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Feb 2023
42 m

The mystery of the tartan twins

Bbc World Service
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A baby left in a car, another in a telephone box. It would take decades to find out why.

When he was just a baby, David McBride made headline news in Northern Ireland. He had been discovered in the front seat of a stranger’s car, with no trace of who had left him there or why. David was a foundling, and as he grew up he started to want answers. Then, a chance encounter led him to Helen Ward. She was also a foundling, and she was on a very similar mission.

Presenter: Andrea Kennedy Producer: Maryam Maruf Editor: Munazza Khan

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