More than sixty years ago, Paul Garner was found in the public toilets of a park in Abergavenny at just a few days old and no one could tell where or when he’d been born. As Long Lost Family: Born Without Trace continues on ITV, the team set out to reunite Paul with his birth family. When they eventually do Paul finds out that he is the middle child of five siblings and his 'new' sister shows him photos of her and their siblings on Barry Island. Paul replies: “We could have been on the beach at the same time.”
In tonight's episode (May 24), Paul returned to the toilets in which he was found. “This is where I came to be,” he said as he wondered what the inside of the toilets look like. He describes how he was found, rested up against one of the toilets in a brown paper bag, something he says is “a pretty vulnerable position to be in as a young, little baby”
Paul, who now lives in England, is married and has two daughters. He grew up in South Wales with the Garner family, who adopted him. Paul only discovered that he was a 'foundling' after accessing his adoption file four years ago following a chat with a social worker.
