

Episode 7
Season 11 Episode 7 | 45m 47sVideo has Closed Captions
Two shocking discoveries of missing siblings are featured in this episode.
Siblings who found each other as adults try to trace their older sister, whose existence they heard of at their mother's funeral. And a woman searches for her brother who she also discovered as an adult after seeing the adoption paperwork.
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Episode 7
Season 11 Episode 7 | 45m 47sVideo has Closed Captions
Siblings who found each other as adults try to trace their older sister, whose existence they heard of at their mother's funeral. And a woman searches for her brother who she also discovered as an adult after seeing the adoption paperwork.
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Learn Moreabout PBS online sponsorship[woman] This one is the lady that gave birth to daddy.
I wanna find her 'cause I wanna make sure she's okay.
[man 2] I would really like to see my daughter.
This is my last chance.
[man 3] It is hard, and you think about it every day.
I'll never, ever give up looking for me mother.
[Davina] There are many reasons why people across Britain are searching for missing family.
It's a feeling that's deep inside that you're on your own.
Keeping secrets and keeping people locked away... nothing good ever comes of that.
Some need to know their identity.
[woman] You look at yourself and you think, "Where am I from?
Who do I look like?"
Others have difficult questions.
Why hasn't he tried to find me?
Where was he?
So imagine the moment when the answer you need is just around the corner.
I'm not that far away so I should be with you shortly.
Oh, it gets a bit real, doesn't it?
[Nicky] In this series, we uncover unexpected truths... -Wow!
-He got knighted by the Queen?
...find people that no one else could trace... -We have found your mum.
-Blimey!
I didn't expect that.
...and reunite families after a lifetime apart.
-They found my mother.
-[woman] You're joking!
Mwah!
Oh, God, child!
[Davina] This week, two siblings make a shocking discovery.
It was the bombshell.
It's, my goodness, we've got an older sister!
We need to unite the three of us.
And after a lifetime of wondering, one woman is determined to uncover the truth about her past.
[woman] I need to find out about my birth mother.
My heart's racing.
Our first search is on behalf of a brother and sister who, having found each other as adults, discovered another family secret.
[man] So how close are you?
Can you tell me?
-About a foot away!
-[laughing] Oh, our relationship.
Yeah, we're really close.
We are really close, I think.
Definitely.
And if we're able to share that with Caroline as well, that's wonderful.
[man] We've got an older sister.
Now we know that she's a real person, exists, we've got to try and find her, just to have that opportunity to, you know, just, don't know, to say, "We love you," really.
Mm.
Yeah.
Yeah.
Steve Austin was adopted as a baby and grew up a few miles from where he now lives.
[Steve] I had a wonderful childhood.
Mum and dad gave me absolutely everything.
There was never a sort of day that I ever felt that I wasn't loved and wanted.
And they really were just the best mum and dad ever.
But as time went on, I started wanting to find out where I'm from and who I am.
At the age of 26, Steve decided to search for his birth mother, Mavis Eglington.
[Steve] From my original birth certificate, obviously, it had Mavis's name and Mavis's address on it.
So it was a very simple process of looking in the phone book.
It was lovely to meet my birth mother.
She was a kindhearted lady.
I was lucky I had that opportunity.
And the best thing I was to find out, that I had a younger sister, Moira.
And the fact that she lived within, you know, a couple of miles of where we lived was an incredible thing.
-Hello, darling.
-Hello.
-Ooh, lovely to see you.
-And you.
-Come in.
-Thank you.
[Davina] Moira had been brought up by their birth mother, Mavis, and Moira's father, but she'd never been told that she had an older half-brother.
Steve came into my life when I was about 22.
I came home, there was no introductions, but when I walked over to Steve and threw my arms... threw my arms around him...
I...
I just knew that this was my brother.
Steve's relationship with Moira and Mavis continued for the next 28 years.
But when Mavis died in 2020, another secret came to light.
After Mavis's funeral, the discussion was about, "Have you told Caroline?"
And Moira said, "Well, who's Caroline?"
So many different people were talking about her.
So Steve started to investigate.
And today he's sharing some new information with Moira.
[Steve] So what we've got here is a really important document which is Caroline's birth certificate.
My goodness!
She was actually born in April 1962, four years before me.
[Moira] So there's a photo of Mum just here, she was the same age as when she had Caroline.
Caroline.
About 19 then.
She's given birth to a beautiful little girl who is handed to whoever.
Whoever, yeah.
The thought of our mum being all alone giving birth to a daughter, our sister, who she's given up.
