[sentimental music playing] [Sue Stalley] I was told to pack my bags, leave the baby in the nursery, and just go.

[Liam Pitts] This was my mom's dream, to finally meet her siblings.

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

[Sharon Thomas] I have got a brother out there somewhere.

To find Christine would just mean everything.

[Nicky Campbell] Sometimes, it's to discover the truth about what really happened.

To find out we were together... it breaks my heart.

[Davina McCall] So, imagine the moment... [phone ringing] -[Sharon] Hello?

-It's Davina.

m about ten minutes away.

Hello, Nicky.

[Davina] ...when the answers finally come.

Oh, my gosh!

[crying] She's always loved you and always will love you.

[Lyndsey] Wow!

Even got my eyes.

[Nicky] In this series, we discover extraordinary stories... [Paula Beer] I have felt an awful lot of guilt ever since I made the decision to do what I did.

...and find people that no one else could trace... -[Ros] She's been found!

-Oh, Ros!

So, they're your cousins.

[Margaret laughs] [Davina] ...reuniting families who've spent a lifetime apart.

[Sue] Oh, I love you.

I knew that cuddle from when he was a baby.

[music ends] [general chatter] Our first searcher witnessed the intense and lifelong grief her late mother carried following the adoption of her first baby.

She knows she can't make up for the past, but she is determined to find her brother before any more time slips by.

[Tracey Boyle] They just came into the room, and my mother was holding her baby, and they just prized it away from her hands.

I know I've got an older brother out there, and I'd like to find him and tell him how much my mother loved him.

[dog barking] [worker] Hi, guys.

Can I have rainbow sherbet with a tub, please?

[Davina] Grandmother Tracey Boyle lives in the town she grew up in, a short distance from her family.

We're a very close family, very, very close.

We have so much fun, absolutely love it.

I wouldn't be without any one of them.

[Tracey] Give me a taste of yours, then.

I'm a grandmother to four children.

Come and plant one right there.

Come on.

Oh!

[laughter] Sometimes it can be really, uh... They do push my buttons sometimes, but they get away with it.

They get away with everything.

[Davina] Tracey was one of four children raised by parents Denzil and Diane.

[Tracey] It was a good childhood growing up and loads of memories.

My mother was from Salisbury.

She used to take me a lot as a child.

We absolutely loved it there.

[Davina] Tracey is taking her daughter Stephanie to visit the house where her mother, Diane, grew up.

We'd get to this point on the bridge, and then she would say, "I'm going home."

[Stephanie] I used to love going to Salisbury with her, see all the family.

My mother was so devoted to us, it was unbelievable.

[Davina] But, unknown to Tracey, Diane was carrying a heartbreaking secret.

[Tracey] I was in my early 30s.

Mom had a very, very bad breakdown.

She was rock bottom, and I mean rock bottom.

Mental health team came in, and they persuaded her to go into hospital, which she did, but I could never understand why she had this breakdown.

'Cause everything was fine.

Then when she come out, she told me over a meal that before she was with my father, she had this little boy, when she was very, very young.

She was only 16 years old, and she was made to give him away.

I just couldn't believe what she was telling me.

I never, ever thought there was another brother, never, ever.

[goose honking] This is where Nanny grew up when she was a child, number 25.

Nanny was one of nine children being brought up in very hard times, very, very hard times.

You know, they never had anything.

This is where she would have been pregnant as well.

It must have been horrendous for a mother, you know, being pregnant at that age.

She was only 16.

[Davina] Diane told Tracey that in October 1960, she was sent to the local hospital, where she gave birth to a baby boy she named Richard.

She said he was the most beautiful-est thing ever in the world, a mop of black hair, and she absolutely idolized him.

[Davina] Shortly after Richard was born, Diane's parents arranged for him to be adopted.

I think they didn't have enough money to feed another mouth after a week.

They'd already made a decision for her.

That's awful.

It's so sad to think she'd even been through that.

They just came in, took the baby, and she'd never, ever seen him again.

Never.

It must have ripped her apart.

Richard was born in October.

She got really, really sad in October.

And we couldn't work out why.

[Davina] Diane passed away in 2015 after a battle with leukemia.

[Tracey] She died with that inside her, with all that heartache, pain.

It's been very hard.

