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Christmas miracle reunites brothers 81 years after one 'abandoned' in WW2 chaos

Last year, a MyHeritage DNA kit given to Ella led Lucas Borg to confirm a 50% match with John, prompting their reunion in South London on Easter Sunday.
John, born December 21, 1944, was found by a policeman in South London and spent four years as an orphan before adoption, leaving a fragmented origin story.
Their father George arrived from Malta at 18 with almost nothing, and Lucas grew up as his parents' only child in South London knowing George served in the Merchant Navy.
Lucas sealed the reunion by handing John George's ring, described as a family heirloom, saying `The day that you no longer wear it, I’d like it back, but until then, it's yours.`
Both men discovered they had lived about a mile apart in the Kennington area of South London, unknowingly sharing local pie and mash shops, and John described their meeting as `such a strange feeling… quite emotional.

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