‘I Was Abandoned At Euston Station When I Was 6-Weeks Old’ | This Morning

In 1969, a baby was found in a battered cot in a long-stay car park at Euston station. Tonight, more than 50 years later, we’ll see what happens when the Euston baby herself, Rachel McArthur, attempts to track down the parents who abandoned her in ITV’s Long Lost Family. But what made her come forward now? And did she find the closure she was seeking? Ahead of tonight’s episode, Rachel is live in the studio, alongside her long-lost sister Eileen who is joining us live from her home in Canada.
Broadcast on 11/06/2024
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[@julierogers1155]

So happy for Rachel McArthur! Imagine being raised "in care" and having your first baby at 14-years-old ... that is abuse.

[@unitysprings3631]

Nothing is at it seems,

[@annsmith7207]

This woman's story is tragic but at the same time -- thank goodness she was adopted by a loving, caring family.
Separately, the presenter needs to buy longer skirts --- really unprofessional and frankly, disrespectful as a journalist -- if she wants to be taken seriously.

[@markwildish763]

Bad reporting ! If both were blood sisters they must have had the same father! Who is he? Is he alive ?

[@SocialClout]

where was the father?

[@carnifaxx]

I think they said that he was married for 40 years with another woman and had children with her. So I suppose he was already married when he abused the child who gave birth to 3 of his children before she was even 17...

[@marianne8280]

Glad they met. But thinking of their mother who only was fourteen when she got her first child and seem to be alone in the world, sad.

[@charlottelee3727]

My biological mother had 5 children with different men that she didn't keep. I find it hard to believe she cared about the children if she kept doing it. Then when I found her she wasn't nice.

[@ageordieboy]

So she kept her child that she had at 14 (the sister in the video link) and gave up the next two she had at 15 and 16 to the same person?
Wow. She must have had some awful childhood/teenage years to have gone through that and done that. She must have felt terrible.

[@joannedibben2352]

I'm very sorry she wasn't nice people can dissapiont us hugely in life I wish you well in your life you deserve the best🌈

[@TishA-ld5wd]

Your a strong woman.

[@aq5121]

And your Biological Father probably had 5 children with 5 different women.

[@viviennepastor3188]

You are not defined by your biology or your early life. You look like a lovely young woman. I wish you happiness and a wonderful life.

[@catherinethorpe3940]

So sad but glad she had a lovely adopted family and still must been hard for the real mum can't think it was an easy decision 😢😘

[@glacousxx]

I can't even imagine a parent doing that to their kids , 😢it sounds so sad imagine a little helpless baby just left alone .

[@lindaanderssonsweden195]

Yes but the mother was just a child herself. 0nly 15 years and no parents! We need to have some mercy for her.

[@audreymcleod4076]

@@lindaanderssonsweden195 for youngsters yes, but some of these mothers that abandoned their kids were in their 30s

[@elizabethnaughton2481]

Wow your mum has missed out big time.

[@julietbryden7169]

I’m so happy the two sisters were able to meet up after all these years apart. I can only imagine being brought up in care home. I hope sisters have a for filling lovely future. 😢😊

[@gopherlyn]

I can't imagine what it would have been like, since I had fantastic parents. One thing that caught me was that Eileen was on Vancouver Island, I was born on Vancouver Island.

[@markhooper4532]

Winnie Wallace.... I'll be looking forward to watching the outcome of this story.

[@kathrynbroome5966]

y do they say about the father its not just a mum

[@stinanielsen136]

I was adopted and will be meeting my father's siblings next week for the first time (at age 55). I can so relate to their feelings.

[@twinsgangtv6946]

Pls make a video about it what about your birth mother

[@twinsgangtv6946]

Pls make a video about it what about your birth mother

[@twinsgangtv6946]

Pls make a video about it what about your birth mother

[@angelavonhalle5144]

I was always saddened by the fact that these abandoned children hadn't a chance of ever finding family. And miraculously with DNA testing, it IS possible, like in this case here.

[@ellenh4984]

The lady presenter is a joke. Was she interviewed on the couch?

[@carolburke9153]

This is to make ££ ...

[@FarmerJAB]

How? Please explain

[@audreymcleod4076]

I love these shows but it never ceases to amaze me the excuses that the foundlings all make for being dumped, not once has anyone ever said that the mother could just be "rotten and selfish", even the mother that dumped 3 full siblings because the father was a married man and he didnt want them , was never accused of just being selfish

[@dianethulin1700]

Why do you want them to say that to please you? This isn’t about you. They are entitled to feel the way they feel about their circumstances

[@audreymcleod4076]

@@dianethulin1700 Its my opinion, I am entitled to it, as you are entitled to yours.

[@dianethulin1700]

@@audreymcleod4076 it’s still not about you and they still don’t have to change their opinion to please you

[@audreymcleod4076]

@@dianethulin1700 Bore off!

[@Jamezevans123]

You shouldn’t make a blanket statement like “the excuses that the foundlings all make” because the situation you described is the least common reason for the birth mothers of foundlings to have left their children.