Sammie Wilson is desperately trying to find all her remaining family members after being adopted aged five
A mum who embarked on a quest to find her long lost family after being adopted at the age of five was left stunned when she discovered where her grandfather lived.
The 41-year-old, originally from St Helens, told the ECHO: "It just so happened that he lived round the corner from my house, legit a five minute walk, I could have walked past him in the street. I eventually plucked up the courage and knocked on the door and when he answered he knew exactly who I was instantly, it had been 20 years.
Sammie said: "Mum was 62 when she died from pneumonia, it was lovely to spend those years with her, our relationship was lovely in the end. And my dad was amazing when I finally found him, by the time I found him we only had five months together because he died from cancer that same year, at 47.
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