Brothers reunited after spending eight decades apart

Two brothers have been reunited after spending almost eight decades unaware of each others existence. Frederick, 80, and Jimmy O’Donnell, 78, were born in separate mother and baby homes in the 1930s. They moved through a series of homes before settling in Britain.

With the help of Finders International, a company that tracks down relatives of people who die without leaving a will, the two brothers recently met for the first time.

“It was very emotional. The way it was was that we were waiting for him and I spotted him. I said to my daughter Patricia: ‘I bet it’s that little man over there’.