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Lydia Veljanovski & Aaron Morris

Bittersweet reunion as long lost Newcastle siblings finally meet - months after their mum's death

Patricia Clark always kept a wooden box tucked away under her bed, carefully concealed by a pillow. Inside there were two black and white photographs of a baby boy, and she is said to have spent her whole life thinking of him.

She would reportedly often fall into bouts of deep sadness, becoming especially inconsolable each March - the month he was born.

Patricia gave birth to Andy in the 1970s when she was aged just 15-years-old. Her parents forced her to give up her son, or face life in a mother and baby home.

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