Rosemary Moreland grew up with the extraordinary belief that she was a ‘cuckoo in the nest’ and the family that brought her up, was not blood-related. And a special episode of Long Lost Family that airs on Monday, June 6, shows her feelings were proven to be true.
“I don’t know how I knew, I don’t know when I knew but I’ve always known that I was swapped at birth,” said Rosemary, who was desperate to find out the truth about her birth parents. Rosemary's case is described as “an investigation more complicated than [they've] ever taken on before” by Long Lost Family host Davina McCall. Recently, the popular ITV series reunited a Welshman, who was found in a brown paper bag as a baby, with his birth family. You can read about that here.
In the new episode, viewers are introduced to 77-year-old Rosemary, who lives in Sussex but was born in Weymouth in 1944. Of her upbringing, Rosemary said that she felt “universally loved” but although very close to her three siblings, she said that she has always felt different to them. Following her adopted-parents’ deaths, she took on a maternal role within the family and it was here that her heritage came under question. After taking a DNA test, Rosemary found out that her suspicions were true.
