EPISODE · Jun 22, 2026 · 35 MIN
The complicated truth about adoption reunions
from Today in Focus · host The Guardian
Guardian news editor David Batty spent years longing to meet his birth mother. But his reunion with the woman who had been forced to give him up was far from a fairytale ending. He explains why the legacy of forced adoption continues to cast such a long shadow. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/infocus
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