0:00:03 > 0:00:06'I'm Jamie Baulch, the former Olympic athlete.'
0:00:06 > 0:00:08I'm so nervous.
0:00:08 > 0:00:11'And two years ago I went in search for my birth mum.
0:00:14 > 0:00:17'When I was born, she gave me up for adoption.'
0:00:18 > 0:00:19Come on in, guys.
0:00:22 > 0:00:24This is my mum.
0:00:24 > 0:00:26Hello.
0:00:26 > 0:00:28'In the end I found her and we met for the first time.
0:00:30 > 0:00:32'I couldn't wait to show her my Olympic medal.'
0:00:32 > 0:00:37- Now we...- To know that my son has been so famous.
0:00:37 > 0:00:40I'm so proud of him.
0:00:40 > 0:00:41I really am.
0:00:43 > 0:00:46'It was an incredible emotional journey for me,
0:00:46 > 0:00:49'my birth mother and her family.
0:00:49 > 0:00:51'And my parents, Alan and Marilyn Baulch,
0:00:51 > 0:00:53'who supported me all the way.'
0:01:01 > 0:01:05- COMMENTATOR:- Baulch is coming away to take the world title.
0:01:05 > 0:01:06Baulch gets it.
0:01:06 > 0:01:10'But where does my running ability come from?
0:01:10 > 0:01:13'During my search I discovered in the adoption file
0:01:13 > 0:01:16'that my natural father may be Jamaican
0:01:16 > 0:01:19'and they have the fastest runners in the world.
0:01:19 > 0:01:21'So, now I want to find the source of my speed.
0:01:22 > 0:01:24'My birth dad.'
0:01:24 > 0:01:26I want him to be proud, I suppose.
0:01:26 > 0:01:31I want him to be proud and I want him to just think, wow, you know?
0:01:31 > 0:01:34Wow, this is my son who's achieved all these wonderful things.
0:01:34 > 0:01:36You know?
0:01:36 > 0:01:38I think any father on this planet,
0:01:38 > 0:01:41if their son has achieved so much in sport,
0:01:41 > 0:01:43you've got to be proud of that.
0:01:44 > 0:01:46'I know this is going to be a tougher challenge.'
0:01:47 > 0:01:48Bloody hell!
0:01:48 > 0:01:51'I'm going to have to roll my sleeves up.
0:01:51 > 0:01:54'And even if I do trace my biological father,
0:01:54 > 0:01:57'he may not even acknowledge me or meet me.'
0:01:57 > 0:02:00I've heard that name, like, round the family.
0:02:00 > 0:02:03Hopefully, you can find your dad, innit.
0:02:03 > 0:02:06'But I don't think I'll be complete until I find my birth dad.'
0:02:06 > 0:02:07Oh.
0:02:07 > 0:02:08Here we go again.
0:02:19 > 0:02:23I was born in Nottingham City Hospital in 1973.
0:02:23 > 0:02:27Described as light tan and in urgent need of adoption.
0:02:29 > 0:02:32After six months in a children's nursery,
0:02:32 > 0:02:34Marilyn and Alan Baulch visited
0:02:34 > 0:02:36and took me to my new home in South Wales.
0:02:39 > 0:02:43In the previous film, during the search for my birth mum,
0:02:43 > 0:02:46I found out with the help of my parents and my social worker,
0:02:46 > 0:02:49Gemma Williams, that my original surname was Mills.
0:02:49 > 0:02:52And my birth mother's name was Teresa.
0:02:53 > 0:02:54Teresa Anne Mills.
0:02:56 > 0:03:00Just starts putting a little bit of a picture together.
0:03:01 > 0:03:04According to the adoption file written at the time,
0:03:04 > 0:03:06Teresa gave my father's name as Leonard.
0:03:06 > 0:03:08And gave a very unusual surname,
0:03:08 > 0:03:11which we can't broadcast to protect privacy.
0:03:12 > 0:03:14He was 20.
0:03:14 > 0:03:18And was Jamaican and was in the Army, currently serving in Germany.
0:03:19 > 0:03:21And his interests included football.
0:03:24 > 0:03:29If I'm honest, I never thought I would find out who my father was.
0:03:29 > 0:03:32The file said he lived somewhere on Castle Boulevard, Nottingham.
0:03:32 > 0:03:35And that his relationship with Teresa had ended,
0:03:35 > 0:03:37and I was up for adoption,
0:03:37 > 0:03:39as she was expected to marry someone else.
0:03:41 > 0:03:43We couldn't find her marriage, because she didn't marry him.
0:03:45 > 0:03:46Yeah. Yeah. That is, well,
0:03:46 > 0:03:51that bit there is kind of mad, because the whole,
0:03:51 > 0:03:54one of the things she said about adopting me was because he didn't
0:03:54 > 0:03:56want to have this child. So, that's interesting.
