Fern Britton found out she had a long-lost family member after they tracked her down, revealing they were her nan’s secret child.
The TV presenter, 62, found out her nan had had a baby out of wedlock which she had given away when he got in touch after seeing her on TV when she was 23.
She told Good Housekeeping magazine: ‘I had started in TV, working in Plymouth, when I received a letter from a man who had seen me on screen, asking if I was Ruth Britton’s daughter. ‘When I wrote back to say that I was, he replied saying, “I know this sounds extraordinary, but I think I am your mother’s half-brother”.’ She discovered her grandmother, Beryl, had had a child out of wedlock before the First World War and had given him up to be fostered.
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