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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 is to solve a mystery that's troubled
00:40them for decades I'm petrified of looking for her I've just got to try or to end the torment of what
00:49they 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
01:4856 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
02:19I still do the same job I've got the best job in the world just swap that over I was always told I was
02:27foundling by my adoptive mom and dad who did love me and I loved them back and I was happy with that lot
02:33but I was sort of had this silly thing in my head where I didn't really exist I was dropped from space I had
02:38no birth certificate and just wasn't real but our discovery about the start of Lee's story is
02:47completely 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
03:15ensure that he knew Ariel has now given Lee his birth certificate but you see in black and white I've
03:24never had a birth certificate I've never had one look what my name is look Mark Anthony not sure about the
03:32Anthony when I saw my birth certificate for the first time it actually blew my mind it's got my mum's
03:39name on there it just makes her real doesn't it story my adoptive mother dad had told me there was
03:50something along the lines that the girl had a baby in a pram and she couldn't keep me and couldn't have
03:58me I was told she was Irish and I was told that she knocked on the door of a block of flats and just
04:05said to the lady after the door sorry he's yours now you know the thing that surprised me was knowing that
04:17my mum had been married so that's the thing that shook me I thought my mum was probably 16 or 17
04:24that's what I had in my in my head so that was the thing that shook me a little bit was knowing he
04:31said she'd be married but the father wasn't on the birth certificate so I don't know and you see
04:37where I lived look in Pennington told you I was posh Lee has returned to where he lived as a newborn with his
04:50birth mother whoa this is it when you see on your birth certificate and you touch it and feel it and
05:13look at it in real life it's just mind-blowing absolutely brilliant my heart is jumping out my
05:24chest and for the first time today and it's all so real it's this nuts and I lived in one of them
05:32when I look at this and think back then I always think about how she felt and what she felt and how
05:44scared she was was there no money left no food was she at the end of her tether
05:58absolutely mind-blown now I know where I lived
06:02my birth mother I hope she's alive any siblings any answers any anything will be
06:14great I'd love to know everything about the early days I'm got a clue what happened but there must
06:23be some tough old stories to tell and some heartache and I'm all ears because we'd found Lee's birth
06:35certificate we were able to search for his birth mother we looked in the UK and Ireland but we
06:42were unable to trace her however further investigations revealed something else Lee's mother had another
06:47older son called Stephen who was born in East London we tried tracing Stephen but could find no listing of
06:55him in the capital so we threw the net wider and found him living in Scotland
07:09Stephen's a retired cardiac nurse who lives here with his wife and family
07:13growing up with a vague and inaccurate story about his adoption must have been so hard for Lee but
07:22now we find a brother Stephen I want to ask him about his upbringing and what that might tell us about what really happened
07:34oh hi Nicky Stephen how you doing
07:40pleasure to meet you you too please come on in thank you so much
07:43thank you
07:44grab a seat thanks how you doing I'm doing very well pleasure to meet you
07:52you too really is what a lovely part of Scotland it's lovely isn't it yeah but the first thing I need to find out is did you have any idea that you have a brother
08:01no so I was brought up by my grandparents at no point ever was there ever any mention that there could be another sibling nothing
08:10so what was it like hearing about it
08:12emotional maybe but I did just unbelievable really tell me about your upbringing
08:19within the household there was my gran my granddad and my auntie was there as well
08:25I was basically told that my mum who'd come over from Ireland was finding it difficult
08:32coping with having a child my grand story that she told me was one evening my dad had come back from work and had found me crying in the court with a small note from my mum saying it's him or me
08:46a note from your mum your grandmother said yes it's him or me
08:51yeah and it was decided to approach my grandparents to see if they would look after
08:56me and that's what happened and I am they applied for my guardianship and they were
09:00given that and I think I was just a couple of years old