0:03:56 > 0:03:58It was interesting to find out that
0:03:58 > 0:04:01actually she didn't go down that route in the end.
0:04:03 > 0:04:05There is something that you need to know about Teresa.
0:04:05 > 0:04:07- Yeah?- Teresa's actually not particularly well.
0:04:09 > 0:04:12She was diagnosed with lung cancer in March.
0:04:12 > 0:04:13And it is terminal.
0:04:15 > 0:04:17- I'm really sorry.- Can we just stop?
0:04:20 > 0:04:22I really want to meet her.
0:04:22 > 0:04:27And it sounds like she really wants to...meet me.
0:04:30 > 0:04:33- This is my mum.- Hello.
0:04:33 > 0:04:36I've said it all along, with this programme,
0:04:36 > 0:04:38I've always just wanted to say thank you.
0:04:38 > 0:04:42You know? Because, you know, I wouldn't be here without you.
0:04:42 > 0:04:43And... HIS VOICE BREAKS
0:04:43 > 0:04:47..it means so much. So thank you for doing the right thing
0:04:47 > 0:04:50and I know that it's worked out for the best.
0:04:50 > 0:04:52- You know?- Yeah. Yeah.
0:04:52 > 0:04:53Yeah.
0:04:54 > 0:04:55Yeah. Yeah.
0:04:55 > 0:04:58It did work out for the best, Jamie.
0:04:59 > 0:05:01All right. One more hug.
0:05:02 > 0:05:05- You take care.- You take care.
0:05:08 > 0:05:13The last documentary went out and I have never in my life experienced
0:05:13 > 0:05:14anything like it. You know?
0:05:14 > 0:05:18When I won an Olympic medal, won the World Championships,
0:05:18 > 0:05:20I got a lot of attention there, as you can imagine.
0:05:20 > 0:05:22This is 100 times more.
0:05:22 > 0:05:26I've had people who don't know me coming up to me in the street.
0:05:26 > 0:05:31I've had thousands of people on Facebook, Twitter, contacting me.
0:05:31 > 0:05:34He gave me an inner strength.
0:05:34 > 0:05:37He gave me something else to fight for, too.
0:05:37 > 0:05:43I'm fighting to keep this horrible thing away from me.
0:05:43 > 0:05:44I think my son's helped me,
0:05:44 > 0:05:48my daughter and my husband have helped me there.
0:05:54 > 0:05:56Before I begin a new search for my birth dad,
0:05:56 > 0:06:00I'm completing the first journey by bringing my mums together.
0:06:01 > 0:06:04Happy days. We'll have a couple of nice days here.
0:06:04 > 0:06:07- Yes.- Yes. - We are here at the Celtic Manor.
0:06:07 > 0:06:09It's near my home.
0:06:09 > 0:06:11You know, with Teresa not being that well,
0:06:11 > 0:06:14I wanted to be in an environment where we can relax.
0:06:14 > 0:06:17We can just have some fun together.
0:06:17 > 0:06:18And talk fables, I suppose.
0:06:18 > 0:06:21- It's beautiful here. - So your mum and dad's coming, then?
0:06:21 > 0:06:24Yeah, they're going to be here any minute now, you know?
0:06:24 > 0:06:29This whole thing for me was for my mum and dad, Teresa, Des and Jay,
0:06:29 > 0:06:31for everyone to meet.
0:06:31 > 0:06:35And just talk and just sort of, like, really enjoy the moment.
0:06:35 > 0:06:39And, erm, to see my two mothers...
0:06:41 > 0:06:43You know?
0:06:43 > 0:06:44Just incredible.
0:06:44 > 0:06:48- All right, Mum?- I brought some flowers for your mum.
0:06:48 > 0:06:51Look at... That just sums up Mum that, you know?
0:06:51 > 0:06:52Flowers for my mum.
0:06:52 > 0:06:53- Why not?- Brilliant.
0:06:53 > 0:06:56- Mum, this is... - Hello.
0:06:56 > 0:07:00- ..my mother.- Hello.- Hello. - This is Des.
0:07:00 > 0:07:03- Jaya.- Pleased to meet you.
0:07:03 > 0:07:05Mum, meet Mum.
0:07:05 > 0:07:08- How are you?- Nice to meet you.
0:07:08 > 0:07:09So pleased to meet you.
0:07:09 > 0:07:12I really am so pleased to meet you.
0:07:12 > 0:07:14- So am I. - That's a moment right there.
0:07:14 > 0:07:19- That's touching.- Thank you for letting us have your son.
0:07:19 > 0:07:20Hey...
