Last week we witnessed emotional scenes as the Long Lost Family team took on the task of searching for a missing sibling and this week is no different. Christine Chesham is desperately searching for her sister in the hope of discovering the truth behind a family tragedy. Christine had always known that she was adopted, but it was not until she was 15 that she found out anything about her background. Having been brought up in an affluent area of Liverpool, Christine discovers that her mother came from a working class area, only a few miles away from her adoptive home.
When she got older, Christine decided she wanted to find her mother and hired a private investigator to track her down. Christine was devastated to discover that her mother had died in a tragic accident ten years before she had started to look for her. She also learned that she had a half-sister called Pamela. Nicky Campbell and Davina McCall take on the task of tracking down Pamela. Christine is desperate to meet her, not only to finally meet her sister, but to learn more about the life and death of her mother.
Next we meet fifty-three year old Vicki Haskell. Growing up, Vicki always felt that she was different from her adoptive family and always wondered about her birth mother. When she was eighteen-years-old Vicki began to search for clues about her background. She found her adoption file in her father’s desk, containing information on her birth mother.
‘She is interested in classical music, her height is 5 ft. 6”, normal weight and she is fair with blue eyes’.
For the first time in her life Vicki could see aspects of herself in another person. Her birth mother obviously shared looks and even an interest in music with her daughter. When Long Lost Family took on the search, Vicki had been searching for over 30 years to no avail. Nicky Campbell travels to South Africa to find Vicki’s mother, but will she want to meet her long lost daughter? Find out tonight at 9pm on ITV.
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