[Moira] Hmm.
Just heartbreaking.
[Moira] It is heartbreaking.
For everybody.
I have no doubt in my mind, and this goes for both Caroline and Steve, that if she had had it in her power where she could have kept them, she would have done.
It's very sad, but on the other hand it's also wonderful to see that our sister actually exists.
-Does exist.
Yeah.
-Absolutely.
Absolutely.
Steve and Moira are now united in their mission to find Caroline.
[Steve] If we've made the effort and she doesn't wanna know, then at least Moira and I can say we've tried.
The door is always gonna be open to her.
I want to be able to tell Caroline what an amazing individual mum was.
I want her to know she is loved.
[Steve] Being adopted myself I know that if I was in Caroline's situation, I would be over the moon that somebody was looking out for me and trying to find me.
I just want to make sure that she's well and she's been happy.
That's really important.
[Nicky] As with all our searches for adopted people, we used an intermediary who could access the name change of Steve and Moira's eldest sister.
Unusually, her first name hadn't actually changed.
She was still called Caroline.
But we discovered her new surname was Byass.
We searched public records using her new name and remarkably it came up with just four results.
Could one of these addresses be for Steve and Moira's sister?
We decided to reach out to the occupants of the address nearest to where Caroline had been adopted.
And we got a reply back, straightaway.
We had found the person we were looking for.
Caroline was placed for adoption almost 60 years ago.
So how does it feel to have not just one, but two siblings looking for her after all this time?
-Caroline.
-Nicky.
-Lovely to meet you.
-You too.
Sit down, please.
Well, thank you for meeting me.
I'm sorry that we had to, had to tell you that your mother's not with us anymore.
Mm, that was tough.
When you received the news that you were being looked for, what was your initial reaction?
I couldn't take it in that, A, I was wanted, or that anybody would go to that length to actually try and find me.
So what were you told by your adoptive parents about your beginnings?
Well, it was an undiscussed subject.
I was told that I was adopted when I was quite young.
-How old?
-5, 6.
My mum and dad sat me down in the dining room and said to me, you know, "You weren't ours, you were chosen."
And I thought, "No, I'm not special, I don't belong."
It wasn't that I didn't care about them because I did, but they weren't mine and I knew in my heart of hearts, I knew that difference.
And that's quite difficult to... it's a difficult thing to have to take.
And your birth mother, Mavis, how much of your life have you thought about meeting her?
-A lot.
-Yeah.
And I do believe that she tried to keep me for six weeks.
-Did you look at your adoption papers?
-Yes.
Yes.
The actual bit where Mum had to sign her name, to sign me over, there was tear marks on the... on the piece of paper.
She must have had to sacrifice so much.
So it must have been painful for her.
I've got a photograph of your mother.
-Really?
-Mm.
Mm-hmm.
That's my mum!
Gosh!
I can see a resemblance.
Thank you.
Let me tell you about your brother and your sister.
Steve was adopted.
And when he traced your birth mother, he met Moira.
And Moira lived with your birth mum.
So circumstances must have changed then.
So she was able to keep Moira.
Yes, but she was with Moira's father.
They were married, but what has been wonderful has been Moira's relationship with Steve.
Brother and sister.
And then when they both found out about you after your birth mum's funeral, that gave them the impetus to try and find you.
That's wonderful.
Do you want to see them?
Your brother and sister?
Oh... Oh, my God!
Oh.
Can see they're very close.
Cor, wow!
Hello, family!
[Nicky] They've written a letter for you.
"To our big sister.
Hi, sis, it's Steve here.
Like you, I was given up for adoption, so when I found out about you, there was an overwhelming desire to find you."
Could you read that for me, please?
Sorry, I can't read it.
[Nicky] Of course.
"I am your little sister Moira.
It brings us great joy and happiness in the knowledge that mum would be so happy for us to share our stories.
We do hope that you will want to meet us."
Wild horses wouldn't stop me from meeting them!
"Sending much love, Steve and Moira."
That's amazing.
I can't wait to meet them.
[Davina] But before we tell Steve and Moira that their sister has been found... our next story is of a woman desperate to find the family she was separated from 50 years ago.
[woman] My whole life I felt like an imposter in another family because I've always felt that I shouldn't be there.
I don't know where I belong.
It's really important for me to find my birth family.
'Cause I can't feel like this the rest of my life.
[woman] Bye, love, see you tomorrow.
Fifty-year-old Lisa Irvine is a mother of two and works as a health care assistant at a hospital close to her home.
