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Daily Mirror
Daily Mirror
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Samantha Yule

Brothers are stunned to discover each other's existence - at the ages of 87 and 85

Two brothers who knew nothing of each other’s existence were finally brought together in their 80s.

Allen Swinbank, 87, got a call out of the blue earlier this year saying: “I think my grandad is related to you.”

It was his half-brother John’s granddaughter Natasha, who had been researching her family history.

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