{"id":36077,"date":"2024-08-12T08:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-08-12T06:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/c2a41b8b-0c6c-4efb-9ca2-f453a6ce5784"},"modified":"2024-08-12T08:53:13","modified_gmt":"2024-08-12T06:53:13","slug":"woman-reunited-with-brother-on-long-lost-family","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/wdytya\/rss_feed\/woman-reunited-with-brother-on-long-lost-family\/","title":{"rendered":"Woman reunited with brother on Long Lost Family"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"rssexcerpt\"><\/p><p class=\"rssauthor\">By <\/p><p class=\"rssbyline\">Published: Monday, 12 August 2024 at 06:00 AM<\/p><hr class=\"no-tts wp-block-separator\"\/><?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"UTF-8\" standalone=\"yes\"?>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><body><p>The new episode of <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.whodoyouthinkyouaremagazine.com\/tv-series\/long-lost-family-born-without-trace\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Long Lost Family<\/a> <\/em>will air on ITV tonight (12 August) at 9pm.<\/p><p>Presented by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whodoyouthinkyouaremagazine.com\/tv-series\/episodes\/davina-mccall\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Davina McCall<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whodoyouthinkyouaremagazine.com\/tv-series\/episodes\/nicky-campbell\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Nicky Campbell<\/a>,<em> Long Lost Family<\/em> is a programme about people tracing their long-lost family members with the help of the show\u2019s team of expert researchers.<\/p><p>In tonight\u2019s episode, viewers meet Tracey Boyle from Port Talbot, Wales. Tracey is one of four siblings and had a happy upbringing with her parents, Denzil and Diane.<\/p><p>When Tracey was a young woman, Diane suffered from a serious mental health breakdown. She told Tracey that when she was just sixteen, she gave birth to a son, who she named Richard. Her parents made her give him up for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whodoyouthinkyouaremagazine.com\/tutorials\/adoption\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">adoption<\/a>. Diane continued to miss Richard and always seemed sad in October, the month he was born.<\/p><p>Diane died in 2015. A year later, Tracey suffered another loss when her 25-year-old son Ady unexpectedly died of heart failure in his sleep. Now, she wants to find Richard.<\/p><p>\u201cIt wasn\u2019t \u2018til I lost my son that it really hit home for me how my mother felt and that\u2019s why I felt determined to find Richard,\u201d Tracey says. \u201cI just need to tell him that my mother really loved him\u2026 I want to find him for mam and for me.\u201d<\/p><p><em>Long Lost Family<\/em>\u2019s researchers find that Richard had his name changed to Keith. He is now living in Essex and is married with children and grandchildren.<\/p><p>Keith previously tried to trace his birth family when he was eighteen, and is excited to hear about Tracey and see a picture of her.<\/p><p>\u201cNow I\u2019ve seen the picture, I need to know the person,\u201d he says. \u201cThat\u2019s what I really want now.\u201d<\/p><p>The episode also features Liz Allward, a part-time hairdresser and counsellor from North Somerset. Liz was adopted as a baby and had a happy upbringing with her adoptive parents. But in the run-up to her wedding in 1986, she suddenly started getting a \u201cfunny feeling\u201d that she had a birth sibling. She asked her adoptive mother, who confirmed that her birth mother had another daughter who was two years older than her.<\/p><p>Liz\u2019s adoption paperwork told her her sister\u2019s name, Deborah, but nothing else. Now, Liz says she wants to meet her: \u201cI\u2019d hope to find a kindred spirit and have someone else in my life and her life hopefully, that will enhance both of our lives.\u201d<\/p><p>The <em>Long Lost Family <\/em>researchers found that Deborah was adopted within the family, by her birth mother\u2019s sister.<\/p><p>Deborah, known as Debbie, now lives in Yorkshire. She always knew she had a sister and is pleased to finally be able to meet her.<\/p><p>\u201cI wish it had happened years ago,\u201d she says. \u201cI\u2019d love to know her.\u201d<\/p><p>Tracey is delighted to meet Keith and give him a \u201ccutch\u201d (Welsh for \u201chug\u201d).<\/p><p>\u201cA big weight has lifted from my shoulders,\u201d she says. \u201cWe\u2019re all back together again now, so let the parties begin!\u201d<\/p><p>Liz and Debbie are also delighted to meet.<\/p><p>\u201cIt was amazing to meet her,\u201d Liz says.<\/p><p>\u201cAs soon as she walked in the room, I felt a connection,\u201d Debbie says. \u201cI felt, yeah, she\u2019s my sister!\u201d<\/p> <\/body><\/html>\n<hr class=\"no-tts wp-block-separator\"\/>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Published: Monday, 12 August 2024 at 06:00 AM The new episode of Long Lost Family will air on ITV tonight (12 August) at 9pm. Presented by Davina McCall and Nicky Campbell, Long Lost Family is a programme about people tracing their long-lost family members with the help of the show\u2019s team of expert researchers. 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