A MUM has revealed the magical moment she was reunited with her son after he was “snatched from her arms” 52 years ago.
Lynne Oakes, 68, had her son when she was 14 after falling pregnant with an older man.
But despite taking to motherhood immediately, her mum sent her and her child to a mother and baby home – because “my parents just couldn’t handle it,” The Mirror reports.
She said: “I loved every minute of it, bathing him, I’d sing to him, and I’d talk to him.
“For ten days you get to love something – then the very last day I remember crying.”
She added: “My tears were dropping on his face as I was feeding him and I was saying I was sorry and I loved him and I’ll always love him, and one day I would find him.
“And then they put him in the cot, just wheeled him away and that was it. I couldn’t believe something so beautiful was snatched from my arms.”
Lynne, a retired bank clerk later married but didn’t have any more kids.
She had tried in the past to find her son, but was only successful last year thanks to ITV’s Long Lost Family.
The show found her son – now called Michael Cocks – living in Thetford, Norfolk.
And they had an emotional reunion on camera which will be shown next week.
Lynne said the meet was “magic” adding: “He keeps holding my hand and wants to call me Mum.”
Builder Michael, who also introduced Lynne to his daughter Ellie and her baby, is just as pleased.
He said: “She’s such a lovely woman. She is going to be a big part of our family.”
Lynne added: “This is a second chance for me. I’m a mum, a grand-mum and a great grand-mum. Am I gonna wake up and this has been one big dream? No. It’s true.”
Long Lost Family is on Monday night on ITV at 9pm.
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