An English mother paid dearly for the trust she placed in a Scottish couple who promised to take their four-year-old daughter to Disney World in the United States. The trip was only supposed to last a couple of weeks, but little Susan Preece didn’t come back to her place.
It was only recently that Susan, now 57, under the name Susan Gervaise, was able to return to her hometown of Yorkshire, England. Place where her true family is, after 53 years of being separated from her loved ones.
Kissing her daughter goodbye, the confident mother was thrilled that her little girl would have the opportunity to travel to such fascinating places. For this reason, she did not hesitate to give the couple of travelers the birth certificate of little Susan so that they could process her passport.
However, this would be the last time he would see his daughter, as the Scottish couple included the girl’s name in the family passport and instead of taking her to Disneyland they decided to keep her, living between Canada, New Zealand and Australia.
They told me I was adopted, but I never thought much about it. She was happy. We went to Canada, Australia and then to New Zealand. You didn’t need a passport to enter New Zealand, but when it came to getting back to Australia, you did. I applied for one, but needed a signature from my mother or father. I went there when dad told me that I was not adopted, that I had been robbed.
It is incredible to us to think that a mother would have trusted so much in a couple of strangers, but Susan recounts that in those years she lived with her six brothers in an old vicarage that was a place for travelers, without them being travelers. And since her mother was alone, they spent time in foster homes.
It was in this place where the little girl became friends with this couple of Scottish travelers, who immediately became fond of her, so they invited her to travel with them. In addition, her mother decided to trust them, because she thought they were good people.
I lived with the traveling community and lived a very good life in which they pampered me tremendously. I have always been happy. Trip around the world.
The people who kidnapped Susan are now deceased. The supposed mother died of multiple sclerosis when Susan turned ten years old and the one who acted as her father passed away when she was 21 years old, but Susan considered them her real parents, that’s why she never had the intention of meeting Susan’s real family. she.
It was only when someone who was adopted asked me what my family in the UK would feel like, that was a lightbulb moment for me.
With the help of her husband, the woman posted a message on a Facebook group from the suburb of Pontefract, the place where she was abducted. In 30 minutes they managed to locate Susan’s real family, so she and her husband traveled to the United Kingdom. Once there, she managed to arrange a meeting with four of her six brothers.
Susan’s mother never gave up, continuing to search for her missing daughter for many years, but never succeeding. Unfortunately, her death prevented him from being part of this expected reunion for more than 50 years. Despite everything, however, the family is glad that the search for Susan is finally over.
When I spoke to my family they were all crying hysterically because I was alive. It’s such a happy ending. We’re still putting the pieces together.