'They made my mum give me up because she was unmarried'

Barker said his quest for information as a young man had been hard on his adoptive mother as she feared he would leave and move back to Bristol. However, he said he reassured her, and the whole family "understood that I had the right to know and I needed to know". "It took 45 years and a lot of that was down to my oldest daughter Emma," he added. "It came out in bits and pieces." Barker was also able to dig into his father's background, learning he had three half-brothers and a half-sister. He was able to meet them and said they were "the most amazing people". "It's incredible... it's been an amazing journey, but there's more to find out because I've found out I've got cousins and relatives in America in the Brooklyn area. "The story doesn't stop." Barker did not get to meet either his biological mother or father. He said the closest he got to his mother was standing next to her coffin at her funeral. "My birth mum saw me come into this world. I saw her leave this world." Education Secretary Bridget Phillipson said an apology would be issued "very soon" by the government to those affected by forced adoption. She added that those affected would "get the apology that you so profoundly deserve". Do you have a story suggestion for Suffolk? Contact us below.