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Brothers Reunited on Long Lost Family Decades After Baby Was Seized Through a Train Window

ITV researchers traced Trevor Schwartz through records, enabling an on-camera reunion after more than 50 years.

Overview

  • Peter Macdonald, 58, says his father grabbed him from his mother's arms as a train left Preston station, separating him from brother Trevor.
  • Placed in foster care before he was six months old, Peter learned he was fostered at seven and began searching for his birth family as a teenager.
  • The Long Lost Family team located Trevor by matching his name and middle initial and reaching out to potential matches.
  • Trevor, 61, said their mother, who died in 2008, urged him to "find Peter," and the brothers met in London on their late mother's birthday.
  • Peter called the reunion overwhelming and vowed to see Trevor often; he previously met their now-deceased father, who did not know Trevor's whereabouts.