They spent decades apart, always searching…
A remarkable reunion finally brought two British brothers together nearly six decades after they were torn apart as children.
Peter Macdonald, 58, from Lancashire in northwest England, was just 10 weeks old when his father snatched him from his mother’s arms at a train station, separating him from his older brother Trevor, then 2. The train pulled away, and Peter never saw his mother or Trevor again.
Speaking on ITV’s Long Lost Family, Trevor recalled, “I knew about my brother. I’ve known about him since I was about nine or ten. My mother didn’t speak about him a great deal but when she did speak about him she often wondered how he was.”
Peter, who grew up in the foster system after his mother left his father, had been searching for Trevor ever since he learned of his brother’s existence at age 7. “Trevor’s been on my mind for over 50 years,” he said.
Thanks to the show’s research team, the brothers were finally reunited. Peter learned their mother had passed away in 2008, and he was overwhelmed by the emotional connection: “Two brothers together at last. There is an automatic connection.”
Trevor, a 61-year-old carpenter, shared that their mother had encouraged him to find his younger sibling before she passed: “When she got very ill, she started to talk a lot more, open up a lot more; she did say to me: ‘Find him, Look for him.’ I’m doing this for him, and for myself and for [mom], yeah. I think she’d be proud of me doing that. Can’t wait. I really can’t wait now.”
Reflecting on the dramatic separation at the train station, Trevor added, “It’s like something you see in a film,” recalling how their father reached for both children but only managed to take Peter.
Peter, whose wife Julie passed away three years ago, made it clear the reunion wasn’t a one-time moment: “I’m going to be coming up or down to see him as often as I can.” He introduced Trevor to his daughter and granddaughter, ensuring the long-lost connection would now continue across generations.
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