Over 60 years ago, Paul Garner was found in a public toilet of a park in Abergavenny.
He was just a few days old, and no one knew exactly where or when he had been born, making him a foundling. Tonight, on ITV, Long Lost Family: Born Without a Trace helped Paul track down his true identity and where his birth mother is now.
As part of his journey, Paul decided to revisit the place where he was found by a stranger. Cold and alone, the baby had been dumped in a public toilet in the middle of a park wearing ragged clothes and placed inside a carrier bag.
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Approaching the toilet block, Paul said: "This is where I came to be - inside a ladies toilet. I'm just wondering what it's like on the inside."
He entered the building which revealed a dingy looking room, with two toilet stalls. Peeling paint decorated the glum looking walls.
Paul said: "Two cubicles. I was just rested up against one of the toilets in a brown paper bag." He fought back tears as he took in his surroundings. He added: "Pretty vulnerable position to be in as a little baby."
Fans watching the show took to Twitter as they described the situation as "unbelievable." One user said: "A brown paper bag, unbelievable that he survived #longlostfamily." Robin said: "Oh my, in just a brown paper bag. Heartbreaking."
Uzoamaka said: "Just the thought of a new life being left in a dingy toilet. #longlostfamily". Meanwhile, Yvonne said: "I suppose a public toilet would be used so he could be found but a carrier bag lordy #longlostfamily."
Paul went on to grow up with the Garner family, who adopted him, and lived out his life in South Wales. He is now married with two children of his own. He said: "I didn't want for anything. We had family holidays every year. It was a great childhood."
Desperate for answers, in 2019 he launched a newspaper and radio appeal that led him to find the policeman who had been called to the scene on the day he was found. On the programme, Paul met him for the first time and was reassured to discover he was left on a busy market day only a short distance from a hospital.
He later learnt, through the power of DNA, that he had an older brother and two younger sisters. Sadly, one of his sisters passed away before he got to meet any of them. His mum had kept her pregnancy with Paul hidden from everyone.
Host Davina McCall explained to Paul that times were hard for his mum and dad. They lived in a two-up two-down house with minimal finances and his birth dad was working in the army with very little leave.
The Long Lost Family team managed to track down members of Paul's family and they met in one of the most emotional and touching family reunions ever.
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