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00:00my father grabbed me off my mother because I was in her arms the train pulled away I've never seen
00:15my mother again out of the blue he just said I just want to make sure mom told you the family
00:23secret every year thousands of people come to us looking for missing family she's my sister she's
00:34loved and she needs to know that she's loved sometimes it's to solve a mystery that's
00:39troubled them for decades I'm petrified of looking for her I've just got to try or to end the torment
00:48of what they don't know any siblings any answers any anything be great so imagine the moment
00:57hi Alan hi Davina when the burning questions can finally be answered
01:05reuniting families who've spent a lifetime apart
01:21our first searcher Lee came to us believing he was a foundling left with a woman in a block of flats
01:42the first discovery we made was that this simply wasn't true
01:5156 year old Lee lives in Eastbourne and owns a retro clothing store 10 30 we've got that new delivery
02:01come in we'll move that section to there and build that little red white and blue section in there
02:05yeah when I was a kid growing up my mom and dad we didn't have much money I won't a pretty boy but I
02:12wanted to dress well so when I was 16 I started working in a jean shop as a YTS boy and now I'm 56 I
02:19still do the same job I've got the best job in the world just swap that over I was always told that
02:26I was foundling by my adoptive mom and dad who did love me and I loved them back and I was happy with
02:33that lot but I was sort of had this silly thing in my head where I didn't really exist I was dropped
02:37from space had no birth certificate and just wasn't real but our discovery about the start of Lee's story
02:46is completely different I wanted to talk to our lead social worker Ariel Bruce to find out more when
02:55Lee came to us he thought he was a foundling it was when we started to search we then came to the
03:01realization that actually there'd been a conventional adoption with a conventional registered birth and he
03:08wasn't a foundling Wow does he know now he does know as social workers we had a moral obligation to ensure that he knew
03:16Ariel has now given Lee his birth certificate but you see in black and white I've never had a birth certificate I've never had one
03:26look what my name is look Mark Anthony not sure about the Anthony when I saw my birth certificate for the first time it actually blew my mind
03:38it's got my mum's name on there cashier it just makes her real doesn't it
03:45story my adopted my dad had told me there was something along the lines that the girl had a
03:54baby in a pram and she couldn't keep me and couldn't have me I was told that she was Irish and I was told
04:01that she knocked on the door of a block of flats and just said to the lady that answered the door sorry he's yours now you know
04:13the thing that surprised me was knowing that my mum had been married so that's the thing that shook me I thought my mum was
04:22probably 16 or 17 that's what I had in my in my head so that was the thing that shook me a little bit was knowing
04:30he said she'd be married but the father wasn't on the birth certificate so I don't know and you see where I
04:37lived look in Paddington told you I was posh
04:41Lee has returned to where he lived as a newborn with his birth mother whoa
04:52this is it
04:57when you see it on your birth certificate and you touch it and feel it and look at it in real life it's just
05:15mind-blowing absolutely brilliant
05:18my heart is jumping out my chest it's been for the first time today and it's all so real it's this nuts
05:30and I lived in one of them when I look at this and think back then I always think about how she felt
05:42and what she felt and how schedule was we said no money left no food was she at the end of her tether
05:51absolutely mind-blown now I know where I lived
06:02my birth mother I hope she's alive any siblings any answers any anything would be great
06:14I'd love to know everything about the early days I haven't got a clue what happened but there must be
06:23some tough old stories to tell and some high and I'm all ears because we'd found Lee's birth certificate
06:35we were able to search for his birth mother we looked in the UK and Ireland but we were unable
06:42to trace her however further investigations revealed something else Lee's mother had another older son called
06:48Stephen who was born in East London we tried tracing Stephen but could find no listing of him in the capital
06:56so we threw the net wider and found him living in Scotland
07:08Stephen's a retired cardiac nurse who lives here with his wife and family
07:12growing up with a vague and inaccurate story about his adoption must have been so hard for Lee
07:21but now we find a brother Stephen I want to ask him about his upbringing and what that might tell us
