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Ellie Simmonds

‘WHY WAS I ADOPTED?’

The former swimmer searches for her birth mum…

We know Ellie Simmonds as a brilliant Paralympian swimmer, for being wonderful on last year’s Strictly Come Dancing and for being an amazing representative for people with disabilities, but there’s one part of her life that many people don’t know about…

‘I’ve had an amazing life,’ says Ellie, 28. ‘But the beginning of my life was a different story and something I know very little about. When I was

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