09:04what does that make you feel like a pretty unwanted really to be honest
09:09but the thing was why did she feel like that and 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 why 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 him
09:31so I wouldn't say I ever loved my parents I was just aware of them and I had a relationship with them
09:37just a 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
09:52he thought he was a foundling
09:55because he had been told by his adoptive parents
09:59that a young Irish girl
10:02had left the baby with some neighbours of theirs and then they took on the baby
10:08I find that really quite disappointing that that's what happened to be honest
10:13what I'd really like to know is when was my brother born
10:17Lee 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 so I can actually see what he looks like
10:43I do have a photo of him
10:45both 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
11:02thank you
11:07it'll be interesting we'll chat music
11:12fantastic
11:13I'm a rocker
11:14you're a rocker
11:15he's a mod
11:16I'm a mocker
11:17please tell me
11:18please tell me we're not meeting in Brighton
11:19that would be an absolute disaster
11:21ah fantastic
11:29but before we tell Lee the good news
11:31we turn to another search for a brother
11:34for Peter MacDonald it was a single moment at a train station that changed his entire life
11:39and separated him from his birth family
11:45my father grabbed me off my mother
11:48I was in her arms
11:50I was two and a half months old
11:54that's the last time I was with my brother Trevor
11:59I've always wanted to find him
12:03yeah
12:04just make it complete
12:0958 year old widower Peter MacDonald was born and raised in Lancashire where he still lives today
12:28I'm a self-employed painting decorator
12:31in my spare time I like metal detecting
12:34when the weather's fine
12:36a couple of horseshoes and a couple of hinges
12:38I think I've found it
12:40Peter is a father of two
12:42and a grandfather of four
12:44hello darling
12:45give me love
12:46give me love
12:47that you in my hand
12:49she had a beep
12:50I'm proud to be a grandad
12:52I love it
12:53I really do
12:54are we waiting for it to beep
12:55oh
12:56oh
12:57oh
12:58go on then dig
13:00we're very close
13:01they all
13:02they all look after me
13:03yeah
13:04Peter was born Peter Stamp in 1966
13:12he was less than six months old when his birth father placed him into care
13:16he was brought up by foster parents in the Preston area
13:20and had no idea about his family history
13:24my childhood was good
13:26never went without anything
13:28I found out I was fostered when I was seven years of age
13:33I always remember me sat on a rolled up carpet when they told me
13:38at the time it just went over me I was too young to understand
13:45it only really registered when I was 13 14
13:51I started to get curious and started asking a few questions
13:56but the answers weren't there for me really
13:59but then some new information emerged
14:03and I can't even remember who actually told me about it
14:10but there were some documents from the social services
14:15with the name Trevor Stamp
14:18those documents referred to a boy a couple of years older than Peter
14:22with the same surname
14:24that could only mean one thing
14:27Peter 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
14:39it started to say well where's mine
14:42it started to make my mind think well where's my brother
14:46in order to find his brother Trevor Peter decided to track down his birth father
14:53and in 1995 he found him
14:57I was happy to have found him
14:59but there didn't seem to be any chemistry there at all
15:03Peter's father didn't know where Trevor was
15:06but he was able to tell Peter the story of how they were separated
15:11my father told me everything
15:22my mother was taking us to Preston railway station
15:25Trevor was about two
15:28and I was two and a half months old
15:30my mother was on the train with me and Trevor
15:33and my father had turned up
15:36and there was a bit of an argument
15:39as the train was leaving the station
15:43my father grabbed me off my mother
15:46because I was in her arms
15:48and the door was shut and that was it
15:53the train pulled away
15:57I've never seen my brother or my mother again
16:03I do feel for my mother
16:11anybody taking your child off you
16:13would be very traumatic
16:15if she'd have kept hold of me
16:17and he hadn't snatched me
16:19then everything would have been
16:21the way I wanted it to be
16:23with Trevor
16:25he's starting to get me now
16:27Peter MacDonald is looking for the brother he was separated from
16:43when he was just a few months old
16:45well you know Uncle Trevor that we're looking for
16:47do you want to draw a picture of him
16:49yeah
16:51Trevor's been knowing mine for over 50 years
16:55as long as I can remember
16:57you know
16:59what?