0:07:20 > 0:07:22and look what you've done to him!
0:07:22 > 0:07:24LAUGHTER
0:07:24 > 0:07:26Don't blame me. It's not all my fault!
0:07:26 > 0:07:28LAUGHTER
0:07:28 > 0:07:32Hello, Alan. Nice to meet you. I'm all right.
0:07:32 > 0:07:34Nice to meet you, too.
0:07:34 > 0:07:36What a moment.
0:07:37 > 0:07:41I want to thank you from the bottom of my heart.
0:07:41 > 0:07:47If you didn't pick him and made him into what he is now...
0:07:47 > 0:07:49I'm very proud of him.
0:07:49 > 0:07:52- We all are.- And proud of you two for doing it.
0:07:52 > 0:07:53- We are very proud.- Thank you.
0:07:53 > 0:07:56He has given us as much pleasure, really.
0:07:56 > 0:07:58- Yeah.- He's very good.
0:07:58 > 0:08:01I mean, we get our ups and downs when he doesn't listen.
0:08:01 > 0:08:05- Oh, no(!) - Shush. Not on the camera.
0:08:05 > 0:08:07Say this afterwards, you know?
0:08:07 > 0:08:09Even when he was running, I was frightened to death for him.
0:08:10 > 0:08:13This is it. You saw all of that and everything.
0:08:13 > 0:08:16- We did.- It must have been absolutely fantastic.- It was, yes.
0:08:16 > 0:08:18- Very good.- You know?
0:08:18 > 0:08:20When he showed me the silver medal,
0:08:20 > 0:08:22the first time I met him,
0:08:22 > 0:08:24I thought I was going to fall through the floor.
0:08:24 > 0:08:27You know? He shocked me so much.
0:08:27 > 0:08:30This is so, it's so lovely to see them both together.
0:08:30 > 0:08:31It is really beautiful.
0:08:31 > 0:08:34- It's really nice.- And this is a really magical moment.
0:08:36 > 0:08:41To see Teresa, my birth mother, meet Mum and Dad,
0:08:41 > 0:08:43you know, my parents, I never thought it would happen.
0:08:43 > 0:08:46You know? I never, never thought it would happen.
0:08:46 > 0:08:48And it was...it's such a beautiful moment.
0:08:48 > 0:08:50And then you've got Teresa speaking
0:08:50 > 0:08:54to my mum saying, "Thank you for looking after him."
0:08:54 > 0:08:58My mum then turns around and says, "Thank you for giving us him."
0:08:58 > 0:09:01You know? I was just... You know, that hurt.
0:09:01 > 0:09:03I was just thinking, "This is just an amazing moment."
0:09:03 > 0:09:06And so special and they're just in there now.
0:09:06 > 0:09:07They're around the kitchen,
0:09:07 > 0:09:09all talking like they've known each other for years.
0:09:09 > 0:09:11It's adoption at its best.
0:09:11 > 0:09:13And it just keeps getting better and better.
0:09:14 > 0:09:17I think we held hands for about an hour.
0:09:17 > 0:09:18Just talking afterwards.
0:09:18 > 0:09:21We didn't move. We just went on talking.
0:09:21 > 0:09:23And it was lovely. She was telling me about her life.
0:09:23 > 0:09:25What she had done.
0:09:25 > 0:09:27And I was telling her a bit about Jamie.
0:09:27 > 0:09:29What he had done when he was a child.
0:09:29 > 0:09:31We took some photographs.
0:09:31 > 0:09:33He was a naughty boy.
0:09:33 > 0:09:36I found out. He was a very naughty boy.
0:09:36 > 0:09:38So you know that one on camera.
0:09:40 > 0:09:41Cheeky, he was.
0:09:41 > 0:09:45He's got that cheeky face about him, any road.
0:09:53 > 0:09:55Driving down to North Devon.
0:09:55 > 0:09:56Not far away now, actually,
0:09:56 > 0:10:00from my mother's house, and it's about that time
0:10:00 > 0:10:03I want to...I want to find out about my birth father now
0:10:03 > 0:10:05and know a bit about him.
0:10:07 > 0:10:11You've got to do things the right way, so I want to make sure...
0:10:11 > 0:10:14you know, I'll chat to Teresa, hopefully she'll be...
0:10:14 > 0:10:19she'll give me her blessing to try and find my father.
0:10:19 > 0:10:23We've just got to find out now how much she knows about him.
0:10:23 > 0:10:25If she knows anything at all.
0:10:28 > 0:10:31It's wanting to know nature/nurture.
0:10:31 > 0:10:35It's wanting to know, you know, how is Jamie Baulch so fast?
0:10:35 > 0:10:36Why was he so fast?
0:10:36 > 0:10:40Was it because I just trained every day, every minute of the day?
