A German pensioner's "wish came true" when he met his Scouse sister for the first time this week.
For decades, Raimund Schmalbeins, 75, wondered who his real dad was after his nan gave him photos and love letters sent to his mum from Liverpool by World War Two veteran Jim Miller. Raimun's mum died in 1980 having spent the rest of her life with a man who Raimund grew up knowing as his father.
Raimund only found out abut his biological father after reading about him in the old letters. He made several trips to Liverpool since finding the letters in 1986, including last autumn.