The Home Babies: The Americans
Some babies from Tuam's home for unmarried mothers were sent to America for adoption.
Becky Milligan continues her series about a former home for unmarried mothers in Tuam in the West of Ireland, and the work of amateur historian Catherine Corless. Catherine's discoveries prompted the Irish Government to begin an investigation into mother and baby homes across Ireland.
In episode seven Becky hears from Michael who was adopted by a family in America "sight unseen" at the age of three. Despite being immersed in American suburban life and culture, as an adult he and his wife returned to Ireland to try and trace his birth mother.
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The Home Babies
The shocking secret which lay beneath the site of an old mother and baby home in Ireland.