0:10:40 > 0:10:43Did I have a natural ability which was inherited from my father?
0:10:43 > 0:10:45Everyone on the planet knows
0:10:45 > 0:10:47Jamaica's the fastest island in the world.
0:10:47 > 0:10:51And, you know, technically half of my bloodline is from Jamaica.
0:10:57 > 0:11:00- Hello, Mum. - Hello.- How are you?
0:11:00 > 0:11:02Hello.
0:11:02 > 0:11:05I'm fine. I am now.
0:11:05 > 0:11:07It's good to see you. You're looking great!
0:11:07 > 0:11:08- Am I?- Yeah.
0:11:08 > 0:11:11That might be because I've got different specs on.
0:11:22 > 0:11:26Basically, you know, what I want to do next is... We've spoken about it.
0:11:26 > 0:11:27I want to find my dad.
0:11:29 > 0:11:33Yes, we have spoken about it, and my blessing goes.
0:11:33 > 0:11:37If you want to find your dad, my love, go and find your dad.
0:11:39 > 0:11:40I mean it.
0:11:41 > 0:11:43- Yeah. Thanks.- Yeah.
0:11:43 > 0:11:45I hope you find him.
0:11:45 > 0:11:47I really do, sweetie.
0:11:47 > 0:11:49I just hope he accepts you like I have.
0:11:49 > 0:11:52- Yeah, yeah. Thank you.- And doesn't disappoint you, you know?
0:11:57 > 0:12:00- The name on file was Leonard. - Yeah, yeah.
0:12:00 > 0:12:03- But you're not sure if- BLEEP- could be his surname.
0:12:03 > 0:12:06That is what was put down on the file.
0:12:06 > 0:12:07- So...- I'm not sure.
0:12:07 > 0:12:10- I'm not sure.- Yeah?
0:12:10 > 0:12:11It could be right.
0:12:11 > 0:12:13- Yeah?- Let's hope it's right.
0:12:13 > 0:12:15- For you.- Yeah. Yeah.
0:12:15 > 0:12:19- It's like almost like a needle in a haystack, you know?- Yeah. It is.
0:12:19 > 0:12:21And do you know if he's 62?
0:12:21 > 0:12:24Were you and him the same age?
0:12:24 > 0:12:26He was a bit older than me, your dad.
0:12:26 > 0:12:27- OK. A year older or something?- Yes.
0:12:27 > 0:12:29Something like that.
0:12:29 > 0:12:30He was...
0:12:31 > 0:12:34Yeah, he was quite athletic.
0:12:34 > 0:12:35- Was he?- Yeah, Leonard was, yeah.
0:12:37 > 0:12:41- Could he run?- I can't remember.
0:12:41 > 0:12:43I know that he played football.
0:12:43 > 0:12:44I know that he liked football.
0:12:44 > 0:12:47- Yeah?- Mmm.
0:12:47 > 0:12:48Definitely from Jamaica?
0:12:48 > 0:12:50- Yeah.- Jamaican.
0:12:50 > 0:12:56OK. So, all we know is Leonard for sure and Jamaican.
0:12:56 > 0:12:59And 62 years old...
0:12:59 > 0:13:02- That's right.- ..that he would be now.- That's right.
0:13:02 > 0:13:05- Would be now.- Do you know about him serving in the Army or not?
0:13:05 > 0:13:09He used to wear his uniform, so I knew he was in the Army.
0:13:09 > 0:13:13- OK.- But all of a sudden he said, "Well, I've got to go now..."
0:13:13 > 0:13:15OK. Yeah.
0:13:15 > 0:13:18- "..back to where I'm stationed." - Yeah.
0:13:26 > 0:13:28If I can help you, I will.
0:13:30 > 0:13:31But I don't want to ever see him.
0:13:31 > 0:13:33No, no, I understand.
0:13:33 > 0:13:34You know that, don't you?
0:13:35 > 0:13:37Yeah. No, I wouldn't ask that.
0:13:37 > 0:13:38- No, he hurt me.- Yeah.
0:13:40 > 0:13:42As Teresa says,
0:13:42 > 0:13:45he doesn't know anything about Jamie.
0:13:45 > 0:13:47He doesn't know he's got a son.
0:13:47 > 0:13:50Whether that's true or not, I don't know.
0:13:50 > 0:13:52But if it is true that he doesn't know,
0:13:52 > 0:13:56I only hope that doing this with Jamie doesn't upset -
0:13:56 > 0:13:58again, like I was worried about Teresa's family -
0:13:58 > 0:14:01doesn't upset his family, if he's got one.
0:14:01 > 0:14:04I think he wants to meet him to ask him why he wasn't bigger.