[Davina] A year after Diane's death, something else happened that would change Tracey's life forever.

[Tracey] I lost one of my children at the age of 25.

He went to sleep and never woke back up, which absolutely destroyed me.

This is Ady, and he's about 24.

Fabulous photo.

I absolutely love that photo.

Really my favorite one.

It's the worst thing anyone could go through in the world.

Sorry.

It wasn't 'til I lost my son that it really hit home for me how my mother felt.

It really did.

And that's why I was determined to find Richard, absolutely determined.

[dog barking] I'm just hoping and praying to God that he had a happy time, and I just need to tell him that my mother really loved him.

It's the right time now to go looking for Richard.

I' had all my heartache, my mother had her heartache, and I want to find him for Mom and for me.

[general chatter] [Nicky] Diane told Tracey that she believed Richard had been adopted by two teachers in Salisbury.

But our specialist intermediary discovered that Richard had actually been adopted in Swindon, and his name had been changed to Keith Tindall.

The last trace of Keith living in the Swindon area was over 30 years ago.

So, our intermediaries expanded the search and discovered that Keith had worked in Jersey, Germany, and the USA.

But no evidence of Keith still living in any of these places could be found.

Our breakthrough came when our intermediaries refocused the search in the UK and found a match.

Keith works as a bricklayer and lives with his wife, Anne-Marie.

We've told him off camera that his birth mother has passed away.

Understanding just how much her mother yearned to see her son again, Tracey is determined to find him.

But for his part, does Keith share that longing for his birth family?

Hello, Nicky.

Very nice to meet you.

-You too, Keith.

-Come on in.

Thank you.

-Good to see you.

-Good to see you too.

[Nicky] Wow.

Okay.

How much of a surprise was this?

-Very surprising.

-Yeah, I bet.

-Very, yeah.

-[Nicky] Yeah.

I didn't really know how to handle it.

This is a thing I'd never thought about for a long, long, long time.

But I'm happy we're doing this, 100%, you know.

-Yeah.

-I'm really happy, you know?

-[Nicky] Oh, that's good.

-Yeah.

[chuckles] [Nicky laughs] Have you thought about looking for your birth mother?

-[Keith] I tried.

-How old were you?

18 at the time, when the law changed.

I managed to get ahold of a birth certificate, which said my name was Richard John Dyer.

It was a short certificate, didn't have a lot on there.

I was curious.

I wanted to know, like... Also, I also felt something was not quite... Something was missing, like, you know?

What was your adoption like?

Not the best.

Always had a roof over our head, always had a belly full of food.

But there's more to life than that.

Love?

No, I never got much of that.

Are you happy now?

Yeah, life's good for me now, yeah.

I've got a couple of kids, grandchildren, good wife.

Do you know anything about Diane, your birth mother?

Absolutely nothing, no.

Diane grew u Salisbury, and she was one of nine children.

-Okay.

-[Nicky] A really poor family.

She found herself pregnant.

And her parents said, you know, "Unless you get that baby adopted, you're not coming home."

Oh, dear.

How sad it must have been for her.

You know?

Well, she told Tracey that when you were taken for adoption, she wouldn't let hold of you, and you had to be prized from her arms.

Oh, dearie me.

Literally, physically prized from her arms.

Dear, dear, dear.

It's awful.

I do have a picture of your birth mother.

Mm.

Okay.

Oh, my.

There is a resemblance there, for certain.

It's a shame I could never meet her.

Do you want to see a picture of your sister?

Yeah, yeah, definitely.

-That's yours.

-Oh, thank you.

Thank you very much.

Got a sparkle in her eye.

Now, seeing the picture, I need to know the person.

-Yeah.

-That's what I really want now.

There's more information in this letter.

[Keith] Okay, you've got a letter.

[Nicky] I've got a letter from Tracey.

"Dear Richard, Mom told me all about you around 20 years ago, when I was in my 30s, and I have longed to find you ever since.

It broke her heart being separated from you, but she had no choice and was made to give you up as she was so young.

October always made her sad... [clears throat] as it's your birthday month, and she longed to be with you on your birthday.

I hope we can meet one day, so that I can tell you how much... Mom loved you.

I wish she was here to meet you and finally be reunited.

I hope you're well.

Sending lots of love.

Your long-lost sister, Tracey."

[exhaling] Mm.

