Mother Reunited with Children after 30 Years
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December 1, 2011 TheFreshOutlook  |
A heartbroken woman has finally tracked down her two children after they were taken by her ex-husband 30 years ago.
Paulette Moray’s two young children, Sasha and Naomi, went missing from their home in Ilford, West London, on July 31 1981. Mrs Moray and her husband, Max, were in a bitter custody battle in the High Court after their marriage fell apart.
The devastated mum spent two years looking for the two-year-old and four-year-old toddlers, who were taken from the family home.
A new book called “The Hunt” written by Mrs Moray’s new husband, George London, along with journalist Ian Wishart, chronicles the 30-year search for the children.
After spending over £100,000 on the search, which saw the couple hire private investigators, their prayers were answered in 2005 when Mr London discovered an email address, which belonged to Mr Moray.
Mr London claimed that Mrs Moray had died and pretended to be a friend of the family, which enabled him to obtain the now grown up children’s contact information.
Mrs Moray tracked her missing family down to Israel, where Naomi, 32, who has had her own child, is still living. Sasha, 34, has moved to Spain.
After sending a copy of “The Hunt” to Sasha, he responded after three days via email, with the subject line reading “Dear Mum”. The two children had no idea that their mother had been looking for them.
Mrs Moray, 64, spoke of the moment she first had contact with her children after three decades: “I got an email from them which was the first contact in 30 years and it was the most emotional thing that ever happened to me. I was utterly overwhelmed, overjoyed. I cannot wait until the first meeting. It must have been a complete shock for them to discover their mother has been looking for them for 30 years. I thought of them every day. You don’t know where in the world they are and you wonder whether they are still alive.”
The newly acquainted family is now planning for the future: “We are both happy, bewildered, amazed, sad, intrigued and dumbfounded by all of this, but as you said the future can be ours - we intend to make it so.”
By Natasha Spencer
[Image courtesy of Monica and Michael Sweet]
