Episode 5 of ITV’s Long Lost Family is aired tonight at 9pm and tells an emotional tale of two adults who are searching for family members they only found out about recently. In the instance of Richard, searching for a long lost older brother, he was only made aware of his brother John’s existence a few years ago, after the death of their mother. She had given her first son up for adoption before meeting and marrying Richard’s father and subsequently having Richard.

Ariel and her team often work on cases such as this one; where an adult has found out late in life that their parents had a secret child that no one knew about. The urge to find a recently discovered sibling is a strong one, as we see from Richard’s determination in this episode.

You can read more about the episode here (Click Link) and can tune in to watch the drama unfold at 9pm on ITV1.

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