Davina McCall

Nicky Campbell

In this special, the stories of two men born in Ireland to unmarried mothers at a time when having children outside of marriage was seen as sinful and the Catholic Church went to great lengths to cover it up. Arthur Fitzharris was...

False Identities

In this special, the stories of two men born in Ireland to unmarried mothers at a time when having children outside of marriage was seen as sinful and the Catholic Church went to great lengths to cover it up. Arthur Fitzharris was born in Ireland in 1947 and had a happy childhood raised by adoptive parents - after they passed away, he decided to find out about his birth family and was dismayed to discover that his birth certificate falsely recorded early foster parents as though they were his biological parents. Bernard McGrath was born in Ireland in 1953 - it wasn't until he was 40 that he heard it rumoured that he was adopted and, confronting his mother, she confirmed it was so. This bombshell was closely followed by another - his adoptive parents were falsely named as his biological parents on his birth certificate and no other records seemed available to him - so Bernard began a decade-long search for the truth.

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