B.C. man shares story of finding birth mother in England [Video]

All Dave Rogers knew of his life before adoption was that he was born in 1947 in Tetbury, England, and that his mother had him out of wedlock, which led to him being adopted.

Dave, a Richmond, B.C., resident who works in the tourism industry in Vancouver, grew up in what he calls a loving home with two adopted parents and three siblings, also adopted, each from different backgrounds: an Indian girl, a First Nations boy from the Coast Salish and a First Nations girl from Nisga’a.

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“My adopted parents gave all four of us an amazing, absolutely amazing life, and brought us up with morals and everything I cherish to this day,” Dave said in an interview with CTVNews.ca.

As the four children grew older, their adopted mother encouraged them to find their birth …