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LONG LOST FAMILY: WHAT HAPPENED NEXT, 9PM, STV

OVER the past 12 years, Long Lost Family has taken on more than 700 searches — and viewers have gone through several thousand boxes of tissues — as Davina McCall and Nicky Campbell have reunited family members that have been separated for decades. But meeting is just the beginning; how easy is it to build a relationship after a lifetime apart, and what happens when the search doesn’t go as planned? That is where this spin-off series comes in, catching up with the reunited families to see if they got the happy ever after they had dreamt of. This week, we learn what happened next for two women whose searches took them to opposite sides of the globe. The first story reintroduces us to Yasika Fernando, whose search for her Sri Lankan birth mother has had repercussions she could never have imagined, and has led her to Thilinie Horne (pictured), who was born in the same week and adopted from the same convent as Yasika. The second case follows Paula Stillie, who, after a lifetime wondering about her ethnicity, discovered her Native American aunts and uncles. But with the global pandemic scuppering international travel, she is only now heading out to Montana to see her new family in person. And what an incredible reunion it turns out to be!