07:30about what really happened
07:33oh hi Nicky Stephen how you doing
07:40pleasure to meet you you too please come on
07:42thank you so much thank you
07:48can I have a seat thanks how you doing I'm doing very well
07:51pleasure to meet you you too it really is
07:53what a lovely part of Scotland it's lovely isn't it
07:55yeah but the first thing I need to find out is
07:58did you have any idea that you have a brother
08:02no eh so I was brought up by my grandparents
08:06at no point ever was there ever any mention that there could be another sibling nothing
08:11what was it like hearing about it
08:13emotional maybe but I did just unbelievable really
08:18tell me about your upbringing
08:20yeah
08:21within the household there was my gran
08:23my granddad and my auntie was there as well
08:26I was basically told that my mum
08:30who'd come over from Ireland
08:32was finding it difficult coping with having a child
08:35my grand story that she told me was
08:38one evening my dad had come back from work
08:41and had found me crying in the court
08:44with a small note from my mum saying it's him or me
08:47a note from your mum
08:48yeah left
08:49your grandmother said
08:50yes
08:51it's him or me
08:52yeah and it was decided to approach my grandparents
08:55to see if they would look after me
08:57and that's what happened and they applied for my guardianship
09:01and they were given that and I think I was just a couple of years old
09:05what does that make you feel like
09:07eh pretty unwanted really to be honest
09:10eh but the thing was why did you feel like that
09:13and then over time then you begin to think as well
09:16well why did my dad allow that
09:18what were your feelings when you thought about your mum and dad
09:22why weren't your mum and dad with you
09:24throughout my childhood they weren't always in my life
09:27but they were in the background I still spoke to them
09:31so I wouldn't say I ever loved my parents
09:34I was just aware of them and I had a relationship with them
09:37eh just eh far enough to be able to go and visit and such like
09:42what was the last time you saw your mother
09:44I haven't spoken to her for 32 years
09:48when Lee first came to us
09:50he thought he was a foundling
09:55because he had been told by his adoptive parents
09:59that a young Irish girl had left the baby with some neighbours of theirs
10:06and then they took on the baby
10:08I find that quite disappointing that that's what happened
10:12to be honest
10:13what I'd really like to know is when was my brother born
10:16Lee is younger than you
10:18wow so that comes as a surprise
10:23that'll take a few days to process
10:25so Lee very happily married to Aisha
10:28he runs a retro clothing shop
10:32you can have some of mine if you want
10:34that's fantastic
10:37yeah he would describe himself as a mod
10:39I just wondered if you might have a photo of him
10:41so I can actually see what he looks like
10:43I do have a photo of him
10:52both go for this glasses
10:54but I'm a bit disappointed he's got a bit more hair than me
10:57fantastic
10:58I'm so looking forward to meeting him
11:00just so looking forward to meeting him
11:06thank you
11:10it'll be interesting we'll chat with music
11:12I'm a rocker
11:13you're a rocker
11:14he's a mod
11:15I'm a mucker
11:16please tell me
11:17please tell me we're not meeting in Brighton
11:19that would be an absolute disaster
11:21fantastic
11:24but before we tell Lee the good news
11:31we turn to another search for a brother
11:34for Peter MacDonald
11:35it was a single moment at a train station
11:37that changed his entire life
11:39and separated him from his birth family
11:46my father grabbed me off my mother
11:49I was in her arms
11:52I was two and a half months old
11:56that's the last time I was with my brother Trevor
12:02I've always wanted to find him
12:04yeah
12:08just make it complete
12:10I'm a self-employed painter and decorator
12:11in my spare time I like metal detecting
12:13when the weather's fine
12:14a couple of horses
12:15and a couple of hinges
12:16I think I found it
12:17I'm a self-employed painter and decorator
12:18in my spare time I like metal detecting
12:20when the weather's fine
12:21a couple of horses
12:22I think I found it
12:23Peter is a father of two
12:24and a grandfather of four
12:25hello darling
12:26give me love
12:27give me love
12:28give me love
12:29are you my hand?
12:30I'm proud to be
12:31I'm proud to be a grandad
12:32I love it
12:33I really do
12:34I really do
12:35are we waiting for it to beep?
12:49come on then
12:50we're very close
12:53they all look after me
12:56yeah
12:57I love it
12:58I love it
12:59I'm aIII
13:02They all look after me, yeah.
13:09Peter was born Peter Stamp in 1966.
13:13He was less than six months old when his birth father placed him into care.
13:18He was brought up by foster parents in the Preston area
13:21and had no idea about his family history.
13:25My childhood was good. Never went without anything.
