By Val Fraser2024-07-24T08:00:00
Rachel McArthur speaks of being abandoned in a long-stay car park and her adoptive mother, Phyllis McArthur, said God stepped in to rescue her in the nick of time. Val Fraser shares her thoughts on the episode.
I was deeply moved by a recent episode of Long Lost Family: Born Without Trace. If you’re not familiar with it, this documentary series combines new DNA technology with painstaking detective work to find answers for foundlings (abandoned babies).
Sensitively presented by Davina McCall and Nicky Campbell each episode unlocks mysteries for those who are desperately looking for clues to their identity. One such baby, Rachel McArthur was found on the 21st June 1969 in a battered carry cot in a long stay car park at Euston Station, London. She was at least six weeks old.
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