17:00got a professional here
17:01ah
17:03smiling would be amazing
17:05I'd love to meet my family
17:07and they'd love to meet him
17:09thank you
17:10that's Billy
17:11is that Trevor?
17:12yeah
17:13gotta call him over
17:15I'd like to say to Trevor
17:19hello
17:23I'm your brother
17:27when Peter came to Long Lost Family
17:29he knew his brother was called Trevor Stamp
17:31and he knew his date of birth
17:33our specialist researchers
17:35were able to find his birth certificate
17:37and discovered that his name was Trevor Edward Stamp
17:41but when they searched for that name
17:43they couldn't find him anywhere
17:45they knew it was possible that his mother could have remarried
17:49meaning Trevor might have been brought up with a different surname
17:53so we searched the electoral rolls across the country
17:56for any man of the right age called Trevor
17:59with the middle initial E
18:01who was born in 1963
18:03that gave us three possible matches
18:07so we wrote to all of them
18:09asking if they'd been born with the surname Stamp
18:12and one of them replied
18:15he revealed that his birth mother had died in 2008
18:19but that he'd grown up knowing about a brother called Peter
18:23and he was living in London
18:25where his birth mother had fled to all those years ago
18:29that day at the railway station changed the course of Peter's life
18:45separating him from the brother he feels he should have grown up with
18:49I want to know what that day changed for Trevor
18:53and how has his life been since
18:59Trevor is a carpenter who lives with his partner in East London
19:03Trevor how you doing?
19:07doing young man?
19:09yeah good to see you
19:10nice to meet you too
19:11not so young
19:12but listen
19:13um
19:14did you ever think this would happen?
19:16no
19:17no
19:18knew about my brother yeah
19:19I've known about him since I was about 19 years old
19:21so your mother she spoke about Peter
19:26she didn't speak about him a great deal
19:29but when she did speak about him she often wondered how he was and that
19:33but mum always thought
19:35leaving where he is is probably better off there
19:38Peter was seven years old
19:40when he found out that he was fostered
19:42and he was also told that he had a brother somewhere
19:46tell me if it were the circumstances of your separation from Peter all those years ago
19:54mum just said she was leaving to go to London
19:59and we got on the train
20:01to get away from
20:02to get away from me dad
20:04but I know she must have been holding Peter
20:07and I must have been standing behind her
20:11the train was pulling out
20:12he leaned in and pulled me through the window
20:15pulling through the window
20:16yeah pulled him through the window
20:17that's why he couldn't get to me
20:18because I think that I was behind
20:20because he tried to get both of us
20:21and I do know she did say it happened as the train pulled off
20:26as the train actually pulled that's when he grabbed him
20:29so she had no chance to try and get him back
20:37that is awful
20:38it's like something you see on a film isn't it
20:41that must have been traumatic for your mother
20:46you could see it on her face when she spoke about it it hurt her
20:50because she always said she regretted it not going back for him
20:54when she got very ill she started to talk a lot more
20:59open up a lot more
21:01she did say to me find him
21:03look for him
21:04find him
21:05hmm
21:06and then I think it was a week or so late she passed away
21:10oh my goodness me when you tell Peter that
21:13hmm
21:15hmm
21:16hmm
21:21oh my
21:22ha ha ha
21:24you could tear me out there
21:25yeah
21:26yeah
21:27yeah
21:28so tell me about your life then after you left
21:30it was happy
21:31I mean mum
21:32mum was a very strict person
21:35money was tight
21:36it was hard and all that
21:37have you got any photos?
21:39yes
21:40oh right
21:41that's mum in her maybe 40s or 50s
21:46for him to see that is just something that will be one of the most amazing moments of his life
21:54good
21:56wonder if he's anything like me
21:58be nice to know
21:59well he's a painter and decorator
22:01oh
22:02a painter and decorator
22:03okay
22:04that's nice to know
22:06what did you say he lived?
22:08Lancashire
22:09Lancashire
22:10oh he's still in Lancashire is he?
22:12good lad
22:13do you want to see a picture?
