May 2011 - Genes Reunited Blog

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Long Lost Family - 12th May 2011


Published in Genes Reunited Blog on 12 May 2011 17:00 : long lost family tv : 1 comment : 9046 views

This week's Long Lost Family focused on two women born to unmarried mothers in the 1960's. Back then having a child out of wedlock was perceived as a "dirty secret". Sarah Gayle and Laura McCarthy have both spent a lifetime searching for their mothers and the Long Lost Family team helped them with their search.


Long Lost Family - Another amazing episode!


Published in Genes Reunited Blog on 6 May 2011 17:00 : long lost family tv : 1 comment : 9753 views

Another amazing episode of Long Lost family last night on ITV1.