Donna Cowell’s life has been overshadowed by fears of what happened to the younger brother she never knew existed. "I'm hoping he was ok.
I don't want him to have suffered what we suffered," says Donna on tonight's Long Lost Family. Having been put into the care system with brother Damien when their mother became homeless, the pair "suffered horrendous abuse" in children's homes.
Her social services papers reveal she lived in 10 different addresses from the age of 16 months until she was fostered at the age of eight during the unsettled time.
Donna and Damien went on to be adopted together by a loving couple, but years later there would be an unexpected twist of fate.
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