22:15yes please
22:16he better not look like me
22:18he sure he's younger brother
22:26he looks older than me
22:28but he don't all look the same do he?
22:31well
22:32oh Pete
22:33nice to see you mate
22:38any chance I can keep that?
22:43of course you can
22:44thank you
22:45he looks a lot like mum
22:48it's hit me quite a bit that has this ghost
22:54I'm doing this for him
22:56and for myself
22:57and for mum
22:58yeah
22:59I think she'd be proud of me to do that
23:02oh yeah
23:03can't wait
23:04I really can't wait now
23:06until he came to long lost family
23:22Lee Sharp believed he was a foundling
23:24left with a stranger in a block of flats with no clues about his identity
23:29but now he knows that's not a true story
23:33he has a birth certificate with his mother's name on it
23:36and I'm on my way to give him another bit of news that will be life changing
23:41he has a brother who actually knew their birth mother
23:46hi Lee
23:53Davila hi
23:55come through
23:56thank you
23:57nice to see you
23:58and you
23:59I'll shut the door
24:02thanks for seeing me today
24:05it's my pleasure
24:06how have you been?
24:07I'm just trying to take it all in
24:09but I'm very happy
24:11your story to me felt so unique and different
24:15because you may have had these feelings of a foundling when you weren't one
24:20that's
24:21yeah
24:22I always thought to myself
24:24whatever happened
24:25the thing I was always grateful for was that lady gave birth to me
24:28and that one day if I ever get to meet her or a sibling
24:32I'd love to find out
24:33the little missing pieces you know
24:35so I wanted to come here today because I actually have a bit of news for you
24:42first of all I want to say I'm afraid we haven't been able to trace your birth mother
24:49but we have been able to trace a relative
24:54and we have traced your brother
24:59what a real brother
25:04you share the same mother for sure
25:09well
25:10I thought I was dropped from space I just thought there was no one like me in the world
25:21is he alright?
25:31he's great
25:32he lives in Inverness
25:34that's Scotland?
25:35yes
25:36oh my god
25:37and does he have any idea what when why and all that to do with me?
25:42he didn't know about you
25:44he didn't know about me
25:45oh my god
25:47what's my brother called?
25:51I've got a brother
25:53your brother is called Stephen
25:56with a PH or a V?
25:58with a PH
25:59posh
26:01wow
26:02is he older or younger than me?
26:04he's older
26:05is he?
26:06and did he grow up with her?
26:08his 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
26:19would go and live with his paternal grandparents
26:22so he stayed
26:23within the family
26:25oh well that's something
26:27mmm
26:31I'm trying to sort of process
26:33the stuff for my mum now
26:35tell me what are you trying to
26:37well cause I'm wondering why
26:38she let me go
26:39and I completely forgive her for that
26:42but
26:43but she'd already let him go
26:45so you two have
26:46suffered
26:47in a similar way
26:49oh we've got so much in common already
26:51you know
26:52he's married
26:53for 32 years
26:54wow
26:55good man
26:56they're alright?
26:57really good
26:59they got two boys
27:00wow
27:02both in their twenties
27:04and he was
27:05a nurse
27:06a nurse
27:07wow
27:08that's a good man
27:09hmm
27:10i have actually
27:12got a photo
27:13come on in
27:16this is Stephen
27:18wow
27:20he's a bit
27:23a bit foggly challenged like me isn't he?
27:25but he's got my
27:27ruddy face
27:28my round face
27:29he's even got my hooter a bit isn't he?
