ENCORE: Nurse tracks down birth mother, cares for her without revealing identity
Phyllis Whitsell's birth mother was incapable of giving her answers so Whitsell embarked on a journey where only one of them knew the other's identity.
Phyllis Whitsell was eight months old when she was left at an orphanage in the U.K. As a child she was told her parents had died, but she never stopped looking for a connection with her birth mother.
After years of searching, Whitsell found her birth mother, Bridget, and kept a big secret of her own: never revealing her true identity.
In her book, My Secret Mother, Whitsell shares her journey of searching for answers and keeping secrets.
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This segment was produced by The Current's Karin Marley.