0:14:04 > 0:14:08- THEY LAUGH - So he could have been a bit taller!
0:14:09 > 0:14:11Yeah.
0:14:14 > 0:14:17Back in Cardiff, I'm going to meet Brian Maddar
0:14:17 > 0:14:19from an agency called After Adoption.
0:14:19 > 0:14:22He is going to help me find my birth dad,
0:14:22 > 0:14:25as Gemma and the local authority team in the first film
0:14:25 > 0:14:27can only help with looking for birth mums.
0:14:27 > 0:14:30- Hello, mate. - Hi, Jamie.- Good to see you again.
0:14:30 > 0:14:32- Are you all right?- Good to see you. Come on in.- Cheers, thank you.
0:14:34 > 0:14:37Why do you want to make contact with your birth father now?
0:14:37 > 0:14:39Last year, when we did get his full name,
0:14:39 > 0:14:43we got where he was based in the Army and things like this,
0:14:43 > 0:14:44and I was like, wow.
0:14:44 > 0:14:46It really blew me away.
0:14:46 > 0:14:50It's just gave me that little bit of wanting to know everything
0:14:50 > 0:14:53about my past and knowing about me, I suppose.
0:14:53 > 0:14:56Right. Invariably, when we make contact with people,
0:14:56 > 0:14:59it's very successful.
0:14:59 > 0:15:03But on occasions, of course, one, we may not find the person.
0:15:03 > 0:15:05- Yeah.- Two, we may find the person,
0:15:05 > 0:15:08and that person may not be interested in making contact.
0:15:08 > 0:15:11- How would you feel about that? - Erm...
0:15:11 > 0:15:14With Leonard, erm...
0:15:14 > 0:15:17You know, I want to meet him for different reasons.
0:15:17 > 0:15:20I can't go up to him and say, "Thanks for having me."
0:15:20 > 0:15:23It's a different thing.
0:15:23 > 0:15:28- But, you know, it would be nice to know who he is.- Mm-hm.
0:15:29 > 0:15:33I don't know. When I read his name last year in the file,
0:15:33 > 0:15:35and it says he loves football,
0:15:35 > 0:15:39my actually thoughts, and I've never said this out is, I thought,
0:15:39 > 0:15:43"Well, when he meets me, he's going to bloody like athletics!"
0:15:43 > 0:15:45Brian and the After Adoption team
0:15:45 > 0:15:47have their work cut out looking for my dad.
0:15:47 > 0:15:51But they said they'll come back to me soon with a search report.
0:15:51 > 0:15:53Even if we got a name from the files
0:15:53 > 0:15:56or if we got a name from the birth mother,
0:15:56 > 0:15:58we're still not absolutely sure
0:15:58 > 0:16:01that when we make contact with the birth father he...
0:16:01 > 0:16:05One, he's the birth father, or he knows about the birth.
0:16:07 > 0:16:08So, emotionally,
0:16:08 > 0:16:11when they want to make contact with the birth father, I believe
0:16:11 > 0:16:14there is less emotion to that, but more curiosity.
0:16:14 > 0:16:18Wanting to look, to find out what they look like, and so forth.
0:16:18 > 0:16:20But with the birth mother,
0:16:20 > 0:16:23I think there is greater and significantly more emotion there.
0:16:24 > 0:16:26In relation to a birth mother,
0:16:26 > 0:16:31generally, they do not forget that they've given birth to a child.
0:16:31 > 0:16:34With a birth father, of course, on occasions, and in my experience,
0:16:34 > 0:16:37we've made contact in the past with people,
0:16:37 > 0:16:40and they cannot even remember the relationship.
0:16:48 > 0:16:52This weekend I'm going to St Lucia with my boys
0:16:52 > 0:16:55to a place called the BodyHoliday.
0:16:55 > 0:16:59I'm going over there to do a little bit of coaching on the beach
0:16:59 > 0:17:01for the holiday-makers.
0:17:01 > 0:17:03So, I'm not coaching athletes.
0:17:03 > 0:17:07I'm going to be coaching the people who have paid to go over there to
0:17:07 > 0:17:09enjoy their holiday, because it's a sporting venue.
0:17:09 > 0:17:12I don't know if my kids are going to join in with the training or not.
0:17:12 > 0:17:15We'll have to wait and see on that. HE CHUCKLES
0:17:26 > 0:17:30So, I'm in St Lucia in the Caribbean and it's been fairly...
0:17:30 > 0:17:34In my quiet moments, I've been sat on the beach and just pondering
0:17:34 > 0:17:39and thinking my birth father is literally only down the road.
0:17:39 > 0:17:42Only on another island, Jamaica.
0:17:42 > 0:17:44So, I've always loved the Caribbean.
