Colin Butts is searching for his Irish mother before he loses his battle with cancer

Before he succumbs to terminal cancer, Colin Butts wants to find the Irishwoman who gave him up for adoption, writes Arlene Harris

Colin Butts as a child.

When Colin Butts was born, he was given a different name. The 57-year-old from London was originally called Louis Michael Quinlan by his mother, who was most likely Irish.

However, not long after he was born on September 11, 1959, at the Cheniston Nursing Home, Kensington, London, he was given up for adoption.