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Woman Finally Finds Long-Lost Father After 56 Years Thanks to ‘Suggested Friends’

woman has been reunited with her long-lost father after Regis, Dorset, roughly halfway between Cornwall and Kent.
56 years apart—and it’s all because he was “suggested” When they first spotted each other, they hugged for so long that
A as a friend on Facebook. a passerby said: “I hope you know each other.”
56-year-old Karen Harris was adopted as a little girl in the early They had a lot of catching up to do in the following days, which
1960s after she was born out of wedlock to her teenage birth were spent going on walks and searching for fossils on the
parents. Jurassic Coast.

When she turned 18, Harris approached an adoption agency Harris was also introduced to two of her long-lost cousins and
seeking to track down her birth parents. has had “an amazing time with many new memories.”
She knew virtually nothing about her biological family, but “Looking at your family that brought you up, you’re really
grateful that they brought you up, but you don’t have that sense
of belonging,” says Harris. “Now I’ve found completion. I’ve
found connection and completion and I’m cherishing it.
“Those who are adopted can understand that moment when
you first see someone other than yourself in a mirror that has
your cheek bones, your eyes, your chin,” says Harris. “It is
something that someone who isn’t adopted probably can’t
relate to or understand, but it changes the way you look at the
world.
“Now there is someone else like me, loving me for me and
I cherish every moment. I’m incredibly blessed to find him
now.”•

after a social worker shared with her what details they could,
Harris managed to find her mother ten years later, after she had We offer a variety of clinical trials across
had a child of her own.
the U.S. and around the world.
However, finding her father proved to be more difficult.
She knew he was an electrician from Croydon and his name was Diabetic Neuropathy Diabetic Gastroparesis
Trevor Sinden, but with such little information at her disposal,
she failed to track him down—that is, until decades later when Gout GERD
she saw the name appear on the “Suggested Friends” feature of
the social media site. Qualified Study Participants:
Harris, who lives in Penryn, Cornwall, saw Sinden lived 350
miles away in Kent. Upon scanning his online profile and Receive study-related medical care/
history, she realized she might indeed be looking at her father. medication at no cost
The pair then chatted for several weeks before meeting for the Have a physician who oversees their
first time in an emotional reunion last week—and they both health as it pertains to the study
said it was like they have known each other their whole lives.
“It’s so surreal, the chances of actually meeting were so slim,” Receive financial compensation for
said 72-year-old Sinden. “I have looked on the internet, but study-related time and travel
could never find her. It’s early days now, but I feel we already
know each other quite well. Call 844-411-5697
“If it wasn’t for Facebook we wouldn’t have met.”
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The reunited father and daughter decided to meet in Lyme

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