Unmarried mother Philomena Lee was forced to give up her son to Irish
nuns, who sold him on to rich Americans. For decades she tried to find
him. A chance meeting with Martin Sixsmith eventually uncovered the
truth
It began with a chance encounter at a New Year's party in 2004. I was trying to leave, but a woman said she had a message for me. She knew I had been a journalist and she had a friend who wanted my help to solve a family mystery. I agreed to a meeting, and found myself embarking on a five-year quest for a man I had never met.
http://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2009/sep/19/catholic-church-sold-child
It began with a chance encounter at a New Year's party in 2004. I was trying to leave, but a woman said she had a message for me. She knew I had been a journalist and she had a friend who wanted my help to solve a family mystery. I agreed to a meeting, and found myself embarking on a five-year quest for a man I had never met.
http://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2009/sep/19/catholic-church-sold-child