0:17:46 > 0:17:49I've always liked the thought of the Caribbean and Jamaica,
0:17:49 > 0:17:51so it's quite mad to think that I'm half-Jamaican
0:17:51 > 0:17:55and really looking forward to seeing if I can find my father.
0:17:55 > 0:18:00And it would be good for my kids to know who he is.
0:18:00 > 0:18:03And, yeah, it's kind of mad.
0:18:15 > 0:18:17OK, thanks for coming in again, Jamie.
0:18:17 > 0:18:19I need to tell you before I give you the report,
0:18:19 > 0:18:22unfortunately, we couldn't find any connection.
0:18:24 > 0:18:29- Ah, this is...sad, you know? - It's disappointing.
0:18:29 > 0:18:31Yeah. I'm disappointed.
0:18:33 > 0:18:39So, how common is it not to find a father and also, you know,
0:18:39 > 0:18:41possibly false names?
0:18:41 > 0:18:44Unfortunately, when we search for birth fathers,
0:18:44 > 0:18:47it can be very difficult to locate them.
0:18:47 > 0:18:49One, because it may have been a very,
0:18:49 > 0:18:51very brief relationship.
0:18:51 > 0:18:54- Yeah.- Two, the birth mother may have given a false name
0:18:54 > 0:18:56because her relationship was with someone else,
0:18:56 > 0:18:59that she wanted to keep that someone else secret.
0:18:59 > 0:19:01- Yeah.- Yeah? But we do,
0:19:01 > 0:19:06we do at times make contact and we've got to be very, very careful.
0:19:06 > 0:19:09Particularly if the relationship was brief.
0:19:09 > 0:19:13Because the guy may not even remember a particular relationship.
0:19:13 > 0:19:16- And you could cause great upset. - Yeah, yeah, yeah.
0:19:16 > 0:19:19So, we do have some doubts in even making contact
0:19:19 > 0:19:23with birth fathers, if we haven't got a lot of information.
0:19:23 > 0:19:27Another option, if you want to push it further,
0:19:27 > 0:19:28is that, again, in the past,
0:19:28 > 0:19:33people have gone, particularly if they are of mixed heritage,
0:19:33 > 0:19:37they've gone to a particular place where there is a community.
0:19:37 > 0:19:39Say, for example, Nottingham.
0:19:39 > 0:19:42- Yeah?- I'm sure there is a community, a Jamaican community, there.
0:19:42 > 0:19:44- Yeah.- And they'll have community centres.
0:19:44 > 0:19:46We used to have it down in Newtown in Cardiff...
0:19:46 > 0:19:50- Yeah.- ..whereby you'd go in there and sometimes a person,
0:19:50 > 0:19:52one of the old Jamaican people there may say,
0:19:52 > 0:19:55- "You look like so-and-so, Leonard." - Yes.- Or something.
0:19:55 > 0:19:57And maybe you could go in there and ask.
0:19:57 > 0:19:59- Yeah.- Why not? - I'd love to do that.
0:19:59 > 0:20:01I mean, I just want to...
0:20:01 > 0:20:05I just want to know now and I want to hopefully complete this journey.
0:20:05 > 0:20:07Yeah.
0:20:12 > 0:20:15Yeah. HE SIGHS
0:20:17 > 0:20:20Gutted. I'm so, so, so disappointed.
0:20:21 > 0:20:24I was really, really upset in there.
0:20:24 > 0:20:27The fact of... I really want to find my dad
0:20:27 > 0:20:31and for the first time in searching for my mother and my father,
0:20:31 > 0:20:35I've come up against a stumbling block.
0:20:35 > 0:20:36His name doesn't exist.
0:20:36 > 0:20:39Or that name isn't out there.
0:20:39 > 0:20:41And I just feel...I feel a bit cheated, you know?
0:20:41 > 0:20:43I feel cheated about it all,
0:20:43 > 0:20:46because I'm a human being and I just want to find my dad.
0:20:47 > 0:20:50Disappointed. Really disappointed.
0:21:05 > 0:21:08So I've travelled up this morning
0:21:08 > 0:21:12to Nottingham and I'm just about to get to
0:21:12 > 0:21:16my birth mother Teresa's sister's place.
0:21:16 > 0:21:19Mandy. I've never met Mandy before.
0:21:19 > 0:21:26Mandy is Teresa's older sister and still lives in Nottingham,
0:21:26 > 0:21:28so I'm really hoping...
0:21:28 > 0:21:32that she'll have some information...
0:21:32 > 0:21:35about...meeting my dad.
0:21:41 > 0:21:43DOORBELL
0:21:46 > 0:21:48- Hello.- Hello!
0:21:48 > 0:21:50- How are you?- Come on in. - It's good to see you.
