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CBC
20 hours ago
- CBC
Left in a paper bag 60 years ago, he's been searching for his birth mother all his life
Sherwin Moscovitch says he's had a great life, but he's always wondered about his birth mother. The 61-year-old was left in a paper bag outside a Regina hospital in 1964, as a newborn. He has gone to great lengths to find his family but still isn't giving up.
Daily Mail
09-07-2025
- General
- Daily Mail
EXCLUSIVE I hoped our pretty new nanny was the answer to our prayers after my mother's tragic death... then she killed my father and I discovered the horrifying truth
For as long as she could remember, Sarah Corbett Lynch knew that she mustn't mention her birth mother in front of her stepmum Molly. The one treasured photo she had of her mum Margaret, who had tragically died at the age of 31, was tucked away in a drawer in her bedroom to look at in secret.
The Independent
26-06-2025
- Entertainment
- The Independent
Man abandoned as newborn in plastic bag reunites with birth family after years of searching
Jon Scarlett-Phillips, who was abandoned as a baby in 1984, had an emotional reunion with his birth family on ITV 's Long Lost Family. He was discovered in a plastic bag with his placenta still attached in a leisure centre car park in Bletchley, Milton Keynes. Now 40, Scarlett-Phillips enlisted the show's help to trace his birth mother. He met his two half-sisters, who explained that their birth mother was unable to attend due to a long period of illness. Watch the video in full above
Daily Mail
19-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Daily Mail
Emotional moment man, 58, finally finds birth mother who abandoned him as a baby - but she doesn't want to meet him
A man was left heartbroken after finally locating his birth mother who abandoned him as a newborn baby in 1966 - only for her not to be ready to meet him. Simon Prothero, 58, was discovered as a young baby outside a toilet block of a children's home in Neath, Wales. Up until recently, he had no information on why or who left him. Soon after he was found, he was adopted by loving parents and grew up in a village just ten miles away from the children's home. When he was nine, they told him about the details behind his adoption. Fortunately, Simon enjoyed a happy childhood with his late adoptive parents. But years later, his wife Helen encouraged him to apply to ITV's Long Lost Family: Born Without a Trace to help solve the mystery of his heritage. 'I don't know where I was born when I was born, what the circumstances were. I don't know who my mother is,' Simon said on the latest episode of the show, which aired on ITV yesterday at 9pm. In September last year, Helen tragically died from cancer. Knowing Helen's wishes, Simon employed the help of Long Lost Family's team and hosts Davina McCall and Nicky Campbell to continue his search for his birth family. DNA tracing meant that, despite Simon not having a paper trail, researchers managed to track down his birth mother, and Simon finally received the information about who his family are and where he came from. However, in an emotional turn of events, Simon's birth mother, who is now in her eighties and had him when she was young, unmarried, and on her own without family support, was still not ready for contact with Simon. At the start of the episode, Simon visited the children's home where he was found for the first time and reflected on his past. He said, 'I believe I was only a few hours old when I was found', he said, adding, 'Nobody's ever come forward.' 'I think my mother lived local; I don't think a stranger would have found this place. It's so much to take in. I want to know why she felt like she had to give me up.' The visit proved to be a poignant experience for Simon, who knew little about his beginnings, and up until recently, had never even seen a photograph of himself as a baby. 'I don't actually have any photographs of myself growing up as a baby, through my childhood, I haven't got anything,' he said. Though he knew little about his life as a newborn, Simon did enjoy a happy childhood with 'loads of lovely memories'. 'My [adoptive] parents were very loving. They were really good parents, I had a very good upbringing,' he recalled. When the researchers got to work looking for DNA connections, they also tried to find a photograph of Simon to allow him to see himself as a young baby for the first time. Luckily, the team located a newsreel of baby Simon from 1966, allowing him to see footage of himself around the time he was found. 'That was the first time I've ever seen myself as a baby. Amazing. It looked as if I was cared for. It's mind blowing to be honest,' he said after watching the clip. Back at the DNA search, a lead called Noel emerged, which connected Simon to a very large family group from north Wales. Noel agreed to do a DNA test, which led researchers to identify Simon's birth mother, who is alive and in her eighties. Researchers discovered that, when Simon was born, his birth mother was young, unmarried, on her own without family support, and the relationship with Simon's birth father had ended. Unlike Simon's previous assumptions, his birth mother isn't from near the children's home in Neath, but from North Wales. She couldn't recall why she left him in that area. When Long Lost Family contacted Simon's birth mother, her first reaction was sadly to question, 'Am I going to be in trouble for this?' The team reassured her that it wouldn't be the case. Davina informed Simon of the findings and that his birth mother is not ready for contact yet, but that the Long Lost Family hope that she might be in the future. There was no information found regarding his birth father. 'I can't quite get my head around it,' Simon said. He added, I was hoping for some sort of answers and a little bit more on my background.' 'I would like to meet her, but obviously, if it's not meant to be, it's not meant to be. I can't take it in at all to be honest.' 'Hopefully we do get to meet, it would mean a lot,' Simon added. Though Simon's birth mother wasn't ready to meet him, other family members, including Noel, gladly welcomed him into the family. The Long Lost Family team didn't explain Simon's exact connection to Noel to protect his birth mother's identity. At the end of the episode, Simon met three generations of his birth family's relatives and exchanged addresses with them. Simon concluded, 'I've had a few answers, I'd like to have a few more, but it's been a good day,' he said.
