Monique searched in vain for a father for 45 years, until she met Mohammed: ‘Everything fell into place’

Monique, 56, spent 45 years searching for her biological father, of whom she only knew the name. But every time the trail came to a dead end. She became so despondent that she gave up at a certain point. Until her son asked her to try one more time. “And then the envelope fell on the bus. I found my family. I know who my father is and where I come from,” she says, crying.

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