I should have said earlier that I had no personal desire to meet up with my natural family either. I had a perfectly good Mum and Dad already. I suppose I was curious about siblings, being that I was an only child, but not enough to risk upsetting my parents by going behind their backs.

I was pretty much forced into seeking them by my first husband. He was a doctor and wanted to know my medical history. His main motivation was that if there turned out to be heart disease in the family, it would provide him with justification for preventing me from eating foods high in cholesterol. He was a control freak and I was very young...

I sent away the forms but didn't go through with it. A year or so later, the enquiry came from my birth parents, so perhaps it was meant to be. Incidentally, there was no heart disease but there was Type II Diabetes, so I need to make sure I don't get overweight!