How sad.

Poor woman.

It can be cruel sometimes.

Thank you for all this information.

[Nicky] Much more to come when you meet.

I'll bet there is, too.

I've many questions as well.

[Nicky] I bet you can't wait.

I can't wait now, no.

I've got the itch now.

Let's see how the new family goes.

[laughs] [general chatter] Our next searcher was adopted as a baby and always had an uncanny feeling that somewhere out there, she had a biological sister.

So, from the moment she found out she was right, she's longed to meet her.

[Liz Allward] I often think about her.

Weeks go by, but it's always there.

And I wonder.

I wonder what she's doing, I wonder how she's dealing with her life, I wonder if she knows about me.

It's amazing how many years have gone by... from not meeting, but just always being there in your mind.

[Isabel] What are you doing on the weekend?

[Liz] Mm, got to do a bit of work.

[Davina] Liz Allward lives just outside Bristol.

She's a part-time hairdresser who's moved into counseling and a proud mom of two.

Both Will and Isabel are in their 20s.

Can you just put a little bit of water in the tomato, Izzy?

-[Isabel] Yeah.

-Just a tiny bit.

[Liz] Family means a lot.

Family and closeness and just good times, it's everything, isn't it?

Oh, this is a lovely one, isn't it, of Mom and me?

[Isabel] Yeah, no, that's very cute.

[Liz] I think I was about a year old there in Naphill.

She's such a lovely lady.

I was raised with my adopted mom and dad and my elder sister, who's also adopted.

My adopted parents were absolutely wonderful, and there's no real need to replace them.

So, that's why I haven't searched for my parents.

I just-- I don't-- I don't-- I don't feel the need.

[Isabel] This is when you're older.

You're, like, 18 there, aren't you?

[Liz] No, no, no, no, 16.

It's not a great haircut.

[Liz laugh It's fashio.

-It was at the time.

-Back then, I suppose.

So, we were '78, '79 then.

Really good times, but always was a bit stressed or... I'm sure it sort of linked to... I don't know, just being adopted, even though I had a great, great upbringing.

Just sort of unanswered questions and things.

However lovely Mom and Dad were, I didn't look like anyone.

I was very different to them.

I always remember feeling just... lonely.

[Davina] It was when Liz was getting married that she began to think about her birth family.

[Liz] This is where I got married in 1986.

It's a lovely time, but, you know, it's a big change in your life, leaving your parents, moving out of home.

So, I think I was just more reflective about things.

And then it just suddenly came to me.

I just had this funny feeling that there was another... I had a sister or someone, you know, a sibling of some sort.

And I said, "Mom, am I one of twins?"

And she... she sort of faltered, and I said, "Well, what does that mean?"

You know?

And she then said to me, "Your mother had a daughter two years before you that was adopted."

So, that was the first time I knew about that.

You know, there's someone else out there, you know, a sister.

So, that was not shocking, just a surprise.

It was just like, "Whoa!"

[Davina] Liz Allward is searching for her older sister, who, like her, was given up for adoption.

Determined to track her down, Liz applied for the adoption paperwork.

In the document, the one thing I was looking for was information about my sister, and, you know, although there is only a small amount, it's the most amazing few words.

It just said that, uh-- on the form was: "Birth brothers and sisters," and it said there was a first child, Deborah Jane, adopted, born to my mother.

I find it really frustrating, because although it's brilliant to see her name and know she's real, that is all there is, you know, seven or eight words that describe my sister is on this planet.

I've known about her for so long, and sort of turning 60 was a real big sort of light bulb moment for me, and I just needed to find her and search for her.

I'd hope to find a kindred spirit and have someone else in my life and her life, hopefully, that will enhance both of our lives.

I really hope that.

I hope that comes true.

[choking back tears] Mm.

[keyboards clacking] [Nicky] When Liz came to us, the first thing we needed to do was to find out the new identity of her sister, Deborah.

So, we accessed her adoption records.

The paperwork showed that Deborah had, in fact, been adopted within the family.

We were then able to contact her.

She told us that her family had lost touch with her birth mother some years ago, but she did know about Liz and very much wanted to meet her.

Deborah, known as Debbie, worked in horticulture, but is now retired and lives with her partner, Andy, and has two grown-up children.

-Hi, Debbie.