13:28I found out I was fostered when I was seven years of age.
13:34I always remember me sat on a rolled-up carpet when they told me.
13:42At the time, it just went over my head.
13:45I was too young to understand.
13:48He'd only really registered when I was 13, 14.
13:54I started to get curious and started asking a few questions.
13:57But the answers weren't there for me, really.
14:00But then, some new information emerged.
14:04And I can't even remember who actually told me about it.
14:10But there were some documents from the social services
14:14with the name Trevor Stamp.
14:19Those documents referred to a boy a couple of years older than Peter
14:23with the same surname.
14:26That could only mean one thing.
14:28Peter had a brother called Trevor.
14:33When I found out I had a brother and being at school
14:36and, you know, they had brothers and sisters,
14:40it started to, well, where's mine?
14:43It started to make me mind, think, well, where's my brother?
14:46In order to find his brother, Trevor,
14:51Peter decided to track down his birth father.
14:54And in 1995, he found him.
14:58I was happy to have found him,
15:00but there didn't seem to be any chemistry there at all.
15:04Peter's father didn't know where Trevor was,
15:07but he was able to tell Peter the story
15:09of how they were separated.
15:11My father told me everything.
15:23My mother would take us to Preston Railway Station.
15:27Trevor was about two,
15:28and I was two and a half months old.
15:31My mother was on the train with me and Trevor,
15:34and my father had turned up,
15:37and there was a bit of an argument.
15:39As the train was leaving the station,
15:44my father grabbed me off my mother
15:47because I was in her arms.
15:51And the door was shut, and that was it.
15:56The train pulled away.
16:00I've never seen my brother or my mother again.
16:09I do feel for my mother.
16:12Anybody taking your child off you
16:13would be very traumatic.
16:17If she'd have kept hold of me
16:18and he hadn't snatched me,
16:20then everything would have been
16:21the way I wanted it to be with Trevor.
16:27It's starting to get me now.
16:28Peter MacDonald is looking for the brother
16:42he was separated from
16:44when he was just a few months old.
16:46Well, you know Uncle Trevor
16:47that we're looking for?
16:48Do you want to draw a picture of him?
16:49Yeah.
16:52Trevor's been on the line
16:53for over 50 years.
16:54As long as I can remember.
16:59What?
17:00It's not.
17:00I've got a professional here.
17:03It's fine, him would be amazing.
17:06I'd love him to meet my family.
17:07And they'd love to meet him.
17:10That's Billy.
17:11Is that Trevor?
17:13Yeah.
17:14Got to call him over.
17:15I'd like to say to Trevor,
17:20hello.
17:21I'm your brother.
17:27When Peter came to Long Lost Family,
17:30he knew his brother was called Trevor Stamp
17:32and he knew his date of birth.
17:35Our specialist researchers
17:36were able to find his birth certificate
17:39and discovered that his name
17:40was Trevor Edward Stamp.
17:42But when they searched for that name,
17:44they couldn't find him anywhere.
17:46They knew it was possible
17:48that his mother could have remarried,
17:50meaning Trevor might have been brought up
17:52with a different surname.
17:54So we searched the electoral rolls
17:55across the country
17:57for any man of the right age
17:59called Trevor
18:00with the middle initial E
18:02who was born in 1963.
18:06That gave us three possible matches.
18:08So we wrote to all of them
18:10asking if they'd been born
18:11with the surname Stamp.
18:12And one of them replied.
18:16He revealed that his birth mother
18:17had died in 2008,
18:20but that he'd grown up
18:21knowing about a brother called Peter.
18:24And he was living in London,
18:26where his birth mother had fled to
18:28all those years ago.
18:30That day at the railway station
18:43changed the course of Peter's life,
18:47separating him from the brother
18:48he feels he should have grown up with.
18:51I want to know
18:52what that day changed for Trevor
18:53and how has his life been since.
18:56Trevor is a carpenter
19:02who lives with his partner
19:03in East London.
19:05Trevor, how you doing?
19:07Doing young man.
19:08Yeah, good to see you.
19:09Nice to meet you too.
19:10Not so young.
19:13But listen,
19:14did you ever think this would happen?
19:16No.
19:17No.
19:18Knew about my brother, yeah.
19:19I've known about him
19:20since I was about 9, 10 years old.