[Lisa] We see so many people with so many ranges of illnesses.
When you're sick, the only people that you really want are your family.
And it does make me think about my own situation.
Family life for Lisa hasn't been easy.
After a short time in foster care, she was adopted at 7 months by a couple who already had a child.
I think in this photo I'm about 4.
It's just hard growing up thinking that you're different, feeling that you're not wanted because you were abandoned.
It's hard.
Why was I put up for adoption?
Was I just forgotten?
To find some answers, Lisa's heading to the Isle of Wight where she knows her mother gave birth to her.
I haven't been back to the Isle of Wight in 44 years.
You know, it's where everything began.
[captain] We will shortly be berthing at Fishbourne Terminal.
My heart's racing.
Lisa has accessed her adoption records, which paint a detailed picture of her mother's situation at the time.
Says in this paperwork that my biological father who was married to my mother walked out on her two months before she gave birth to me.
He left her destitute.
He took literally everything.
So she had nothing.
She must have been absolutely devasted.
But that isn't all the paperwork reveals.
Says my birth mother had an older child, Nicholas, who was aged 19 months at the time of my birth.
It was quite a shock.
I thought I was the only child.
I think it would have been awful for my mother.
She was basically abandoned, heavily pregnant with a 19-month-old child.
Lisa's file explains that with nowhere else to turn, her mother took newborn Lisa and her brother to live with their grandmother.
[Lisa] Should be on our right down here somewhere.
This is the first time she's seen the house where they all lived.
[Lisa] The paperwork said that my grandmother could accommodate my mum and my 19-month-old brother.
But not me.
I couldn't stay here.
So my mother was forced to put me up for adoption by my grandmother.
It's hard, isn't it?
Just to think she walked through that gate carrying me.
I just feel heavy inside.
It's almost like a grief.
I'm sad that they stayed there and I couldn't.
Lisa's done everything she can think of to look for her birth family but is still no closer to finding them.
[Lisa] I've searched on nearly every website you can think of.
I've set up family trees.
I've exhausted everything that I could physically do.
It's hard when you keep looking and looking and looking and draw a blank.
What happened to my mother after she was forced to give away her baby?
Was she okay?
I've been gone out of her life 50 years, and I've always thought about her.
And, you know, does Nicholas remember me?
Was he ever told about me?
I need to find them.
Just to feel like I belong.
When Lisa came to us, all she knew were the names of her missing family.
So we took on the search for her birth mother, Margaret Pine.
But things didn't appear straightforward.
We found no trace of Margaret anywhere, although we did manage to track down an ex-partner.
He was no longer in contact with her, but he did confirm that her eldest son was called Nicholas Pine.
So we focused our search on Nicholas.
But after writing to several addresses, there was no response.
It seemed like our search had come to a standstill.
Social media is more public, but we use it if necessary, and in this case it paid off.
Eventually we got a response from a Nicholas Pine living on the southeast coast.
This was our man.
Nicholas, now known as Nick, confirmed he is Lisa's older brother.
Sadly, Nick told us that his mother Margaret died in 2013, but Nick's keen to meet me to tell me more about her.
Lisa has always wanted to be part of a family.
But what will her search mean to her brother?
I'm meeting Nick at a café near his home.
-Nick, hi.
-Hi.
-I'm Nicky.
Nice to meet you.
-And you.
-Thanks for seeing me.
-No problem.
Obviously, sad news for Lisa about your mum.
Yeah.
Did you have any idea about Lisa?
Yes.
I've always known from age 4, 5.
Mum always said that she'd had another child who was adopted at a young age.
Letting her go was probably one of the hardest things she ever had to do.
Um, I know she always regretted it, always.
Did she think about trying to find Lisa?
She did, but her health did get quite bad late on, so she never really got to do it.
I've got a couple of photos of Mum.
I'd love to see a picture.
[Nick] That's when she was in her thirties.
She was a lovely, caring mother.
Fantastic mum, is the only way I can put it.
Fantastic.
She had a few years where she had drink problems, then her health got a lot worse.
I looked after her.
How long did you look after her for?
It was 13 years before she got seriously ill, and then I was full-time carer for the last 3, 4 years.
-And you miss her?
-Yeah.
Yeah.
Always will.
So when you heard the news that your sister was looking for you... Yeah.
It was like my heart had sunk into my stomach.
It really was great.
And I've got a brother, Andrew.
He would like to meet Lisa.
That's amazing.
Tell me more about Andrew?
