Episode
1 - Norma Norma grew up not understanding why the man she
thought was her father did not love her as much as her sister.
When she was 40 he mother confessed that she had met a G.I.
called Lawrence McCloud while her husband was away. Relieved
and delighted, Norma wrote to every Lawrence McCloud in the
U.S and finally found her father in California. In spite of
the fact that he had no idea that he had a child in England
he was very pleased.
Episode
2 - John John was handed over to his grandmother at the
age of three and a half. His mother did not want to take him
into her new marriage. He grew up knowing that he had a G.I.
family with an unusual name. This simplified the search, except
that when the G.I. was found he went into denial.
Episode
3 - Bill Bill had been given up to a Children's Home.
He had little knowledge of his background until an opportunity
arose to look at his records. They revealed his father's last
name was Brown. That could have led to a lengthy, almost impossible
search. Fortunately, this G.I had been a bugler in the last
Negro regiment to leave Tavistock, Devon. Sadly his father was
dead but the family have filled him in on his history which
includes American Indian blood.
Episode
4 - Sylvia Sylvia was the child of a married lady whose
British husband had been away at war. She was given up for adoption.
When Sylvia finally saw her papers they revealed her G.I. father's
name. When she discovered he was dead, she was determined to
find her family. Her two American siblings somewhat shocked,
passed her letter to their father's best friend. With his help
the three sisters shared an emotional visit to their father's
grave.
Episode
5 - Ann Ann remembers arguements between her mother and
the man she thought was her father about not bringing up another
man's child. She felt it was her right to know who was really
her father. She finds the family she always knew existed.
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