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Mum who felt orphaned when her adoptive mother died is reunited with her birth mum 7,000 miles away in Chile thanks to Facebook

A mum who felt orphaned when her adoptive mother died in 2010 has finally been reunited via video call with her birth mum in Chile more than 7,000 miles away thanks to a Facebook group. When Katherine Samwell-Smith, 45, who first met her adoptive ...

01 Jun 2022 at 08:57

Edenderry

Woman shares picture of Offaly parents in hope of reconnecting with lost family

A woman has contacted a local Facebook group in Edenderry in an effort to find some of her remaining family in the area. The woman posted to the 'I'm from Edenderry but more importantly I'm from Fr Paul Murphy Street' page on Facebook with two ...

24 Jan 2024 at 11:33

Family

Australian man’s DNA test reveals he is distant cousin of Kate Middleton and says they have the same ‘smashing smiles’

An Australian man, who discovered he is a distant relative of the Princess of Wales through an Ancestry DNA test, has said they both have the same “smashing smiles” and “great dress sense”. David Willis, 54, a union organiser, who lives in ...

25 May 2023 at 10:30

Quirky

Businesswoman who discovered she was adopted in her teens meets birth family 43 years after search for them began thanks to £68 DNA test

A businesswoman who had no idea she was adopted until her teens lived in ignorance of her true origins until a £68 DNA test performed at home led to a moving reunion with her birth family 43 years after her search began. While the clues ...

05 Apr 2022 at 08:25

Home

Glenn found long lost family

There has been a happy ending to the story of Glenn Doherty who was trying to track down his relatives in the city. Glenn (60), who now lives in Ulverston in the Lake District in England, was on holiday in the city with his wife, Julie,...

29 Sept 2022 at 12:33

Family

Woman teased by siblings as ‘postman’s daughter’ recalls shock when DNA test revealed her long lost family in Egypt

A woman who grew up believing she was 100% Portuguese and spent her summers with her father during school holidays when he visited her and her siblings in Portugal was stunned when she took a DNA test years later and discovered he is ...

22 Nov 2023 at 07:00

Local News

Derry woman reunited with her dad after 36 years thanks to ITV show

Derry woman, Wendy O'Hagan, appeared on the ITV show Long Lost Family back in 2013 in a bid to track down her birth father. Growing up in Northern Ireland in the late seventies, Wendy O’Hagan was seven before she learned about her ...

19 Aug 2022 at 13:33

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Derry woman who found her long lost father after 36 years tells her story

08 Sept 2022 at 19:33

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