you talking to me at what must be such a difficult time for you.

How are you feeling?

-I'm really quite sad about it.

-Of course!

Yeah, very-- very sad.

But I came here today because I've got a photo, if you'd like.

Oh my god, have you?

-Yeah.

-Oh, lovely.

-Would you like to see it?

-Yeah, I would.

[laughs] -[Davina] That's your mum.

-Oh, wow!

She looks great.

I love her smile.

It's a lovely picture.

-Aww, just missed out... -Yeah, you did.

I'm really sorry about that.

It's just sad that I can't ask her all the questions I wanted to ask her.

I had so much to tell her.

[crying] Thank you.

Oh, thank you for finding this out.

It's lovely to see a picture of her.

I'll treasure it.

I will.

Your mum did go on and have other children.

We contacted your two oldest half-siblings, your two sisters, and they were thrilled.

Wow.

So, the older one, Julie, didn't grow up with Denise either.

She was given up and put with a foster family.

She did look for your mum in her twenties... -Oh, did she?

-...and she did find her... Oh, wow.

...and so, she got the opportunity to spend a bit of time with her, but because she's been through what you've been through, she really understands.

Do you want to see a picture of Julie and Delina?

Oh, my goodness, yes!

[chuckles] Here are your sisters.

-Oh, wow!

-[Davina laughs] They look lovely together.

-[Davina] They do, don't they?

-Yeah.

Oh, look at them.

It's fantastic.

Oh, hello, sisters!

[laughs] Your sisters have written you a letter.

Aw, thank you.

"Dear Ann, It's just so sad, and bad timing that Mum passed away so suddenly."

Oh.

[crying] "And you never got a chance to meet her.

Hopefully, we will be able to help you get to know her through countless photos and memories.

We really can't wait to meet you, to welcome you with open arms into our family."

Oh, how lovely of them!

[exhales loudly] "All our love, Julie and Delina."

Aw, thank you, girls.

[sighs] Wow.

Julie and Delina both know what it feels like to discover a sister, and they're close, those two, and they just can't wait to meet you.

I'm really happy to be sitting here and looking at a picture of my sisters.

It's amazing.

Just really looking forward to speaking with them and sharing some moments about my mum.

[sentimental music playing] Today, Anne has traveled to Southampton, close to where her mother lived, to meet her sisters for the first time.

It feels totally crazy.

It is, um-- unbelievable, really, to say that I'm going to be meeting my sisters later, but I'm very excited.

-[Davina] Hey.

-Hi, Davina.

-[Davina] Oh, you look lovely.

-Nice to see you.

[Ann] Aww, nice to see you.

-Right, you ready?

-Yes, I'm ready.

-[Davina] Alright, let's go.

-Yes.

-[Julie] Right, you ready, sis'?

-Yeah.

[doorbell rings] -[Nicky] Hey.

-Hi, Nicky, how are you?

[Nicky] You're looking amazing.

-Come here.

-[laughter] Lovely to see you.

Hi.

So, how are you feeling?

Right at this moment in time, I'm feeling tremendously nervous.

[Davina laughs] But I'm really looking forward to seeing them.

Have you been worried at all?

To be meeting your sisters in your fifties that you've never met before is, I think, it's-- [Davina] It's really alien, isn't it?

Yeah, it-- it is a big thing.

I'm very excited.

Ann, Julie, and Delina are meeting in a bar at the city's marina.

[Nicky] How are you feeling about today?

Happy, excited, anxious.

-Anxious?

-[both] Yeah.

Yeah, a little bit surreal.

It's a shame your mum's not here.

She's only just missed her, which is really sad, so we've thought about that an awful lot.

That's the sad news, but, hey, you know, you've got some siblings.

And to know that she's in the middle of us, you know, Julie's going to be her big sister and I'm going to be her little sister.

[Nicky] That's where you're going to meet her.

Oh, wow.

Thank you so much.

-Thank you.

-Thank you for everything.

-Are you okay?

-Yep.

Okay.

Are you ready?

So, this is where I say goodbye.

-Good luck.

-Thanks, Davina.

Thank you.

-Good luck.

-Aww, thanks.

Your sisters are in there.

Bye.

[sentimental music playing] [laughing] Aww... [Ann] Hello.

Oh, wow.

Look at you!

How are you?

-Little sister.

-Group hug!

[Delina] And she's just in the middle of us for size.

Oh, we said that, height-wise.

Oh, yeah, because you're quite tall, and you're... -[Delina] Smaller.

[laughs] -[Julie] Smaller.

Yep.

Wow.

Oh, it's so wonderful to meet you.

It really is.

Yep, likewise.

We all feel the same.

-She looks just like Mum.

-[Delina] You do, yeah.

[Julie] You look more like our mum than we do.

-[Delina] Yeah, you do.

-You do.

I didn't know if I would look like her.

It's just really sad timing that you never ever got to meet Mum.

We've got so many photos to show you, so, hopefully, you'll get to know Mum through all the photographs.

Aah, that's lovely.

But we're just happy to have a new sister, and we can't-- we can't wait.

We've been chomping at the bit.

[laughs] Oh, I really can't believe it.

So, you've got an older sister... And a younger sister.

So, we've got a good bond, don't we, and we didn't have a childhood together.

[Julie] And I think we just-- we make up for it.

We're older, and you try to make up for those lost years.

[Ann] They do feel like my family, very much.

I'm really looking forward to learning about my mum and, you know, them sharing their stories with me.

I can't wait.

I wanted to explain how important it is just to actually meet.

We know.

It just means so much to me.

I thought she looked so warm and loving, and Mum's eyes.

[Delina] We can't wait to move on and involve her in our lives and catch up with all the lost time.

Right, spa weekend?

[all laugh] Catch up, 50-odd years?

It's great to know that they're going to be there for me, and I'm going to be there for them.

They're my sisters, and this is the beginning.

It's going to be fantastic.

-[Delina] Cheers.

-[Ann] Cheers, sisters.

[Julie] Cheers.

That feels good saying that, does it?

It does feel good.

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