The complicated truth about adoption reunions
The complicated truth about adoption reunions  
Podcast: Today in Focus
Published On: Mon Jun 22 2026
Description: Guardian news editor David Batty spent years longing to meet his birth mother. But his reunion with the woman who had been forced to give him up was far from a fairytale ending. He explains why the legacy of forced adoption continues to cast such a long shadow. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/infocus