Girl stolen aged 4 with fake Disney offer miraculously reunited with UK family 53 years on

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Girl stolen aged 4 with fake Disney offer reunited with UK family 53 years on

Susan Gervaise vanished in 1969 when a traveller family offered to take her on holiday to Disney World in Florida, US, with their children and never brought her back

www.mirror.co.uk

Madeleine McCann’s parents were given fresh hope she may be found after a Brit girl stolen aged four was reunited with her family 53 years on.

Susan Gervaise vanished in 1969 when a traveller family offered to take her on holiday to Disney World in Florida, US, with their children - and never brought her back.

She was taken to Canada, Australia and New Zealand by her new `mum and dad’ who lied they had adopted her.

Meanwhile, her UK family spent five decades desperately searching for her fearing they would never set eyes on her again.

They have now been reunited after Susan’s husband posted an appeal on Facebook in Australia.

Within 30 minutes her relatives in Pontefract, West Yorkshire, quickly found out about it and responded.


Now Susan has been reunited with four of her six siblings.

 

[MissUnderstood]

Wow!!!!!

 

[Niner]

WOW is right!!

 

[WingsOverTX]

Could someone explain what it means by "travellers" took her? I am unfamilar with that term. Are travellers similar to people who live in RVs in the U.S.?

I'm glad she has reunited with some of her bio siblings but feel there is more to the backstory. Has DNA proven they are related?

I find this statement odd:

Susan, who runs the Fresh Start Mission charity with her traveller husband Hamilton, 57, found out the truth when she needed to upgrade her passport and could not trace any evidence of an adoption.

"The enormity of what happened to me didn’t hit me. I just carried on with my life," she said.

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[Eloise]

Could someone explain what it means by "travellers" took her? I am unfamilar with that term. Are travellers similar to people who live in RVs in the U.S.?

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