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The shocking truth behind MY ADOPTION

Exactly two years ago, I wrote an article about my mother, Valerie, who had been forced to give me up for adoption in 1963 and the heartbreak she had experienced. I never dreamt it could lead to a new connection to her.

‘I DREAMT OF MEETING MY MOTHER’

By the time I wrote my article, I had resigned myself to never knowing more than the basic facts about this crucial time in my mother’s life. Yet, one week after publication, a lady called Lyn emailed me from America to say she had been very moved by my article – and that she had been in the same - -baby the same time

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