A university professor, who was abandoned as a baby under a hedge in Birmingham, has managed to trace her family decades later with the help of ITV's Long Lost Family. Liz Deutsch was a mere six weeks old when she was discovered under a hedge in Birmingham . Dressed with care in hand-knitted garments and wrapped in a knitted blanket, she was found in a shopping basket beside Edgbaston Croquet Club on Richmond Hill Road in 1965.
Her birth mother remained unidentified, and Liz entered long-term foster care, where she stayed until she turned 16. Liz carved out her own journey, progressing from A-Levels to earning a PhD at The University of Manchester. She later achieved the position of Professor of Nursing Practice through a joint venture between Coventry University's Research Centre for Care Excellence (CCE) and the University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust.
She saw her quest to uncover her family history featured on the ITV programme Long Lost Family: Born Without Trace after reaching out to the programme four years ago. Liz was abandoned in Edgbaston, Birmingham (Image: Coventry University) Read more: We visited one of Birmingham's most deprived areas and one word came up again and again Reflecting on the experience, Liz recounted receiving a call from the show's producer proposing filming, which culminated in the episode aired on ITV. She shared her apprehension about the broadcast: "I said I was not going to watch it as I was very nervous about seeing myself .