19:22So your mother,
19:24she spoke about Peter?
19:27She didn't speak about him
19:28a great deal.
19:30But when she did speak about him,
19:32she often wondered
19:33how he was and that.
19:34But mum always thought
19:35leaving where he is
19:37is probably better off there.
19:39Peter was 7 years old
19:41when he found out
19:42that he was fostered.
19:44And he was also told
19:45that he had a brother somewhere.
19:47Tell me if it were
19:50the circumstances
19:51of your separation
19:53from Peter
19:53all those years ago.
19:55Mum just said
19:56she was leaving
19:58to go to London
20:00and we'd got on the train
20:02to get away from...
20:03To get away from me dad.
20:05But I know
20:06she must have been
20:06holding Peter
20:07and I must have been
20:10standing behind her.
20:12The train was pulling out.
20:13He leaned in
20:14and pulled him
20:15through the window.
20:16Pulling through the window?
20:16Pulling through the window.
20:18That's why he couldn't
20:18get to me
20:19because I think
20:19that I was behind.
20:20Because he tried
20:21to get both of us.
20:22And I do know
20:23she did say
20:24it happened
20:24as the train pulled off.
20:27As the train actually pulled
20:29that's when he grabbed him.
20:30So she had no chance
20:31to try and get him back.
20:37That is awful.
20:40It's like something
20:41you see on a film, isn't it?
20:42That must have been
20:43traumatic
20:45for your mother.
20:46You could see it
20:49on her face
20:49when she spoke about it.
20:50It hurt her.
20:52Because she always said
20:53she regretted it
20:54not going back for him.
20:56When she got very ill
20:57she started
20:58to talk a lot more,
21:01open up a lot more.
21:02She did say to me
21:03find him.
21:05Look for him.
21:06Find him?
21:08Hmm.
21:09And then I think
21:10it was a week or so
21:11late she passed away.
21:12Oh my goodness me
21:13when you tell Peter that.
21:17Hmm.
21:21Oh my.
21:25Tear me right there.
21:26Yeah.
21:27Yeah.
21:29So tell me about
21:30your life then
21:31after you left.
21:31It was happy.
21:32I mean mum
21:33mum was
21:34a very strict person.
21:36Money was tight
21:37it was hard
21:37and all that.
21:38Have you got any photos?
21:40Yes.
21:40Oh right.
21:41No.
21:43That's mum
21:44in her
21:44maybe
21:4540s or 50s.
21:48For him to see that
21:49is just something
21:51that will
21:52be one of the
21:52most amazing moments
21:54of his life.
21:55Good.
21:57I wonder if he's
21:58anything like me.
22:00Be nice to know.
22:01Well he's a painter
22:01and decorator.
22:03A painter and decorator.
22:04Okay.
22:05That's nice to know.
22:08What did he say he lived?
22:10Lancashire.
22:11He's still in Lancashire
22:12is he?
22:12Good lad.
22:14Do you want us
22:14to see a picture?
22:15Yes please.
22:17He better not look
22:17like me.
22:18Ha ha ha.
22:24You sure he's
22:25younger brother?
22:27He looks older than me.
22:29We don't all
22:30look the same
22:30don't we?
22:33Well.
22:36Oh Pete.
22:39Nice to see you mate.
22:43Any chance
22:43I can keep that?
22:44Of course you can.
22:47He looks a lot
22:47like mum.
22:48That's hit me
22:53quite a bit
22:54that is this ghost.
22:56I'm doing this
22:56for him
22:57and for myself
22:58and for mum yeah.
23:01I think she'd be
23:01proud of me
23:02to do that.
23:03Oh yeah.
23:05Can't wait.
23:06I really can't wait now.
23:18Until he came
23:22to Long Lost Family
23:23Lee Sharp believed
23:24he was a foundling
23:25left with a stranger
23:26in a block of flats
23:27with no clues
23:28about his identity.
23:30But now he knows
23:32that's not a true story.
23:34He has a birth certificate
23:35with his mother's name
23:37on it.
23:38And I'm on my way
23:39to give him
23:39another bit of news
23:41that will be life changing.
23:42He has a brother
23:44who actually knew
23:46their birth mother.
23:47Hi Lee.
23:54Oh Davina hi.
23:55Come through.
23:57Nice to see you.
23:58I do.
