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Long Lost Family fans devastated as daughter is cruelly denied a reunion with her mum because of coronavirus
Updated: 2 Feb 2021, 13:52
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LONG Lost Family fans have been left devastated after a daughter was cruelly denied a reunion with her mum because of coronavirus.
Yasika Fernando, 31, was separated from her biological mother when she was just two and a half months old after being born in Sri Lanka.
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Yasika Fernando hoped to find her birth mother on Long Lost Family after being adopted as a baby in Sri Lanka Credit: ITV
Yasika was adopted and grew up in London, but at 18, her adoptive parents sat her down and explained how she was adopted from a convent at a time when adoption numbers were high in Sri Lanka due to civil war, poverty and cultural attitudes.
Yasika Fernando lives in London with her husband Tillek and their two daughters
Tells Long Lost Family that she only discovered she was adopted at the age of 18
With the help of the Long Lost Family team Yasika visits where she was born
But Yasika is unable to find her mother in Sri Lanka and returns to the UK
Just five days later the team find the relative and they are reunited via video call