-Hello, Nicky.

-[laughs] Nice to meet you.

-You too.

-Come in.

-Thank you.

Great.

-[Nicky] Great to see you.

-Yes, and you.

Yeah, thanks very much for having me.

So, what was your childhood like?

-A happy life.

-You've had a happy life?

Oh, yeah.

Very happy.

Didn't have a lot, but we were always happy.

Never went without.

So, tell me about your adoption.

My birth mother didn't want to keep me, and her sister adopted me.

Your birth mother's sister adopted you?

Yeah.

Could you explain those circumstances to me a little bit?

It's quite unusual.

I don't know why my birth mother didn't want to keep me.

I know she was young.

She was 18, I think, when she had me.

that's when they told me And I'd been adopted,five, and I was fine with it.

I said to my mom, "That's alright, I'll go out and play now."

[laughs] I remember that so well.

But, yeah, I'm happy with my adoptive parents.

My adoptive mom loves kids.

So, did she have her own children?

She had two older ones.

Your cousins were your siblings.

[Debbie] Yeah.

My adoptive mom also had fostered for years as well.

[Nicky] Did she, yeah?

I've got two younger siblings who were also adopted.

-What an amazing situation.

-Mm-hmm.

Did you have a relationship with your birth mother when you were growing up?

Up until I was about 11 years old.

And after that-- didn't have a lot of contact after that.

Did you know that you have a sister?

I knew since I was about eight years old.

I think we were at the pantomime, and some little kids came up on stage, and I was sat next to my mom, and she just said to me, "Oh, that's got to be your sister.

She's the spitting image of you."

And then, the next day, she explained I had another sister.

-What a funny way to tell you.

-I know, I know.

Maybe she wanted to find a way to tell you.

[Debbie] Yeah, yeah, probably.

And I've always thought about her since then.

You know.

Did you think about tracing her?

Oh, maybe about six months ago.

Myself and my partner were talking about her.

I said I would like to, but I didn't know where to start or what to do for the best.

What had you thought about her?

Well, I just hoped she had a good life like I have, a happy life.

She had a very happy adoption, very much loved and... Yeah.

It's weird, I mean, she just-- she just kind of-- she didn't know how she knew, but she just knew that she had a sister.

Really?

And when she was 23 and she was about to get married, she asked her adoptive mom about it, and her adoptive mom confirmed that she did have a sister.

Since then, you've been in her hea and in her mind all the time.

It makes me feel really good.

I just wish it had happened years ago.

I'd love to know her.

So, she's really important to you, isn't she?

Yeah, yeah, family is.

All family's important to me.

I've never forgotten about her, even though I haven't known her.

When she turned 60, she got that fierce urgency... -Yeah.

-...to find you.

Yeah.

Yeah, I can understand that.

-Her name is Liz.

-Oh.

-Did you know her name?

-No, no.

-She's got two kids... -Oh, good.

...yeah, as well... who are in their 20s.

So, you want to see a photograph?

Yes, I'd love to.

Oh, yes.

Yes, I can see the resemblance.

She looks lovely, doesn't she?

She's got... She has got reddish hair, hasn't she?

Red hair runs in the family.

Nice smile.

Looks lovely.

Can't wait to meet her.

Been a long time coming.

[dog barking] [Davina] Tracey Boyle is searching for her half-brother, who was given up for adoption when her mother was just 16 years old.

Tracey's suffered so much loss in her life, and she does worry that she'll never get to meet her brother.

So, I'm really excited to be able to give her the news that he's been found, and he would love to meet her.

-Hello, Davina.

-Hi.

-Come in.

-Thanks, Tracey.

-It's lovely to meet you.

-[Tracey] And you.

Thank you.

Thanks for the tea.

So, I basically wanted to talk to you a little bit about what it was like when your mom had the breakdown.

Why was it such a burden for her?

Was it shame or...?

Shame, and I think because she was... She kept Richard for a week.

She wasn't allowed to bring Richard home.

She had to give him up or she couldn't come home.

And it broke her.

Absolutely broke her.

My mom, to the day she died, told me what he looked like.

He had a mop of jet-black hair.

He was the most beautiful-est thing she'd ever seen.

So, was it from hearing about him that you became really inquisitive or interested?

I mean, what did you want to know?