23:58I'll shut the door.
24:03Thanks for seeing me today.
24:05It's my pleasure.
24:07How have you been?
24:08I'm just trying
24:08to take it all in
24:10but I'm very happy.
24:11Your story to me
24:12felt so unique
24:15and different
24:15because you may
24:17have had these
24:18feelings of a foundling
24:20when you weren't one.
24:21That's...
24:22Yeah.
24:23I always thought to myself
24:24whatever happened
24:25the thing I was
24:27always grateful for
24:27was that lady
24:28gave birth to me
24:29and that one day
24:30if I ever get to meet her
24:31or a sibling
24:32I'd love to find out
24:33the little missing pieces
24:35you know.
24:35So I wanted to come here
24:39today because
24:40I actually have
24:41a bit of news
24:42for you.
24:44First of all
24:45I want to say
24:46I'm afraid
24:46we haven't been able
24:47to trace
24:48your birth mother
24:50but
24:51we have
24:52been able
24:53to trace
24:53a relative
24:55um
24:57and
24:57we have traced
24:59your brother
25:00what a real brother
25:04you share the same
25:09mother for sure
25:09well
25:11I thought I was
25:19dropped from space
25:20I just thought
25:20there was no one
25:21like me in the world
25:22where is
25:26I don't know
25:27is he alright?
25:31he's great
25:32he lives
25:33in Inverness
25:34that's Scotland?
25:36yes
25:36oh my god
25:37and does he
25:39have any idea
25:40what
25:41when
25:41why
25:42and all that
25:42to do with me?
25:43he didn't know
25:44about you
25:44he didn't know
25:45about me
25:46oh my god
25:47what's my
25:49brother
25:50called?
25:52I've got a brother
25:52your brother
25:54is called
25:55Stephen
25:56with a PH
25:58or a V?
25:59with a PH
26:00posh
26:01wow
26:02is he older
26:04or younger than me?
26:05he's older
26:05is he?
26:07and
26:07did he grow up with her?
26:09his mum and dad
26:10his biological mum and dad
26:12brought him up
26:13but then at two years old
26:15it was decided
26:17that
26:18your brother Stephen
26:20would go and live
26:21with his paternal
26:22grandparents
26:23so he stayed
26:24within the family
26:25oh well it's something
26:27mmm
26:28I'm trying to sort of process
26:33the stuff for my mum now
26:35tell me
26:36tell me
26:37what are you trying to
26:37well because I'm wondering
26:38why
26:39she let me go
26:40and I completely
26:41forgive her for that
26:43but
26:43but she'd already let him go
26:45so you two have suffered
26:47in a similar way
26:49oh we've got so much
26:51in common already
26:51you know
26:52he's married
26:53for 32 years
26:55wow
26:56good man
26:56are they alright?
26:58really good
26:59they've got two boys
27:01wow
27:02both in their 20s
27:04and he was
27:06a nurse
27:07wow
27:08that's a good man
27:10mmm
27:10I have actually
27:12got a photo
27:14come on in
27:17this is Stephen
27:19wow
27:21he's a bit
27:24a bit foggily challenged
27:25like me
27:26but he's got my
27:28ruddy face
27:29my round face
27:31he's even got my
27:32hooter a bit
27:33doesn't he
27:34doesn't he look lovely
27:35oh he does
27:36he just looks warm
27:37yeah
27:37am I going to keep that
27:40till
27:40it's yours
27:42ah
27:42I'll put it in a posh frame
27:44he's written your letter
27:46oh
27:48well
27:49let me put him
27:53yeah
27:53let's put him there
27:54let's put him there
27:54so I can see him
27:55perfect
27:56hello Lee
28:01or should that be
28:03hello brother
28:03this is not a sentence
28:06that I ever thought
28:07I would write
28:07and probably not one
28:08that you imagine
28:09would be addressed
28:10to you
28:10this has been a bolt
28:12out of the blue
28:13but I hope
28:13that it is the start
28:15for us both
28:15learning about
28:16growing to love
28:17and becoming part
28:18of each other's families
28:19you bet bruv
28:20sincerely Stephen
28:21oh
28:23to get good news
28:24today
28:25and not bad news
28:27I deserved that
28:29you did
28:30yeah
28:35bruv
28:35it's brilliant
28:38thank you so much
28:39I can't wait
28:40I love you
28:45I love you too
28:46we were just chatting
28:47about how things
28:48are gone
28:48and all the stuff
28:49and then
28:51she turned around
28:52and said
28:52you've got a brother
28:54and we found him
28:55oh my god
28:56yes
28:57oh my god
28:59that's amazing news
29:01oh
29:01I'm so happy for you
29:03I've got a proper brother
29:04oh my god
29:05oh my god
29:06after 56 years
29:16I'm meeting Stephen
29:18my blood brother
29:18how are you feeling?
