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Desperate mum who gave son up for adoption 28 years ago finds him on Facebook

Newcastle, England:  A mum who gave her son up for adoption 28 years ago has finally been reunited with him - after tracking him down on Facebook.

Lesley Thompson put her son James up for adoption when he was just five and later discovered he had immigrated to New Zealand with his new family.

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