He knows about this, but he's a bit camera shy.
And we've often wondered what Lisa might have been doing.
So Lisa's a healthcare assistant.
-That's cool.
So am I.
-Hmm.
She found out when she was 7 years old that she was adopted.
She's always thought about her birth family.
Bless her.
Sad.
Mum would have loved to hear that.
-Do you want to see a photo?
-Yeah.
Wow!
She looks amazing.
Wow!
[Nicky] Look how similar they are.
Yeah.
That's brilliant.
[Davina] In Watford, Steve and Moira are thinking of their mother as they hope to bring their family together.
She was a good person.
It would be nice if we find Caroline to be able to tell her that.
And now I'm on my way to give them the news of their lost sister.
Steve and Moira share an incredible bond, but the missing link is Caroline.
So I can't wait to tell them that she's been found and is excited to meet them.
-Hello.
-Hello there.
-Would you like to come in?
-Yes, please.
-Hi, Steve.
-Hi, Davina.
-Lovely to meet you.
-And you.
I mean, you two clearly, you know, you are close.
Mm.
Why do you want to find your sister?
What's important for you guys?
Mum always did everything for everybody else and it's about time Mum had something for her.
-Mm.
-So if we had the opportunity... All right?
...just even if it was for a moment for all the three of us, she can just see her three children together.
[Steve] And hopefully we'll be able to answer some questions that Caroline might have, you know.
It's for everyone's benefit really.
Well, she would really like to meet you.
Wow!
Crikey!
That's amazing.
Was she surprised or was it a shock?
-[Davina] It was a surprise.
-[Steve] Mm-hmm.
I'm lost for words!
Is she still Caroline?
-She's still Caroline.
-Is she?
Oh, thank goodness for that.
-[Moira] Oh, bless her.
-[Steve] Wow!
And she's had a good life?
She had a difficult adoption.
She always felt slightly out of place.
[Steve] Right.
[Davina] So when she grew up, she found a bit of information about your birth mum, and that was that your mum had her when she was 19.
And also that she was in a position where she had no support.
-She had to give her up.
-[Steve] Oh, wow!
It's a shame that Caroline won't have the opportunity to meet her.
She was absolutely blown away by the picture of your birth mother.
-Oh, really?
-And you know what that's like.
-[Steve] Yeah.
-Seeing somebody who looks like you.
-Yes.
-Especially if you've never had any blood relations to relate to.
-We just wanna embrace her.
-Yes.
I'm so pleased she wants to meet us.
I've got a picture if you'd like to see it?
Oh, God!
Here is your sister Caroline.
Awww!
Oh, my gosh!
-[Steve] Yeah.
[laughs] -You know what I'm gonna say?
-Yes, yes.
-Mum.
[Steve] My goodness.
It's incredible, isn't it?
[Moira] That's just amazing.
-It's the eyes.
-[Steve] Yeah.
-It's like having mum looking-- -[Davina] Is it?
[Moira] ...looking at you.
[Steve] That's gorgeous, that's beautiful.
Yeah, I can't wait, can't wait to meet Caroline.
-No.
It's your sister.
-[Steve] I know.
-[laughs] -It's incredible.
Healthcare worker and mother of two Lisa Irvine came to us in the hope that we would find her birth family.
Sadly, our search revealed that Lisa's birth mother died in 2013.
Lisa will never get to meet her birth mother.
But we have found her two brothers.
And they are really looking forward to welcoming her into the family.
We've told Lisa the news of her mother away from the cameras.
-Hi, Lisa.
-Hi, Davina.
-How are you?
-Yeah, good, thanks.
Would you like to come on in?
Yes, please.
Thank you.
-Thank you so much for talking to me, Lisa.
-That's okay.
I am really sorry about the news we had to give you.
How are you?
Sad.
Yeah.
Heartbroken.
There's just so many questions, and now it feels like a lot of them won't ever be answered.
Well, I can answer some.
We have found your brother, Nicholas.
-No!
-Yeah.
Oh, my goodness me!
Is he all right?
[Davina] He's really good.
Oh, gosh.
-Did he stay with my mum?
-He did.
Oh!
I'm relieved at that.
Wow!
Does he want to see me?
-He really wants to see you.
-He does not!
-He does.
-Does he?
Yeah.
Oh.
[laughing] I'm so excited.
-Your birth mother... -Yes.
...told him about you when he was 4 or 5 years old.
-Aww.
-And then you were always part of his life.
Oh, my goodness!
-She talked about you a lot.
-So I wasn't forgotten then?
