Will I ever find out who my father is? | DNA Family Secrets - BBC

it has affected me not knowing where i've come from i've missed out on a sense of belonging a sense of identity i've not felt complete [Music] that first time you approached your mum and said where's my dad's what was her response it's tough because i think it was just it was just that she ignored it if i'm being honest it made me scared to ask again so we decided to take matters into my own hands about 19 and i went to the registry office in liverpool i got the bear certificate honestly i would say i was so excited i was like proper i'm gonna find this out this is gonna be the day i find this out and in the father's name it was just a false name okay so not only do you not know me daddy's now i've got a falsified birth certificate [Music] we know your mum's side so your mom's english so that's really useful to us because that allows us to kind of really concentrate on what must be your biological father's side okay it was really clear [Music] your father is irish okay okay wow really you're coming back as more than 50 irish you're coming back as 56 irish you your biological father is irish you're half irish really oh wow a bit speechless i don't really know what to say that's blown me away there's more our next thing we want to do is see if we can find out who your biological father is [Music] i'm sorry i wasn't prepared for not at all i've kind of lowered expectations and things like that um but yeah i'm ready okay yeah we found your biological father for you [Music] okay he's still with us he's alive and well there's more okay you have half siblings [Music] okay okay four four of them four of them three brothers and a sister wow [Music] s blowing socks off honestly tori that's that's just i can't thank you enough you'll never know you will never know what this means [Music] hi richard i hope you're well not really sure where to start i don't tend to write letters this is all a bit of a shock at 48. it's a shock at 52 as well mate and it's not a bad shock no it's not but i had no idea you existed i'm glad you found some answers and i hope they help you and i'm happy for you to get in touch if you want to ah amazing wow that's my brother oh i'll have a next days so i'm not an only child i'm no longer an orphan and i don't know where to belong to [Music] winning the lottery isn't it [Music] you

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Length: 4min 17sec (257 seconds)

Published: Thu May 12 2022