A woman who was given up for adoption while she was a child has tracked down her real mother after a time gap of 62 years.
After finding her mother, Annie Burriss also met her real 7 brothers and sisters about whom she had no knowledge.Burriss, of Littlehampton, West Sussex, discovered that she had been adopted when she applied for a passport in 1973.
A nephew of hers helped her to trace her roots through genealogy websites.
“Mum touched my face and said, ‘You’re beautiful – I’m sorry,’” The Sun quoted Burriss, as saying.
“She suffers from short-term memory loss but she knew who I was straight away. She held my hand – it’s all I’ve ever wanted.
“It was quite overwhelming, I was so happy that I just wept. I’ve wanted to touch her for as long as I can remember,” she said.
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The reunion took place at a pub in Cheltenham.
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Mum-of-two Burris said: “The joy is that I’ve got all my brothers and sisters to get to know. It’s a fairytale. I’ve got two lovely families now – my children are delighted.”
Source-ANI
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