I Was 29 and Single When I Fought to Keep Five Siblings Together. The Judge Asked Why, and My Answer Changed Everything.

‘There were five of us.’

Victoria went quiet.

‘After our parents died in a house fire, we were separated.

Three counties, different homes.

I tried to find everybody once I became an adult.

I found two of them eventually.

The others disappeared into sealed files and changed last names.’

‘Why haven’t you told anyone?’