29:20yeah
29:20a bit nervous
29:21of course
29:22yeah
29:22keep calm
29:23you'll be fine
29:24when it comes to my birth mother
29:27and Stephen
29:28there's loads of questions to ask
29:30but
29:30you know
29:31we'll tread careful
29:32good luck
29:35how are you going?
29:41yes
29:41Lee's brother Stephen
29:49has travelled from Inverness
29:51to Eastbourne
29:51where he'll meet the brother
29:53he'd been unaware of
29:54for the last 50 years
29:56this is a huge moment
29:58in my life
29:59there is always just that thing
30:01where you just think
30:02will we actually get on?
30:04is that you already?
30:05I think so
30:06yeah
30:06okay
30:07feeling okay?
30:08nervous
30:08but let's get on
30:09okay
30:09all right
30:10best of luck
30:10you'll be fine
30:11love you
30:11love you
30:12bye now
30:13all right
30:13we'll see you later
30:13see you later
30:14now that I'm
30:22I'm in the cab
30:23and on the way
30:23first proper nerves
30:25I think my heart rate
30:42since I came into
30:43room's gone up
30:43how you doing mate
31:00I'm doing not bad at all
31:02how are you
31:03brother?
31:03wow
31:06hello mate
31:07you all right?
31:10I'm fine
31:10you're taller
31:10mate
31:11I'm better looking maybe
31:13you are better looking
31:14and older
31:15it's all they say
31:17listen
31:19I just want to say
31:20before we even start
31:21that you put yourself
31:23out massively
31:24you've come all the way
31:25from Scotland
31:26and it's blown my mind
31:28thank you so much mate
31:29thank you
31:29absolutely
31:30and you knew nothing
31:32no
31:33and at no time
31:35did anything ever
31:36come up in the conversation
31:37about any kind of sibling
31:39at all
31:40my story was that
31:41I was brought up
31:42by my grandparents
31:43my mum and dad
31:44at that point
31:45didn't want to be
31:46bringing me up
31:46I went up to live
31:48in Aberdeen
31:48before I was two years old
31:50my grandfather
31:51got guardianship
31:52of me
31:53my mum and dad
31:55still had contact
31:56so my dad would phone
31:58kind of every Sunday
32:00to speak to his mum
32:01and then I would go
32:02on the phone
32:02so I would speak
32:03to my dad
32:04and then every now and then
32:05mum would be on the phone
32:06and then every summer
32:08one of them would come up
32:10for a period of time
32:12I do have memories
32:13of her mum
32:14obviously the relationship
32:15was a bit difficult
32:17was it a bit weird?
32:18it was
32:18she was just somebody I knew
32:20you know what I mean
32:21I knew what photo
32:22or anything
32:23I got one from
32:25the mid 60s
32:26if you'd like to see that
32:27yeah
32:27do you want to see it?