Daily Mail
17-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Daily Mail
Woman abandoned in pram as a baby with a heartbreaking note from her impoverished mother finally meets her real siblings after 55 years
A woman who was discovered at just a few hours old in another baby's pram outside a health clinic has found her birth siblings after 55 years of separation. In May 1969, Lisa Dyke, 55, who now lives in France, was found as a newborn in Dorset, Christchurch, with a note pinned to her from her birth mother, reading, 'Please take care of her. 'I cannot and never will be able to give her a good home where she will be happy. She is just born and needs a doctor.' Fortunately, Lisa went on to have a happy childhood with her adoptive family in Hampshire. However, she understandably longed for answers regarding her heritage and sought the help of ITV 's Long Lost Family: Born Without a Trace team and hosts Davina McCall and Nicky Campbell. 'My story started the day I was found,' Lisa said, adding, 'What I need to know now is what happened before. Why was I left in another child's pram? Who left me? I assume it was my birth mother. I just want to know the truth.' In her quest for answers, Lisa revisited the site of the clinic where her birth mother put her to try and understand how she might have felt at the time. She said, 'I feel that she must have been local to have known about the clinic. I'm trying to think how she might've been feeling, waiting to see somebody leave their pram outside and take that opportunity to put me in there – just waiting for that perfect moment so that I would be found quickly.' In an emotional episode, which airs on Wednesday at 9pm, Lisa discovered through DNA testing that though her birth parents have sadly died, she has three siblings, who did not initially know of her existence but are now eager to welcome her into the family. Lisa accessed her adoption file in 2005, which is when she learned of the note and who placed her in another child's pram. 'To have the original note means so much to me, because it's the one thing I've got that connects me to her… It takes the negativity of abandonment away because I know she cared,' Lisa said. Lisa's adoptive parents Sylvia and Brian raised her Hampshire, where she had her son, Ryan, as a single mother at the aged of 19. 'I could not have wanted better parents. My mum was just everything,' Lisa said. Lisa's close bond with Sylvia put her search for answers about her birth family on the backburner. However, in 2023, Sylvia sadly died. Lisa's loss led her to decide that it was time to turn to DNA testing to discover information about her past. Lisa said, 'Having Ryan at a young age made me reflect on my circumstances. I've thought about who my birth mother was over the years, but because I had such a wonderful mum, I would just put it to one side. Unfortunately, we lost her two years ago.' 'I don't want to force myself into anybody else's lives, I just need to know what happened, I need to know who I am.' Lisa's DNA led Long Lost Family's Ariel Bruce and her search team to find Lin, who they initially believed to be her half sibling. But after further testing, Ariel found their connection to be stronger - Lin is Lisa's full, younger sibling. With this information, Ariel learned the identity of Lisa's birth parents, Christine and Brian. Sadly, both of Lisa's birth parents have died. However, Lin revealed that Lisa has two other, full siblings - Tim and Jen, who are both older and grew up together with Lin in Christchurch, where Lisa was left. 'There's been this secret in the family that had to make them revise their perception of what their family was,' Ariel said of Lin, Tim, and Jen. Learning of Lisa proved to be a difficult moment for the siblings, who had no idea that their parents had another child. The discovery was especially challenging for Lin, given that she was born after Lisa but, unlike Lisa, grew up with her birth mother. In an emotional moment, host Nicky Campbell showed the siblings a photograph of Lisa, and they immediately recognised physical similarities. They told Nicky of their childhood, explaining that their parents relationship was fractious, but that their mother, whom they remember fondly, absolutely loved their father, who worked as a merchant seaman and drove lorries. He left when Lin was seven. Money was tight during their childhood, and their mother juggled three jobs to provide for her children. Their financial circumstances led the siblings to worry that social services would intervene at any given point. After Lisa learned of her parent's death off camera, Davina travelled to check up on her and tell her the extraordinary news that she has three siblings. Discussing her sadness at the news regarding her parents, Lisa said, 'I half expected that kind of news. But hearing it, it still shakes you a little.' She also expressed her surprise about her birth family structure. Initially, she thought her birth mother might have been young and forced to conceal her birth. However, Davina informed her that she was 25 and in a relationship with her birth father at the time. The surprised continued when Davina told Lisa of her siblings - Tim born in 1967, Jen born in 1968, and Lin born in 1972, three years after Lisa's birth in 1969. 'A younger sister. It's, I'm trying to process it. I feel like I've gone from having nobody to now having three full siblings, all very similar ages,' Lisa said. Davina told Lisa of her sibling's memory that there was always a fear of social services coming around to take them away during their childhood. 'I can start to see perhaps now what the picture was…to understand why she felt that she couldn't keep me if he wasn't always there,' she said. Lisa said, '55 years ago, I was left as a foundling. I never, ever thought I'd find out anything about my birth family. I never anticipated finding a full sibling, let alone three.' After Davina's chat with Lisa, the four, full siblings finally met, with Lin, Jen, and Tim, all keen to welcome Lisa into the family. Lisa put the others at ease with kind words about her birth mother. 'Whatever your mum did, she the right thing for me. She made sure that I was found very early, and I thank her for that.' After the heartwarming meet, Lisa added, 'I feel like I've gone from having nobody to having three siblings all very similar ages.'
