tressa reeves spent nearly four decades trying to find her child.e point she was told there were no records of her case. in may, the irish government revealed that dozens of children had no idea they were adopted because they'd been registered illegally as the biological children of their adopted parents. 0ur social affairs correspondent michael buchanan reports. he went in the little cot. she told me not to touch him — the midwife. "you mustn't touch him, you mustn't bond with him. "he has to bond with his mother, not you." and then, in the morning, she came in and she took him away. tressa reeves only got eight hours with her son after his birth in 1961. her mother arranged for the 20—year—old to go to dublin from hampshire for the birth, to a home for unmarried women run by catholic nuns. her parents refused to let her take home her baby, so tressa agreed he should be adopted. i remembered signing the papers. they had a false address on one of the papers, and i said, "i've never been to northumberland road. "what is this address?" and the sister

tressa reeves spent nearly four decades trying to find her child.rish government revealed that dozens of children had no idea they were adopted because they'd beenregistered illegally —— they were adopted because they'd been registered illegally as the biological children of their adopted parents. our social affairs correspondent michael buchanan reports. he went in the little cot. she told me not to touch him — the midwife. "you mustn't touch him, you mustn't bond with him. "he has to bond with his mother, not you." and then, in the morning, she came in and she took him away. tressa reeves only got eight hours with her son after his birth in 1961. her mother arranged for the 20—year—old to go to dublin from hampshire for the birth, to a home for unmarried women run by catholic nuns. her parents refused to let her take home her baby, so tressa agreed he should be adopted. i remembered signing the papers. they had a false address on one of the papers, and i said, "i've never been to northumberland road. "what is this address?" and the sister said, "o