27:31doesn't he look lovely
27:33oh he does
27:35he just looks warm
27:36yeah
27:37i'm gonna let her keep that till
27:40it's yours
27:41ah
27:42i'll put it in a posh frame
27:44he's written your letter
27:46oh
27:48well
27:51let me put him
27:52yeah let's put him there
27:53let's put him there
27:54let's put him there so i can see him
27:55perfect
28:00hello lee
28:01or should that be
28:02hello brother
28:04this is not a sentence i ever thought i would write
28:07and probably not one that you imagine would be addressed to you
28:11this has been a bolt out of the blue but i hope that it is the start for us both learning about
28:15growing to love and becoming part of each other's families
28:18you bet bruv
28:19sincerely steven
28:21oh
28:22to get good news today
28:25and not bad news
28:27oh i deserved that
28:29you did
28:34yeah bruv
28:36it's brilliant
28:37thank you so much
28:38i can't wait
28:43i love you
28:44i love you too
28:45we were just chatting about how things are gone
28:47and then all the stuff
28:48and
28:49then
28:50she turned around and said
28:52you've got a brother
28:53and we've found him
28:54oh my god
28:56yes
28:57yes
28:58oh my god that's amazing news
29:00oh
29:01i'm so happy for you
29:02i've got a proper brother
29:03oh my god
29:05oh my god
29:14after 56 years
29:15i'm meeting
29:16steven my blood brother
29:18how are you feeling
29:19yeah a bit nervous of course
29:20yeah
29:21keep calm
29:22you'll be fine
29:25when it comes to my birth mother and steven
29:27there's loads of questions to ask
29:29but
29:30you know we'll tread careful
29:31good luck
29:32how are you going
29:33yes
29:34lee's brother steven has travelled from inverness to eastbourne where he'll meet the brother he'd been unaware of for the last 50 years
29:38this is a huge moment in my life
29:39there is always just that thing where you just think will we actually get on
29:45is that you already
29:46i think so
29:47yes
29:48okay feeling okay
29:49nervous but let's go on
29:50okay
29:51all right best of luck
29:52you'll be fine
29:53love you
29:54love you
29:55love you
29:56love you
29:57bye now
29:58all right we'll see you later
29:59see you later
30:00see you later
30:01see you later
30:02now that i'm i'm in the cab and on the way first proper nerves
30:08now that i'm i'm in the cab and on the way first proper nerves
30:12i think my heart rate since i came to my heart rate since i came to my heart rate
30:19Now that I'm in the cab and on the way, first proper nerves.
30:40I think my heart rate since I came into room has gone up.
30:49How you doing, mate?
30:59I'm doing not bad at all. How are you, brother?
31:03Well, hello, mate. You all right?
31:08I'm fine. You're taller than me.
31:10I'm better looking, maybe. You are better looking.
31:13And older.
31:15That's all they say.
31:17Listen, I just want to say, before we even start, that you put yourself out massively.
31:23You've come all the way from Scotland and it's blown my mind.
31:27Thank you so much, mate. Thank you.
31:29Absolutely.
31:30And you knew nothing?
31:32No, and at no time did anything ever come up in the conversation about any kind of sibling at all.
31:39My story was that I was brought up by my grandparents.
31:42My mum and dad, at that point, didn't want to be bringing me up.
31:46I went up to live in Aberdeen before I was two years old.
31:49My grandfather got guardianship of me.
31:52My mum and dad still had contact.
31:55So my dad would phone every Sunday to speak to his mum.
32:00And then I would go on the phone.
32:01So I would speak to my dad and then every now and then mum would be on the phone.
32:06And then every summer one of them would come up for a period of time.
32:11I do have memories of our mum.
32:14Obviously, her relationship was a bit difficult.
32:16Was it a bit weird?
32:17It was...
32:18It was...
32:19She was just somebody I knew.
32:20You know what I mean?
32:21You haven't got a photo or anything?
32:23I got one from the mid-sixties, if you'd like to see that.
32:26Yeah, yeah.
32:27Do you want to see it?
32:28Yeah, I'd love to.
32:29Here's your mum.
32:34It's really crazy.
32:35That's the lady that gave birth to me.
32:37And I still have this big...
32:39Not a problem.
32:41It's not a problem.
32:42But I...
32:43I don't know what emotions to feel.
32:45Because I don't know...
32:46I...
32:47I always was on her side.
32:49But it's only since I hear your story about you leaving the nest at two years old,
32:53then you go...
32:55You know.
32:56But Stephen, I don't know about you, but I don't really care.
33:00Do you?
33:01No.