0:21:50 > 0:21:52Are you OK?
0:21:52 > 0:21:56What do I do? Do I give you a hug? THEY LAUGH
0:21:56 > 0:21:58- How are you? Are you OK? - I'm all right. Thank you.- Yes.
0:21:58 > 0:22:01- It's lovely to meet you.- That's me. That's your grandma and Uncle Ian.
0:22:01 > 0:22:03That's my grandmother there?
0:22:03 > 0:22:06- That's your grandmother. - So who is this?
0:22:06 > 0:22:09- That's Teresa.- That's Teresa?!
0:22:09 > 0:22:11That doesn't look like her at all.
0:22:11 > 0:22:13They were all living at Mansfield Street.
0:22:13 > 0:22:16- That's right. I've seen that. - In Sherwood.
0:22:16 > 0:22:21Erm...as far as Teresa's having the baby and that.
0:22:21 > 0:22:22I don't really know a lot.
0:22:22 > 0:22:25- Because...- We were having our baby, as well, so...
0:22:25 > 0:22:29Yeah. Because our Jason, he's a year older than you.
0:22:29 > 0:22:30Yeah, yeah, yeah.
0:22:30 > 0:22:33OK. Looking at, is it City Hospital?
0:22:35 > 0:22:37- Yeah.- It's just down there, is it?
0:22:37 > 0:22:39That's just over there. That is.
0:22:39 > 0:22:41- So I was born just over there? - Yeah. Yeah.
0:22:53 > 0:22:55You know, I'm in Nottingham
0:22:55 > 0:22:58and for the first time seeing this is where I was born.
0:23:00 > 0:23:03Well. This is so strange.
0:23:03 > 0:23:05Just to think - is this where I'm from?
0:23:05 > 0:23:07Is this what it is?
0:23:07 > 0:23:11It is emotion there, but I don't know what it is.
0:23:11 > 0:23:13It's that slight, like, this isn't real.
0:23:13 > 0:23:15It doesn't feel right, you know?
0:23:23 > 0:23:26Well, I'm just checking out
0:23:26 > 0:23:31communities of Jamaica in Nottingham,
0:23:31 > 0:23:35so I'm checking out some websites, just to find out if I can
0:23:35 > 0:23:37find out any information,
0:23:37 > 0:23:41because I think the next step for me is to try and find some...
0:23:41 > 0:23:43Go to the Jamaican community.
0:23:43 > 0:23:46Try and find out some information on these websites.
0:23:49 > 0:23:50So...
0:23:51 > 0:23:54You know, just looking here
0:23:54 > 0:23:58on this website, the Nottingham Black Archive.
0:23:58 > 0:24:00It's obviously about us.
0:24:00 > 0:24:03It's run by Tanya.
0:24:03 > 0:24:11So, you know, I wouldn't mind...just giving these guys a call, you know?
0:24:14 > 0:24:16Here we go.
0:24:18 > 0:24:20So where are we looking?
0:24:25 > 0:24:26Hello. Hello.
0:24:26 > 0:24:28- Hello, how are you? Tanya? - Hi! Pleased to meet you.
0:24:28 > 0:24:30Hello, how are you?
0:24:30 > 0:24:32- Pleased to meet you. - I saw you on the website.
0:24:32 > 0:24:34How are you? Recognise the face.
0:24:34 > 0:24:36Hello, everyone. Hi, how are you?
0:24:36 > 0:24:38I'm Jamie.
0:24:38 > 0:24:39I wonder if you know my dad.
0:24:39 > 0:24:41LAUGHTER
0:24:42 > 0:24:44We are a small community.
0:24:44 > 0:24:47Nearly everybody does know everybody.
0:24:47 > 0:24:50I'm just thinking, Castle Boulevard is not far from here.
0:24:50 > 0:24:52It's only about five minutes from here
0:24:52 > 0:24:54and there was a lot of people living down there.
0:24:54 > 0:24:58- Because if you were born in 19... - '73, yeah.
0:24:58 > 0:25:00You look so much like somebody here in Nottingham.
0:25:00 > 0:25:02- Oh, really, do I?- You do.
0:25:02 > 0:25:04Yes, and I can see that chap right now.
0:25:04 > 0:25:07I'm sure there's somebody that could...
0:25:07 > 0:25:08probably know of your family.
0:25:08 > 0:25:12So that's why I'm saying don't go so much by the second name,
0:25:12 > 0:25:15if you're not sure. But if his first name is...
0:25:15 > 0:25:19- Leonard.- Leonard. Probably somebody in that area would still know him.
0:25:19 > 0:25:21That's what I've found, as well, about Nottingham,
0:25:21 > 0:25:23Jamaican people, a lot of them
0:25:23 > 0:25:25tend to originate from Clarendon in Jamaica.
