Robert Lindsay was on top of the world when he found his long lost father. The emotional father and son vowed to never let each other go after meeting for the very first time in Croatia.
But slowly their communication started to dry up - and it was only after a year of silence that Robert would discover the devastating reason why.
Devoted dad Robert, from Ayrshire in Scotland, had a happy childhood being brought up by his mother and parents but always dreamed of finding his father.
His mother, Mary, moved to London at 18 and had relationship with a young Eastern European man, then returned to Scotland and when she fell pregnant.
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