-I wanted to know where he was.

-Yeah.

Or, "What's he doing?"

"I got a brother there somewhere."

-Yeah.

-You know, "He belongs to me."

Well, not just me, all of us.

I really wanted to come and see you today, because I wanted to give you some news.

Okay.

Your brother has been found.

Oh, my God, he's been found.

Where is he living?

He's living in Romford, in Essex.

Essex.

He is so overwhelmed and happy that you have found him.

Oh, my God.

He's happy?

He's so happy.

That makes me happy.

Oh, I hope you're listening, Mom.

Oh, does he want to see me?

-He really wants to see you.

-Really?

Oh, that's the best news ever, ever in the world.

I was terrified that he never wanted to see me or anything like that.

He's not called Richard anymore.

[Tracey] Okay, okay.

He's called Keith.

Keith?

Okay.

Keith, okay.

-Is he okay?

-He's great.

He's happy.

-He's happy?

-He's really happy now.

He's married.

He's been married for 20 years.

-20 years?

-[Davina] Yes.

Has he ever thought about his birth mother?

-He did.

-He did, did he?

-He did.

-Oh, my goodness.

When he was 18, he tried to look.

Oh, my God.

And no success.

Oh, no way.

-I've got a photo.

-Yeah?

-[Davina] Are you ready?

-Yeah, go on, then.

This is your brother, Keith.

Oh, my God.

Oh, my God, he does look like my brother.

-Oh, my God.

-It's quite weird, that.

He's got blue eyes like my mother.

He's absolutely beautiful.

Oh, Keith.

Aw.

Oh, he's lovely.

Oh, that's my brother.

Oh, if Mom could see this now.

Oof.

That's lovely.

What do you want to tell him?

I've dreamt about him, thought about him, supported my mother through everything what she went through.

And I need to tell him that my mother didn't just throw him away.

-No.

-You know, it wasn't like that.

It was awful.

Horrendous for my mother.

You know, I just need to tell him that.

That he was loved.

He was loved.

That means a lot.

Yeah, we've had enough loss in our lives, and now it's time for some happiness.

-Have to get my best frock out.

-Yes.

[Tracey] Yeah.

Today, I will be traveling to meet my brother Keith.

I didn't sleep much.

All excited, all emotions all just running through me.

I'm really looking forward to meeting him and putting my hands around him, giving him a massive cwtch, as we say in Wales, big cwtch.

[Davina] Keith has made the journey to meet Tracey near her home in South Wales.

[Keith] Thinking about meeting Tracey for the first time, just what's going to happen, how we're going to react when we meet.

I really want to ask Tracey about our mother, definitely, to find out more about her life.

[Tracey] It's just magical.

I really can't believe that it's happening today, to be honest.

[Keith] I never thought this would happen, not at my age now.

My stomach's like that.

Knotted.

I'm really nervous now.

[sentimental music playing] Hello there, love.

You alright?

You're alright.

[Tracey] It's so long.

I'm so sorry.

[Tracey sighs] So, take a deep breath.

So much like Mom.

-Yeah?

-I've got a bit of Mom back.

-[Tracey laughs] -So good to see you, anyway.

Yeah, it's lovely to meet you.

Sorry it took so long.

I'm really sorry.

-Don't say sorry to me.

-One thing... -Sorry doesn't like... -Yeah.

It's not a sorry.

-It's wonderful to meet you.

-And it is me, yeah.

So much to say and talk.

Yeah.

I'll answer everything you've got, everything.

-When did she pass away?

-Eight years ago now.

It was eight years ago, yeah.

But she was a wonderful woman.

-She was so soft.

-Was she?

-Yeah, she was lovely.

-Oh, dear.

I didn't find out about her until I was in my late 20s.

-Mom had a very bad breakdown.

-[Keith] Must have been a shock.

-Did she?

-Mm.y.

She was hospitalized for a long time.

But then when she came out, she sat me down, she told me all about you.

Oh, right.

This is why she had her breakdown.

-That's so bad.

-Really made... They prized you out of her hands.

That's so bad.

They let her keep you for a week.

-A week?

-Yeah.

-I mean... -Yeah.

But I just need to tell you that she did love you.

Good.

Never forgot about you, never, ever.

-I know it's hard for you.

-It's so, so good for me.

-It's hard for you.

