A man who was abandoned as a baby on Christmas Eve in 1944 has reunited with his long lost brother, after finding out he lives less than a mile away in Kennington.
John Moore, 81, was abandoned as a baby in the midst of the London Blitz and was taken to St Thomas’ Hospital by a policeman, earning him the nickname ‘Bobby’ by nurses.
At four years old, John was adopted and had a ‘happy life’, but still wondered who his biological parents were.
Eight decades later, 70-year-old Lucas Borg from Kennington was given an at-home DNA test by his daughter Ella, which revealed a strong family match.
John’s had also done a DNA test with the same company and he reached out to Ella after she was revealed as being a close DNA match.
Further testing confirmed that John and Lucas are half-brothers and that their father was a Maltese immigrant who served in the British Merchant Navy during the Second World War.
Lucas confirmed that their father never knew John existed.
John’s DNA test had revealed that he had close ties to Malta, but talking to Lucas he had no idea whether this was on his mother’s or father’s side.
The brothers met and were struck by their likeness and immediate bond and Lucas has given John a ring that their father wore every day of his life.
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He sent the following message to John: “I have a ring that our father wore all the time. I only wear it occasionally as I have many nice memories of our Dad but you do not.
“You can have this ring if you decide to wear it all the time and when you stop wearing it, it is returned back to me. What do you think?”
John accepted the offer and now proudly wears his fathers ring.
