My Mum, Your Dad's Janey Smith shares heartbreaking adoption story for the first time

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When Janey Smith appeared on My Mum, Your Dad last year, she not only found true love in the form of fellow contestant Roger Hawes, but also a way to come to terms with issues related to her adoption as a baby.

During a particularly emotional episode which saw contestants participate in an “acceptance workshop” and open up about what holds them back, Janey, 49, from West Sussex, revealed how being adopted had affected her dating life. “Rejection and abandonment issues, I am a pleaser – these are all traits of being adopted,” she said. “It’s only the past few years I have addressed it and understand why I push people away and find an excuse to end things.

I put barriers up.” But it was during this moment of vulnerability that the postman fell for the singer. “I felt a connection when she spoke,” Roger – whose wife Joanne had died 14 months earlier from cancer – previously said.

Now, in an exclusive chat with OK! ahead of World Adoption Day on 9 November, Janey has decided to open up about her upbringing.