‘I wanted you to hear how loved you’ve always been’: Woman who was adopted as a baby breaks down as she reads a letter from her long-lost sister who tracked her down for their mother who has Alzheimer’s

An adopted woman whose birth mother has Alzheimer’s broke down in tears when reading a letter from her long lost sister in this heartwarming clip.

Abigail, from Yorkshire, is the mother to four children, including a little boy called Alfie who was born prematurely and died shortly after birth. Despite having a brilliant adoption, she has often thought of her birth mother ever since she was a teenager.

Her birth mother, Linda, became pregnant with Abigail, who she named Rachael, at just 15 years old. She initially tried to hide the pregnancy by wearing ‘really baggy clothes’.

But she was soon forced to tell her traditional

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