33:02I don't really care.
33:03Because I said earlier, it makes no difference.
33:05I do care.
33:06I hope she's okay.
33:07But you're my birth brother.
33:10Absolutely.
33:11Can we get a WhatsApp group called Bruvs?
33:13Thought it would be good.
33:15Do not send me any cart memes.
33:16No, no, no, we don't do that.
33:17We don't do that.
33:23We're just going to be great mates and brothers.
33:28Hello.
33:29Hi, Lee.
33:30How are you?
33:31I'm your brother-in-law.
33:32It's nice to meet you.
33:33It's great to meet you.
33:34It's great to meet you, sir.
33:36Hello.
33:37Stephen.
33:38Hello, everyone.
33:39Nice to meet you.
33:40I'm so pleased to meet you.
33:41I think Lee's a breath of fresh air.
33:43He's so personable and outgoing.
33:45A really nice guy.
33:46And somebody I'm now even more than I was before looking forward to getting to know.
33:51It's just fantastic.
33:52Fantastic.
33:55What's it like during the summer when it's really hot now?
33:57It's 90 degrees every day.
33:59A bit like in Burnett.
34:01Peter MacDonald was a baby when he was separated from his brother Trevor on a train platform and he's never seen him since.
34:20It's been over 50 years since Peter was torn from his brother's life.
34:35And Peter spent 40 of those years trying to find him.
34:39I am so excited to tell him that his wait is finally over.
34:47Before filming, we've told Peter the news that his birth mother had passed away 17 years ago.
34:53Hey, Davina.
34:58Hey, Peter.
34:59Come in, please.
35:06Shall I sit here?
35:07Yeah, please.
35:08Oh, great.
35:11So, I just wanted to say thanks for talking to me today.
35:14And I know that you had some difficult news.
35:19So, how are you feeling today?
35:22I took it well, I think.
35:24Yeah.
35:25It's okay.
35:26What do you want your brother to know or what would you like to tell him?
35:31First of all, I'd like to think that he knew about me like I knew about him.
35:36And I just hope that he grew up, you know, having a good life like I did.
35:43I'm here today because I have got a bit of news for you and I wanted to let you know that your brother's been found.
35:52Is he okay?
35:53He's really good.
35:54That's all I wanted.
35:57Is he okay?
35:58He's really good.
35:59That's all I wanted.
36:01Did he know about me?
36:02He did.
36:03He did.
36:04Is it through my mum that he knew about me?
36:05It was.
36:06Oh, that makes a big difference to me.
36:07Did he stay with me mum?
36:08He did.
36:09He did.
36:10Good.
36:11Good.
36:12Good.
36:13Good.
36:14Can you tell me where they were?
36:15Can you tell me where they were?
36:16He did.
36:17He did.
36:18He did.
36:19He did.
36:20He did.
36:21He did.
36:22He did.
36:23He did.
36:24Good.
36:25He did.
36:26He did.
36:27He did.
36:28Good.
36:29Can you tell me where they were?
36:31London.
36:32Oh.
36:33Does he want to see me?
36:34He really wants to see you?
36:51He'd told us that he was with your mum, and she was very poorly, and she said
36:55he told us that he was with your mum and she was very poorly and she said
37:02something to him which was find Peter
37:09so she did she did can I give you a cuddle okay yeah thank you so much so Trevor became a carpenter
37:35oh my word I've been in a building trade most of my life that's incredible Trevor's given us some
37:45photographs oh god have we got one with mum yes this one is your mum
38:05oh my god she looks beautiful she's got the look of my daughter that's exactly what I thought
38:19and then this is your brother oh my god
38:24that's my brother I just thought it was just I was on my own
38:43not anymore no he wants to see me can't wait I've also got a letter that Trevor wrote you
38:57would you not read it from me do you know yes dear Peter I hope this letter finds you in the best of
39:09health and spirits mum told me I had a little brother when I was about nine or ten years old
39:14so I've known about you for a long time it would be a pleasure and a privilege to have you in my life
39:22again looking forward to meeting you Trevor
39:26so
39:27wow
39:33don't drop anything else on me please
39:39they found him love
39:45that's me mum
39:57oh wow
40:00that is you
40:04it is
40:05we found him
40:09Peter has travelled from Lancashire to East London
40:24to meet his brother Trevor who he was separated from over 50 years ago
40:30I woke up this morning thinking I'm here
40:32and then it's actually happening
40:35I'm still pinching myself
40:38been waiting for this for a long time
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
41:18yeah
41:19I'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
41:29bye
41:29bye
41:30anxiety's going through the roof of them
41:42very nervous
41:44actually I'm not shaking
42:02I'll be shaking on you
42:03I'll be shaking on you
42:05I'm not shaking on you
42:07I'm not shaking on you
42:08I'm shaking on you
42:09I'm shaking on you
42:10goodbye
42:15Oh, mate.
