First person
You share your family experiences
'I was thrown away'
Dr Ian Palmer was a foundling, abandoned at three days old in a phone box. Now a psychiatrist, he tells Sabine Durrant how he has come to terms with his early start and subsequent adoption
Sins of the father (and mother)
James Runcie always faced a hard task in living up to his parents' expectations - his father was Archbishop of Canterbury after all. But then he realised he was imposing a worse burden on his own children
'I feared she might float away'
Catrin Tyler's life hung in the balance when she was born prematurely. This year, she is due to run in the London marathon. Her father, Len Tyler, looks back to when the winning line meant survival
Rude awakenings
Sam Taylor moved to rural France to find a safer, more innocent world for his children. But, as he has discovered, there's just no escaping lewd playground jokes, obscene Eminem lyrics and Grand Theft Auto
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BBC reporter Matt Frei and his wife have raised four children on three continents. Now based in Washington DC, their nomadic lifestyle has left them wondering where they truly belong
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When Thelma Williams' baby died at birth, his body was whisked away and he wasn't spoken of again. It took 40 years to confront her grief and finally give a name to her lost child - James
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'Lonely 80-year-old widower interested in opera seeks female companion between ages of 70 and 100'. Jim Stansfield turned to the internet after the death of his wife - and so began a new life
My two husbands are great friends
Sophia Bennett's first husband came to her second wedding - and still pops in for breakfast, bathtime and Sunday lunch. Welcome to the 'good divorce'
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Life was sweet for her second daughter, Tara, till a new baby sister stole the limelight. But, as Anna Moore finds out, being a middle child needn’t be a curse - it can even be an advantage
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Katherine Holden and Helen Kendall have shared a home for 15 years - but don't say they are lovers
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Novelist Emily Barr was brought up as an agnostic and does not believe in God - but her mother was ordained by the Church this summer and religion is slowly seeping into family life
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Soon after Elizabeth McFarlane's grandfather died, a letter arrived. It was from a woman called Joan - and at last the extraordinary secret life he had led for 43 years began to unravel
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Kamin Mohammadi, who is in her late 30s, is single and childless. So would the arrival of her oldest friend's first baby change their relationship or even signal its death knell?
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A combination of counselling and fertility treatment saved Roopa Farooki's marriage
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Miranda Seymour published secrets about her volatile, imperious and dominant father, it brought herself closer to her mother
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Arranged marriages fascinate people in the UK 'like watching horror films'. Don't scoff, says Ziauddin Sardar, British society could learn a lot from the Asian experience
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Alistair Fraser and family moved from Sussex to France. At first, it felt like an extended summer holiday. But the reality turned out to be far from idyllic
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It all began with a handful of doves 20 years ago. Then a starling, magpie, crow and various exotic birds joined Esther Woolfson inside the family home
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A parent's death can ignite sibling rivalries and tensions. But Linda Kelsey and her sister Susan found that when their father passed away, their close bond grew even stronger
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When Howard Yeats discovered his ex-partner had secretly changed their little boy's surname from his to hers, he was outraged. The betrayal left an open wound that has never healed
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