-The feeling's great.

You know, it really is amazing.

I'm so grateful that this has happened.

We've found each other.

We've found more family.

-Bigger brother.

-Bigger brother, yeah.

[Tracey] I always wanted an older brother.

Oh, you've got one now, alright.

Be careful what you wish for now.

-Okay.

[Tracey laughs] -Yeah?

[laughs] [Tracey] All the nerves have gone.

They went soon as I walked through the door and I cwtched him.

[both laugh] [Keith] Tracey's everything I thought she'd be.

Definitely my sister, yeah.

Peas in a pod, isn't it, like, you know?

You can tell we have the same mother.

You've got another sister.

And you've got two brothers.

-Really?

-Yeah.

That's four of us.

Well, there's five of us now.

-There is five now.

-[Tracey] You're the oldest.

So, you'll have to be the boss.

[both laugh] [Keith] Here he comes.

[Davina] Tracey's brought someone else who wants to meet Keith... [Kirk] Hey, Rich... [Davina] ...their brother, Kirk.

You look so much like Mother.

Very much overwhelming, but not in a bad way.

I could live with this quite easily.

Bring on some more overwhelming, I'll live with it.

[laughs] -Really nice to meet you.

-And you too.

Come sit.

It's a big weight that's lifted from my shoulders.

So we're all back together again now, so let the parties begin.

[laughs] -[Tracey] Cheers!

-[Stephanie] Cheers!

-[Kirk] Cheers!

-[Stephanie] To the future!

[Keith] Yes.

Cheers.

[Davina] Liz Allward always had an intuition that, somewhere out there, she had a sister.

Liz has been wanting to find her sister for decades, so I really couldn't be bringing her better news.

Extraordinarily, I also have to tell Liz that her sister, Debbie, was kept within the family when Liz was adopted.

[knocking on door] -Hi.

-Hi, Davina.

Lovely to see you.

-And you, Liz.

-Come in.

Thank you.

Thank you very much.

Um, thanks so much for seeing me, Liz.

Well, thank you for coming.

So, what would be your dream scenario?

I'd love to be able to find her.

I'd love to be able to meet her.

I'd love to be able to, you know, get to know each other slowly.

I don't-- you know, I don't want to push myself on anyone.

Well, I've actually come to tell you today... -You haven't.

-...I have... that she's been found.

[Davina laughs] Wow.

She's happy that you found her.

-Oh, is she?

-Yes.

That's really lovely.

That's really lovely.

That's really, really lovely.

Did she know about me?

-She did.

-How long?

-How long?

-Since she was eight.

[Liz gasps] She's thought about you all the time.

-Did she?

-Yes.

[Liz whimpering] Oh, my God.

Oh, my God.

-Does she want to meet me?

-Yes.

And she's had a good life with her...?

She's had a great life.

With her parents?

So, you already know your mom had Deborah, Debbie, and she was only 18, and she couldn't look after her.

And, actually, Debbie was adopted by your auntie, your mom's sister, Joyce.

Wow.

So, kept in the family.

And Joyce brought her up with her other two biological children and lots of foster children that she looked after.

-Oh, so a good lady.

-Good lady.

Good lady.

Brilliant.

So, Debbie is with her partner.

She's been with him for 27 years.

Oh, brilliant.

She's got two kids from a previous marriage.

They're in their 40s.

Brilliant, yeah, yeah.

Is there anything...?

What does she look like or...?

I've got a photo.

So, this is your sister, Debbie.

Oh, my goodness.

od grief.

[laughs] Oh.

Similar around the eyes.

[Davina] I think you do.

There's definitely a look.

[Liz] Yeah.

Wow.

Oh.

That is just unreal.

It's just incredible.

Incredible.

So, she's written you a few words.

-Would you like to see?

-Yeah.

Oh, dear.

"This hasn't been a shock, but a very nice surprise that you've traced me.

I've always thought about you over the years, and I hope you had a good life growing up, as I have.

Well, at the moment, I'm feeling quite nervous, but also excited at the chance of meeting you at last."

[breath shaking] "So, until then, all my love.

Debbie."

Yeah.

Oh, blimey.

Oh, it's so lovely.

And I'm really, really, really pleased.

I'm really, really pleased.

It doesn't feel like it's happening, though.

