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Following the work of agencies dedicated to tracking down people's lost family members.

Following the work of Britain's army of family finders, from international organisations to independent genealogy detective agencies, dedicated to tracking down people's lost family members.

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Family Finders: Series 2: Episode 14

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Episode 14

Series 2

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A woman who was adopted as a young girl searches for her birth mother.

Documentary series. A woman who was adopted as a young girl searches for her birth mother, and a pair of twins meet their half-sister.

Basharat Najib has been trying to trace his grandmother Ellen for his elderly mother Yasmin for ten years. As a young girl, Yasmin was adopted by her stepfather and grew up happily with his family in a village in Pakistan. She subsequently married a local man and returned to England with him and their children in the 1950s. Yasmin has always wanted to meet her birth mother. Basharat hasn't found her so far, but he has found two half-sisters of Yasmin's - Marguerita and Silva. They all meet in Norfolk to get to know each other more.

When twins Janet and Michael's mother died, they became aware of a family secret. While their father was away fighting during the Second World War, their mum had become pregnant - and the baby girl had been given up for adoption. After years of searching, Janet and Michael had given up hope of ever finding their half-sister, Brenda, until a change in the law allowed relatives of people given up for adoption to contact them. They were finally brought together with Brenda, and now they are meeting her with a newly found letter which may give a clue as to who her father was.

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Documentary series following the work of Britain's ever-growing army of family finders.

Documentary series following the work of Britain's ever-growing army of family finders as they track down people's lost family members.

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