32:28yeah I'd love to
32:29there's your mum
32:30it's really crazy
32:36that's the lady
32:37that gave birth to me
32:38and I still have this big
32:39not a problem
32:41it's not a problem
32:42but I
32:43I don't know
32:44what emotions to feel
32:46because I don't know
32:47I always was on her side
32:49but it's only since
32:50I hear your story
32:51about you leaving the nest
32:53at two years old
32:54then you go
32:54you know
32:56but Stephen
32:57I don't know about you
32:59but I don't really care
33:00I don't really care
33:03because I said earlier
33:04it makes no difference
33:05I do care
33:06I hope she's okay
33:07but you're my birth brother
33:11absolutely
33:11can we get a whatsapp group
33:13called bruvs
33:14that would be good
33:15do not send me any cart memes
33:17no no no
33:18we don't do that
33:18we don't do that
33:19we're just going to be
33:25great mates and brothers
33:26hello
33:30hi Lee
33:31I'm your brother-in-law
33:32it's nice to meet you
33:34it's great to meet you too
33:35hello
33:36I think Lee's a breath of fresh air
33:43he's so personable and outgoing
33:45a really nice guy
33:47and somebody I'm now
33:49even more than I was before
33:50looking forward to
33:51getting to know
33:52it's just fantastic
33:53what's it like during the summer
33:57when it's really hot
33:58oh it's 90 degrees every day
34:00a bit like in Burnett
34:06Peter MacDonald was a baby
34:15when he was separated
34:16from his brother Trevor
34:17on a train platform
34:19and he's never seen him since
34:21it's been over 50 years
34:31since Peter was torn
34:33from his brother's life
34:34and Peter spent 40 of those years
34:38trying to find him
34:39I am so excited to tell him
34:43that his wait is finally over
34:46before filming
34:49we've told Peter the news
34:50that his birth mother
34:51had passed away 17 years ago
34:54hey Lorena
34:59hey Peter
35:00come in please
35:00thank you
35:01shall I sit here
35:08yeah
35:08oh great
35:09thank you
35:09so I just want to say
35:12thanks for talking to me today
35:14and
35:15I
35:16know that you had
35:17some difficult news
35:19so how are you feeling
35:21today
35:22it's okay
35:23well
35:23yeah
35:25it's okay
35:26what do you want
35:28your brother to know
35:29or what would you like
35:30to tell him
35:31first of all
35:32I'd like to think
35:33that he knew about me
35:34like I knew about him
35:36and
35:37I just hope
35:38that he
35:39he grew up
35:40you know
35:40having a good
35:41a good life
35:42like I did
35:43I'm here today
35:45because
35:47I have got a bit
35:49of news for you
35:50and I wanted to let you know
35:51that your brother's been found
35:52thank you
35:59is he okay
36:02he's really good
36:04that's all I wanted
36:09thank you
36:11did he know
36:14how that may were
36:14he did
36:16he did
36:16is it through my mum
36:21that he knew
36:21how that may were
36:22it was
36:23oh
36:24that makes a big difference to me
36:28did he stay with me mum
36:34he did
36:35good
36:37can you tell me where they were
36:45London
36:46does he want to see
36:51he really wants to see you
36:53he told us
36:57that he was with your mum
36:59when she was very poorly
37:01yeah
37:01and she said something to him
37:03which was find Peter
37:07so she did care
37:18she did
37:19can I give you a cuddle
37:23thank you so much
37:26you okay
37:31yeah
37:31thank you so much
37:32he said Trevor
37:34he said Trevor became a carpenter
37:35oh my word
37:36I've been in a building trade most of my life
37:40that's incredible
37:42Trevor's given us some photographs
37:46oh god
37:47have you got one with mum
37:51yes
37:51this one
37:55is
37:56your mum
37:57oh my god
38:08she looks beautiful
38:13she's got the look of me daughter
38:16that's exactly what I thought
38:19and then
38:20this is
38:21your brother
38:22oh my god
38:23I look like him
38:32do I
38:32you do
38:33that's my brother
38:38I just thought it was just
38:42I was on my own
38:43not anymore
38:45no
38:46he wants to see me
38:48can't wait
38:51I've also got
38:53a letter
38:55that Trevor wrote
38:57you
38:57would you not read it from me
38:59do I know
39:00yes
39:00dear Peter
39:05I hope this letter
39:07finds you in the best of health and spirits
39:09mum told me I had a little brother
39:12when I was about nine or ten years old
39:14so I've known about you for a long time
39:17it would be a pleasure
39:19and a privilege to have you in my life again
39:22looking forward to meeting you
39:25Trevor
39:26wow
39:33don't drop anything else on my police
39:38we found him love
39:45wow
39:53that's me mum
39:57oh wow
40:00that is you
40:04it is
40:05we found him
40:09we found him
40:09Peter has travelled from Lancashire to East London
40:24to meet his brother Trevor
40:26who he was separated from over 50 years ago
40:30I woke up this morning
40:31thinking that I'm here
40:32and that it's actually happening
40:34I'm still pinching myself
40:38been waiting for this for a long time
40:41yep
40:41I just hope that he likes me
40:45good morning
40:47can I have a cup of coffee please
40:48thank you
40:52mixed emotions
40:54very mixed emotions
40:55I feel a bit scared
40:59of meeting him
41:00plus
41:02today
41:03it's mum's birthday
41:05so
41:05it's happening on me mum's birthday
41:08didn't tell no one
41:10thought I'd leave it as a surprise
41:14are you excited?