But I know it is, because it's there.

Yes.

So, Debbie's come to Bristol, and she'd love to meet you tomorrow.

Oh!

Oh, my goodness.

[stamping her feet] -Yeah.

-[Davina laughs] Gosh.

I can't believe this.

I can't believe it.

You're my big sis.

Gosh.

-[Isabel] Hello.

-They found my sister.

-You're joking.

-No.

[laughs] Oh, my God.

[Liz] And I'm meeting her tomorrow.

Oh, my God.

It's amazing, isn't it?

[laughing] [Isabel] God!

[Liz] Oh... [Davina] Debbie has brought her partner, Andy, for support.

So, how are you feeling then, darling?

Really nervous.

It's hardly surprising, is it?

It's a life-changing thing, isn't it, to be fair?

[Debbie] Today, it means a lot to me to finally meet my sister.

It's one of the best feelings I've had for a long time to know that she has cared enough to look for me.

[Andy] You look great, darling.

Got all sorts running through my head.

I hope she likes me.

I hope we get on.

Good luck.

-Enjoy.

-See you later.

-Hope we have a... -See you later, darling.

...good relationship.

Can't wait for it to happen, though.

-[Isabel] Good luck.

-Oh, thank you.

Thank you.

Oh, see you later.

Bye-bye.

It is strange, the feeling of, "I've got a big sister."

It's just a cuddly and warm feeling, really, and it's nice to think that maybe, you know, there's another very important person in my life that I'm going to meet.

I'm not going to believe it until it happens, until I actually meet Debbie.

I'm very nervous at the moment.

But excited.

And I hope she's here soon.

[sentimental music playing] Thank you.

-[Liz] Hello.

-Hello.

-Good to meet you.

-[Debbie] And you.

[laughs] Oh, my God.

So strange.

You do look like me.

[Liz laughs] I think we do, don't you?

So, do you think you see-- there's the things that... Yeah, eyes.

Nose a bit, I think.

-Yeah, yeah.

-Very similar.

-Isn't it?

-How are you feeling?

-Nervous.

-Yes.

I was nervous.

How are you?

I'm alright now I've met you.

You're so brave to do this.

I think we both are.

I'm really, really glad with this.

I've known about you for so many years.

Oh, I'm hot, sorry.

I'll take my coat off.

I'm getting carried away.

[Liz laughs] Aw.

Even growing up, I always told people I had another sister.

I've never forgotten about you, even though I haven't known you.

Oh, that's so lovely, and I'm really pleased that you've had, you know, a good life with your adopted mom.

You were brought up with your cousins, weren't you?

Yeah, yeah.

My older brother and sister.

No, I was brought up with just me and my adopted sister.

But I've always felt a little bit-- happy, good life, you know-- but a little bit lost, you know, like a little bit... something-- just something missing, which... it's not now.

No, you've got the blood relatives now... [Liz] It was amazing to see her.

It all seems really... just normal.

It means a lot that I've met you.

-It means a lot that I've... -Good.

...you've wanted to meet me.

Yeah, so many plans we're going to be able to make.

Yeah, I look forward to that.

As soon as she walked in the room, I felt a connection.

I felt, "Yeah, she's my sister.

I'm your sister."

And I know we're going to be great friends.

We're going to get on so well.

We'll be meeting up as soon as we can.

I know she's already saying she'll get her daughter to drive her up to Yorkshire to come and see us, which is going to be really nice.

I won't let her go now.

[Debbie] Oh, gosh.

-She looks like my daughter.

-Does she?

-Very similar.

-Oh, my goodness.

-Nice to meet you.

-Hello.

[laughs] Oh!

Oh, this is really strange.

[Liz] I know!

You've got a look of my daughter.

[Isabel] You do look really similar.

Isn't that funny?

Has she really got the look of your daughter?

-[Debbie] Yeah.

-Alright, my darling?

You do look really similar.

-[Liz] Yeah.

-Hello, Liz.

Hello, Izzy.

[Liz] Hello!

-So pleased to meet you.

-[Liz] Oh, lovely to meet you.

It's great.

It feels wonderful.

It feels-- yeah, it just makes me feel happy.

It makes me feel really happy.

We get on so well.

Yeah, and how similar we are with our humor, I think.

Everything's just really nice, just brilliant.

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