‘i dreaded mum finding out i was searching for my birth mother’

Lynn Berry, 49, was desperate to keep her promise to mum, Glennis

Seeing her mum lying lifeless on the floor, Roann tried to reason with her attacker. Then he came at her with a knife…

Jenny Lucas, 76, from Kent, is a retired professional golfer. She was 54 years old when she discovered that she had a twin sister, Helen. For many years, I considered myself an only child. With cousin

I always felt like something was missing

Mothers are the most familiar strangers in our lives, says novelist Abigail Bergstrom. We grow up believing we know them inside out, and, yet, how much of them do we truly see?

Mum, you can’t possibly mean it.” Abbie leaned against the kitchen counter, suddenly feeling unsteady on her feet. Her mum’s harsh words pierced like a scorpion’s sting. The excitement that had whirle