41:18yeah
41:18I'm on my way
41:21I'll see you later
41:22love you
41:23love you
41:24good luck
41:25see you later
41:26bye
41:27bye
41:27see you later
41:28bye
41:28bye
41:29bye
41:30anxiety is going through the roof of the minute
41:42very nervous
41:44actually I'm not shaking
42:02I'm shaking on you
42:03there
42:12good
42:18there
42:21good
42:22Jeff.
42:29You all right?
42:32Good.
42:34Thank you for seeing me. You're welcome.
42:36I'll take a seat.
42:39Well.
42:41Done it?
42:42Yeah, you've done it, mate.
42:43Well done.
42:46It's been a long time.
42:48It's been a long wait.
42:52Glad you're looking for me.
42:55Oh, God, it's good to see you.
42:57Yeah, pleased to see you.
42:59And I'm so glad what I was told about Mum.
43:03Yeah?
43:04Because I've always thought that she never wanted me.
43:07No, it wasn't ever that.
43:12When she passed, she actually did say she was so sorry
43:16that she never looked for you.
43:19That's helped me a lot.
43:21Really?
43:22It's helped me a hell of a lot.
43:25Never forgot you.
43:28Before she passed, she always said, find him.
43:32And you, you, fair me.
43:35Eh?
43:36Uh-oh.
43:37You fair me, lad.
43:40I'm pleased you fair me.
43:43Got so many questions.
43:44But I can only tell you I can remember,
43:46because I have a bad memory.
43:48That makes two of us.
43:51Do you remember the train station?
43:53No.
43:54No.
43:55I didn't think you would.
43:56Too young, weren't you?
43:57Mum just told me what happened,
43:58and she couldn't get out to get you,
44:00because the train was pulling away,
44:02so she had no chance.
44:04Yeah.
44:06Oh, by the way,
44:07we've met on Mum's birthday.
44:11No.
44:12Today was Mum's birthday.
44:20That's the best present then, isn't it?
44:21It is.
44:22For Mum?
44:23For Mum.
44:24And for you.
44:25Yeah.
44:26And for me.
44:27What a day.
44:28Yeah.
44:30Yeah.
44:31I think he's lovely.
44:32I think he's absolutely lovely.
44:33He's my brother.
44:34My little brother.
44:36And I'm excited and over the moon to have met him.
44:40I want to get to know him a lot more.
44:42Yeah, I like me diets.
44:43Love diets.
44:44Ain't he good?
44:45I hit a 180 the other day.
44:48You're useless then.
44:50Two brothers together at last.
44:53There was an automatic connection.
44:55Hiya, Chloe.
44:56Hi.
44:57You all right?
44:58It's Trevor.
44:59Hello.
45:00Hello.
45:01And that's little Lily.
45:02Hello.
45:03You're in hogs.
45:05Good girl.
45:06Hello.
45:08All right.
45:13Come here.
45:14You don't look like your nan.
45:16We said that the other day, didn't we?
45:19Yep.
45:20Quite a bit of Mum, yeah.
45:21Definitely.
45:22Do I call you Trevor, Trevor?
45:24You can call me whatever you want, bruv.
45:26All right.
45:27Bruv, that'll do.
45:28Bruv.
45:29Yeah.
45:30Bruv.
45:31Excellent one, bruv.
45:32Bruv.
45:33I don't want to go, am I?
45:34I want to stay with Peter for a while.
45:37I'm going to be coming down to see him as often as I can, yeah.
45:41Cheers, bruv.
45:42Cheers.
45:43All the best.
45:47Right, come on, we're off.
45:48That's it, all right.
45:49Well, we've only got to go this way.
45:51No, we'll go that way.
45:52No, no, non, no no.
45:53No, no, no.
46:15And Long Lost Family is back next Thursday at 9 o'clock.
46:18Whilst on Sunday, it's episode two of the dark, funny and twisted thriller Cold Water at nine o'clock.
46:27Or you can watch the full series right now on STV Player.
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