A gran was convinced that her missing brother was dead until seeing a Facebook post. Lillian Carlton, 65, says she had not seen or heard from her sibling for 17 years, reports the Liverpool Echo.
The 65-year-old says her brother, John Ellington, left her late sister's house over a decade ago and was never heard from again. Lilian from near Liverpool claims that he fell off the face of the earth after the fateful evening.
She said: "I thought he was dead. The last time I saw him was at my sister Ann's house and he just disappeared one day.