‘adoption runs in our family’

I thought I knew everything about my past. But watching telly one day, I discovered the shocking truth. By Cristina Prisco, 45

DAVINA McCALL and NICKY CAMPBELL on helping families find loved ones born in Mother and Baby Homes

Most people know someone who has distanced from a relative, whether for a breather or for good. Estrangement even impacts our royal family. Yet there’s so much we don’t know – and don’t say – about th

Three women express their gratitude towards the unsung heroes who changed their lives for the better

For many years, my existence was a true case of “Who do you think you are?” I was born in 1952, and grew up thinking that my mum’s first husband was my father. His surname was Cassidy. Mum died in 198

Hunched over the toilet, I just wanted the awful feeling to be over. I’d never felt so nauseous and drained. ‘It wasn’t like this before,’ I cried to my partner Michael, then 37. After all, I had plen