Never.
That's nice.
That is nice.
I actually have a picture of your mother in my bag.
So this is your mother.
Oh, my gosh!
Oh, my goodness me!
Bless her.
She is beautiful.
-She's got a lovely face.
-She has.
She's got very kind eyes.
Nick did say that, you know, your mum did drink and he cared for her for the last 13 years of her life.
-Did he?
-He did.
Wow!
She did actually talk about trying to find you.
-Oh, why didn't she?
-But her ill health really held her back.
Mm.
Nick's written you a letter.
-Oh, my God!
-[chuckles] [Lisa] Thank you.
"Dear Lisa, I wish I could give you better news about Mum and put you on the path you wanted to be on.
Now I finally get to meet you, it's truly amazing."
Oh, that's so lovely, isn't it?
Ooh, I feel all warm and fuzzy.
[laughs] "I can't wait to meet you.
This has been a very exciting time for me and I'm looking forward to getting to know you and hearing about your life.
With much anticipation, Nick."
My heart is bursting right now.
To know that he wants to see me, I'm so excited, I can't wait.
[Lisa exhales sharply] -Here's your brother.
-Oh, my gosh!
Oh, he looks very kind too.
He's a carer for the elderly and disabled.
How uncanny, we both do the same job.
Yeah.
My brother.
Wow!
A big brother.
-[chuckles] -There is something else.
We've also found your younger brother, Andrew.
Oh, I can't take all this in.
Oh, my goodness!
Andrew would also really like to meet you -but he doesn't want to do it on camera.
-Wow!
So now there's three of us, not just one of us.
Yeah.
I feel like I'm complete.
Thank you.
So, that's my mum.
[man] Oh, wow!
-Spitting image.
-You think?
-Oh, yeah.
-Oh, wow!
[Lisa] And then on Monday I meet my brother, Nicholas.
Hey.
See?
Proud of you.
Thank you.
Love you.
Today, Lisa will be reunited with her brother Nick, after a lifetime apart.
[Lisa] Meeting my brother means everything.
Absolutely everything.
He's the last hope of me knowing where I come from.
And hopefully the start of something beautiful.
I cannot wait.
Nick has travelled from his home in Kent to meet Lisa close to where she lives.
It's a new thing having a sister.
[laughs] She is family.
She's always been talked about as part of the family.
So it's fantastic.
Mum will be in my thoughts a lot because I know she would have wanted to be here.
I am doing this as much for her as for me.
Can't wait.
I really can't wait.
Nick and Lisa have taken Covid tests so they can meet safely.
[Lisa] I've waited so long.
-You all right?
-Yes.
-I'm good.
-Are you?
Yes.
Oh.
I love you, you know.
[laughs] Oh!
Oh, my goodness me!
-You all right?
-Yeah.
I think so.
I don't know.
I might have to pinch myself in a minute.
[laughs] I'm speechless.
I really am speechless.
I've been looking for about 36 years.
-Wow!
-I've always grown up not knowing anything.
-Yeah.
-And being an adoptive child, you just feel lost.
-I can understand that.
-I've always grown up...
I've always grown up feeling that I wasn't wanted.
That was never the case.
You were never, ever given away and forgotten about.
That's nice to know.
-You've always been my sister.
-You've always been my brother.
-We look alike, don't we?
-Yeah, yeah, yeah.
Definitely.
The connection I felt was instant.
It was like I knew him.
[Nick] I was instantly drawn to her.
It feels amazing to see Mum's eyes looking back at me.
It's quite surreal.
If Mum could have been here now... she would have been full of apology.
She certainly wouldn't have given you up by choice.
We always came first, regardless.
-That's sad for her.
-Yeah.
Really sad.
She would have loved this, though.
The most important thing that I've learned was the fact that I was wanted and I wasn't just an abandoned baby, and that is the most incredible feeling in the world.
So I'm at peace now.
[Nick] That one was about three years before she died.
Oh, my gosh!
Wow!
Oh, I love her.
She's got a lovely, friendly face, hasn't she?
Yeah.
Yeah.
Oh, my gosh, she's lovely.
It's the start of a brother/sister relationship that should have been there for a long time.
-And my family's now complete.
-And mine.
I definitely feel like the big brother now.
[laughs] [Lisa] I see life very differently now.
And the fact that I now have a brother, it's lovely.
Siblings Steve Austin and Moira Tonge found each other as adults and have been searching for their older sister Caroline.
-Oh, thank you very much.
-No problem.
And today they're going to meet her for the first time.