42:16You all right?
42:17Yeah.
42:18Good.
42:19Thank you for seeing me.
42:20You're welcome.
42:21Take a seat.
42:22Wow.
42:23Done it?
42:24Yeah.
42:25Done it, mate.
42:26Well done.
42:27You all right?
42:28You all right?
42:31Good.
42:32Thank you for seeing me.
42:34Welcome.
42:36Take a seat.
42:39Wow.
42:40Done it?
42:41Yeah.
42:42Done it, mate.
42:43Well done.
42:46It's been a long time.
42:47It's been a long wait.
42:48Glad you're looking for me.
42:55Oh, God.
42:56Yeah. Pleased to see you.
42:59And I'm so glad what I was told about Mum.
43:03Yeah?
43:04Cos I've always thought that she never wanted me.
43:07No, it wasn't her that.
43:11When she passed, she actually did say she was so sorry
43:16that she never looked for you.
43:19That's helped me a lot. It's helped me a hell of a lot.
43:24She never forgot you.
43:27Before she passed, she always said, find him.
43:32And you found me, eh?
43:35Uh-oh.
43:36You found me, lad.
43:39I'm pleased you found me.
43:42I've got so many questions.
43:44But I can only tell you I can remember cos I have a bad memory.
43:48That makes two of us.
43:51Do you remember the train station?
43:53No.
43:54I didn't think you would.
43:55Too young, weren't we?
43:56Mum just told me what happened and she couldn't get out to get you
44:00because the train was pulling away, so she had no chance.
44:03Yeah.
44:04Oh, by the way, we've met on Mum's birthday.
44:10No.
44:11Today was Mum's birthday.
44:14Well, that'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.
44:29I think he's lovely.
44:30I think he's absolutely lovely.
44:32He's my brother, my little brother.
44:35And 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 my diets.
44:43Love diets.
44:44Any good?
44:45I hit a 180 the other day.
44:47You're useless then.
44:48Brilliant.
44:49Two brothers together at last.
44:52There was an automatic connection.
44:54Hiya, Chloe.
44:55Hi.
44:56You all right?
44:57It's Trevor.
44:58Hello.
44:59Hello.
45:00And that's little Lily.
45:02Hello.
45:03You in hogs?
45:04Good girl.
45:05Hello.
45:08All right.
45:13Come here.
45:14You don't look like your nan.
45:16We said that the other day, didn't we?
45:18Yep.
45:19Quite a bit of Mum, yeah.
45:21Definitely.
45:22Do I call you Trevor Trevor?
45:23You can call me whatever you want, bruv.
45:25All right.
45:26Bruv, that'll do.
45:27Bruv.
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.
45:36I'm going to be coming down to see him as often as I can, yeah.
45:40Cheers, bruv.
45:41Cheers.
45:42All the best.
45:46Right, come on, pal, we're off.
45:48Well, we've only got to go this way.
45:50No, we'll go that way.
45:52No, no, no, no.
45:53No, no, no, no.
45:54and long lost family is back next thursday at nine o'clock whilst on sunday it's episode two
46:21of the dark funny and twisted thriller cold water at nine o'clock or you can watch the full series
46:28right now on stv player
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