An Italian mother and her long lost daughter have been reunited after 71 years apart.
The mother, now 91, was working in a factory during WWII when she fell in love with a German soldier and became pregnant with his child.
Immediately after she gave birth, her daughter was taken away by the authorities and raised in a children’s home.
Woman photographs homeless for 10 years - then discovers dad among them
Once the war ended the Italian woman returned to her hometown of Novellara in Italy, believing that her daughter was likely to have been killed during the war.
In reality though, her daughter was being raised by the soldier’s parents, who had adopted the child after the war ended and… Read the full story