[Steve] I'm so excited to meet Caroline.
We've both been through the same journey.
Both been adopted, both from the same birth mother, and to be able to share that with somebody is gonna be massive for me.
This day, to be honest, I didn't expect to come.
But now it's here, I really do need to do this, and not just for us, but for Caroline too.
She is family.
She's part of us.
Caroline has travelled down from Bedfordshire to join her family.
[Caroline] I'm absolutely a bag of nerves.
Feeling very emotional.
I was nearly in tears having my baked beans and bacon and mushrooms this morning!
But excitement.
I've waited 59 years for today.
I hope they like me!
[chuckles] -How are you doing?
-I'm here!
[Nicky laughs] -After you.
-Thank you.
-Hi.
Are you ready?
-Hi, Davina.
-Yes.
-Oh, my goodness, this is it!
Big day.
The siblings have all been Covid tested so they can get together safely.
They're meeting in a park close to where Steve and Moira live.
So how have you been feeling today?
I just want to get there.
I just want to see her.
It really feels that sense of excitement now.
All the angst and concern and worry... it's all gone.
It's just... let's meet, can't wait.
-I wonder how she's feeling.
-Oh!
-I know, bless her.
-I can't begin to imagine.
[Caroline] Emotions flying all over the place, to be honest.
What does it mean to you?
Right now, everything.
Absolutely everything.
[Davina] So pretty here.
[Moira] It is, it's gorgeous.
It's such a lovely spot, and this is where I'm saying goodbye to you both because that's where you're gonna meet your sister, Caroline.
-So good luck.
-[Steve] Thanks, Davina.
-All right.
-Have a lovely time.
Thank you.
You okay?
[Moira] I'm most looking forward to a hug, all three of us.
Just to bind us together.
This is where I say goodbye, and, um, Steve and Moira are gonna be round there.
That's where you're meeting them.
Go meet your brother and sister.
Okay.
Thank you.
You all right?
-Don't let me go.
-No, I won't.
Don't worry, don't worry, don't worry, don't worry.
It's absolutely fine, honestly.
Don't let me go.
-You all right?
-Yeah.
It's so wonderful to meet you, Caroline.
And you.
And you.
Bit of a shock, eh?
Eh?
I've got to sit down, my legs are going!
God, it's been such a long time.
It doesn't happen every day of the week, does it?
-Just as well, 'cause I don't think-- -I don't think I could take it!
You've got my eyes, or I've got yours.
I've got yours.
You were before me.
It was amazing.
Emotional.
Yes.
Yeah.
It was absolutely incredible.
[Caroline] The nerves when I sat down just disappeared, when realizing, yes, you've got my eyes.
And I look like you.
And, yeah, it was amazing, absolutely amazing.
It's the need to know, isn't it?
It's the need to know who you are and where you're from.
And, I mean, my adopted family were very good people, but I knew from a very, very early age that I didn't fit.
And I, I just assumed for years I just simply wasn't good enough.
Oh, no!
It's, um, it's just incredibly strange knowing now that I do belong somewhere.
Course you do.
Of course you do.
You've only known me for 20 minutes, give it a couple...
I think for us the fact that Caroline struggled with her adoption is the thing we really didn't want to hear.
And it was deeply upsetting, but at the same time, I think, we hope we can give her support to move forward.
[Caroline] I feel like I belong.
I feel like I'm finally wanted.
This is just the beginning of something absolutely wonderful.
Something I could never, ever have dreamed of.
So this was Mum when she was younger.
Oh, Christ, that's me.
-I know.
-That's me.
-Crikey!
That's extraordinary.
-I know.
I know.
And that's her a little bit older.
[Caroline] Good grief!
I've lived all my life not looking like anybody.
No.
No.
You're more like her than we are.
Oh, very much so.
Wow!
You think she'd be happy that we're all together?
-Yes.
-Absolutely.
Without question.
And that was also part of the motivation, the three of us.
-Yeah.
-We're brothers and sisters.
I mean, it just felt so important that we come together.
You know?
Wow!
Wow!
[Caroline] It feels that everything I've wanted has suddenly come together in one hit.
I'm absolutely exhausted, but I'm over the moon.
[Moira] Caroline is coming into our fold and we can take our next steps on our journey wherever that may lead us.
I think it's wonderful.
This is not the end.
This is the start.
-Yeah.
-This is the start of something.
-[Steve] Whereabouts are you, Caroline?
-Bedfordshire.
Oh, okay... [peaceful music playing]
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