'Come to orgy, wife wrote to friend': discovering the truth behind why I was adopted

Saul Eslake grew up knowing he was adopted. For many years he knew nothing about his biological parents, but when he adopted his own children, he began the search for his birth family.What he discovered in his adoption file revealed a very complicated story, and It took him more than two decades to unravel the mystery.

En route, he discovered a confected newspaper scandal, a story of British pilots at an orgy, and a complicated divorce.

Then years on, he experienced the joy of meeting the siblings he never knew existed.

This episode of Conversations was produced by Jen Leake, the Executive Producer is Nicola Harrison.

It explores adoption, family history, secrecy, orgies, pilots, British scandals, unusual family stories, strange family history, family history, adoption records, secrets, family secrets, divorce, pilots, tabloid press, adopted siblings, birth records, adoption process, adoption file, records, rejection, history, crime, fraud, genealogy, blood relatives, siblings, Tasmania, growing up in the UK, data, mystery.

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