VIEWERS of Long Lost Family admitted they were left breaking down in tears at one of the programme's most heartbreaking stories. The episode followed the cases of two foundlings during the special Born Without Trace week. A foundling is a child whom is abandoned at birth with no obvious trace or connection to a set of birth parents.
The episode of the ITV show, fronted by Davina McCall and Nicky Campbell , featured a slew of twists and turns right from the outset. It opened following the story of Thomas Yeo who revealed how he had been abandoned as a baby and had no idea about his birth mother and father. He submitted hid DNA to a database in order to see if he could find any living relatives as a match.
The show's genealogy expert Ariel Bruce then confessed they had found a full first cousin in Ireland. In a shock twist of events, Thomas' cousin, Martina, was also a foundling who had been abandoned by St Joesph’s Church in Dublin It meant she equally was searching for answers surrounding her family and was unable to help Thomas in his search. Whilst Martina and Thomas did go on to meet, they both continued their searches separately in a bid for more answers.
As the programme focused in on Martina Evenden, Ariel was able to discover a bit more about her family after extensive expert searching. However, what she discovered was utterly heartbreaking and left many viewers with tears streaming down their face. She told show host Davina how Martina's birth mother had been identi.
