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Ashley John-Baptiste is a BBC reporter who grew up in foster care and spent most of his life believing he was an only ch | dHNfSE9haG5WaHZSS00

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00:00Well, let's have a look at that moment in the documentary

00:03where Ashley's reunited with one of his former social workers,

00:06a lady called Rosalyn,

00:08and then you share the news about the siblings,

00:11which she knew nothing about,

00:13and then she drops a huge bombshell.

00:16Have a look.

00:18So, a few years ago, I had a brother get in touch with me.

00:24Really? Yeah. From where?

00:27He just spoke to me on Facebook.

00:29My dad's side. Oh, my God.

00:31Yeah. I can't talk to you about this, man.

00:33I don't know why I feel emotional.

00:35Oh, my God. Yeah.

00:37Ooh. Oh, wow.

00:39Oh, my gosh. I had...

00:42So, basically, on my dad's side,

00:45I've got at least four siblings who are all older than me.

00:49Was I ever considered for adoption?

00:52I know that's a big question, and you don't have to answer it

00:54if you don't know, but... Yeah, I was going to say,

00:56you might not want... I told you what I think I know,

00:59but you might not want it on camera.

01:00No, no, I'm...

01:01Was I ever considered...

01:02Yeah, I think you were, from what I can remember you were,

01:06but I think they fell pregnant, and then they pulled out.

01:11Yeah.

01:12At what... Ooh.

01:14At what age?

01:15Very, very, very young.

01:18Oh, my God.

01:20So, you didn't know that?

01:21I didn't know that.

01:22And the thing is, you wouldn't have...

01:23And the thing is, you feel like your narrative and your life

01:26and your identity doesn't belong to you.

01:28Like, the fact that you could have been adopted,

01:30the fact that you could have siblings,

01:32but no one necessarily tells you that they're there,

01:35I just feel like everybody wants to know who they are.

01:38Everybody wants to know, like, who they're connected to.

01:41Ashley's documentary, Split Up In Keir, Life Without Siblings,

01:44is available on BBC iPlayer now.

01:46And if you need any more information on this subject,

01:48please visit the BBC Action Line website.

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