Declan Donnelly appeared alongside his presenting partner Ant McPartlin last year in a show that saw them reunite with long lost relatives, ITV's DNA Journey.
However, the Geordie star’s American cousins have since expressed "heartbreak" that the star had suggested in his book that he thought they “wanted nothing to do with [him]”.
In the book Once Upon a Tyne, which he co-authored with Ant, he explains that after having a very emotional meeting of his relatives he has lost contact.
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