A Blackburn woman has appeared on the latest emotional episode of ITV's Long Lost Family.
Elizabeth, 52, from Blackburn, was adopted at birth and appeared on Long Lost Family, hosted by Davina McCall, on Thursday's episode (October 1) in the hopes of finding her birth mother.
Instead, the search led her to her older brother.
The episode also featured the Wellsprings restaurant in Sabden, where Elizabeth shared stories and photos of her birth mother over coffee.
In the show, it was revealed that Elizabeth, known as Liz on the show, had documentation that her mother was a patient at Calderstones Hospital, a former long-stay hospital for people with learning disabilities and mental and developmental conditions, before she died.
A former nurse told her that when her mother gave birth, Elizabeth was taken away, and her mother was given a pram with a doll to push around, believing she still had her baby.
Elizabeth said: "Mum had three children she didn’t get to keep. It must have been so heartbreaking for her.
"And then I thought, 'I have a brother somewhere'."
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With the help of the show, Elizabeth was introduced to her brother John, a HGV driver and father of two who lives in a village near Chorley.
She was brought to tears when presenter Davina revealed that John had been found.
Liz said: "It is just incredible, isn’t it?
"I don’t think I have ever had this much eye contact with somebody who I have never spoken to before in my life, but it doesn’t feel weird.
"We live so close to each other too."
Liz said she felt "incredibly happy" that she met her older brother.
"I feel completely different to how I felt this morning," she said.
"I feel like I have had a body transplant, mentally, physically, and emotionally. I feel incredibly happy, and like we have just gelled.
"It is the best outcome that ever could have happened. I am over the moon."
Calderstones Hospital in Whalley, Lancashire, permanently closed its remaining NHS services on March 31, 2024, following a years-long wind-down and patient resettlement managed by Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust.
Long Lost Family is available to watch on ITVX.
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