'We look alike!': Emotional moment long-lost siblings in their 70s meet for first time in Hampshire

  • WATCH: This was the emotional moment, three siblings met for the first time.

Three long-lost siblings, in their 70s, have met up for the first time, having discovered each other's existence thanks to a DNA match.

Josephine Morey, 75, from the Isle of Wight was reunited with her brother James McLaughlin, 77, from Liverpool, and sister Lorraine Williams, 74, from Canada.

It was Lorraine who first found Josie when a DNA match on the website MyHeritage confirmed their biological connection, and soon after, they discovered Jimmy.

They have been chatting over WhatsApp and arranged to meet at Chilworth Manor Hotel in Southampton.

Now, Lorraine and Jimmy will head to the Isle of Wight to stay with Josie.

  • Josie describes the moment they all saw each other.

Josie Morey said: "Jimmy came out smiling first, and I just ran to him. It was lovely. Then I turned around and Lorraine was there.

"We jumped up and down with joy, we didn't know what to do."

Jimmy McLaughlin added: "The way I can explain it is, it was like we had known each other for the last 70 odd years, but obviously we hadn't."

The siblings all share the same father, Sydney. Credit: ITV News Meridian

Each of the siblings shares the same father, called Sydney, Lorraine grew up with him in Canada.

Lorraine Williams said: "I set up a WhatsApp group called 'Sydney's Crew.' We interact, we share events. It was instant love and instant familiarity.

"Even though we don't know each other, we know each other."

  • ITV News Meridian's James Dunham met up with all the siblings at the reunion

Lorraine always thought she was an only child. Josie had never met Sydney and was placed in foster care as a child.

Meanwhile, Jimmy was abandoned as a baby and grew up in an orphanage.

Jimmy added: "I never imagined, I would have this kind of family. To find out that I look so much like my dad and Josie looks so much like me, it's surreal."

Josie also said: "I know it sounds strange that 'it was fate' but it was. That's why we get on so well and are so loving to each other."

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