0:25:25 > 0:25:27There's a particular parish in Jamaica.
0:25:27 > 0:25:29You find a lot of Jamaicans in Nottingham
0:25:29 > 0:25:31have a connection to Clarendon.
0:25:31 > 0:25:33I've got a... If he's still alive.
0:25:33 > 0:25:35And he's got family here in Nottingham.
0:25:35 > 0:25:38I don't think, once you start a search,
0:25:38 > 0:25:40it's not going to take too long.
0:25:40 > 0:25:44What would you say the next steps are for me in this situation?
0:25:44 > 0:25:48BBC Radio Nottingham, they have a Caribbean show on a Sunday.
0:25:48 > 0:25:50I think if you're going to do any show
0:25:50 > 0:25:51- you should do the Caribbean show. - Yes.
0:25:51 > 0:25:54Because that would be the one that people listen to.
0:25:54 > 0:25:56Coming here today is just...
0:25:56 > 0:25:59- It's given me a lot of hope, you know?- Yeah.
0:26:01 > 0:26:03- 'Jodi Law.- BBC Radio Nottingham.'
0:26:08 > 0:26:12So, now part two to this story is wanting to track down
0:26:12 > 0:26:14- your birth father.- Yeah. - Why now and why?
0:26:14 > 0:26:15I mean, it's just a progression.
0:26:15 > 0:26:17When you start getting that information,
0:26:17 > 0:26:21then you start learning that people are saying in the local community
0:26:21 > 0:26:24that Clarendon is where all the people from Nottingham,
0:26:24 > 0:26:26all the black people came over and they're there.
0:26:26 > 0:26:28So we're starting to get, you know,
0:26:28 > 0:26:31unleash this jigsaw, which is starting to become clearer.
0:26:31 > 0:26:34I'm just hoping that there's people listening to this programme
0:26:34 > 0:26:37which can go, "62, a guy called Leonard. I remember Teresa.
0:26:37 > 0:26:39"She used to go out with a guy called Leonard."
0:26:39 > 0:26:42You know? It only takes one person to listen to this interview
0:26:42 > 0:26:44which could make a massive change to everything.
0:26:44 > 0:26:47So...what do you think the chances are of me finding my father over in
0:26:47 > 0:26:49Jamaica in that parish?
0:26:49 > 0:26:52- You know?- I think, if you don't find your dad here in Nottingham or
0:26:52 > 0:26:56somebody doesn't recognise who he may be, you'll definitely be able to
0:26:56 > 0:26:59track him down. Clarendon is a tight-knit community.
0:26:59 > 0:27:00My dad's from Clarendon.
0:27:00 > 0:27:02And when you mentioned Castle Boulevard, as well,
0:27:02 > 0:27:05- that's where my family were brought up living.- Yeah.
0:27:05 > 0:27:07So I think you've got every chance of being able to track him down.
0:27:07 > 0:27:10And how old is your dad, if you don't mind me asking?
0:27:10 > 0:27:11My dad is... He's now 54.
0:27:11 > 0:27:13Brothers and sisters older than him, as well.
0:27:13 > 0:27:14- Oh, wow.- I think his...
0:27:14 > 0:27:17The oldest is probably round about 60, actually.
0:27:17 > 0:27:19- Wow.- So I'll definitely ask for you.
0:27:19 > 0:27:20That's crazy.
0:27:25 > 0:27:27After the radio interview,
0:27:27 > 0:27:30it was off to a showing of the first film at the community centre,
0:27:30 > 0:27:34to see if it sparked up any memories amongst local people.
0:27:35 > 0:27:41I wouldn't be here without you. It means so much, so thank you.
0:27:41 > 0:27:43But only a few showed up.
0:27:46 > 0:27:47I was getting despondent.
0:27:54 > 0:27:58Yesterday, it's just that not many people really turned up.
0:27:58 > 0:28:00What was your thoughts on it?
0:28:00 > 0:28:02It...it's kind of expected in one sense,
0:28:02 > 0:28:07because if you know the culture of Nottingham, there's quite a few,
0:28:07 > 0:28:11- a number of people who don't know who their fathers are.- Yeah.
0:28:11 > 0:28:14And it's kind of all hush-hush.
0:28:14 > 0:28:16You know, I grew up with a stepdad
0:28:16 > 0:28:19thinking that he was my dad for years until I became an adult.
0:28:19 > 0:28:23And then it actually came out that he wasn't and then that's when I
0:28:23 > 0:28:26realised, when I started to talk to my peers,
0:28:26 > 0:28:28that a lot of people were in the same situation.
0:28:28 > 0:28:30The same circumstances.
0:28:30 > 0:28:34I know yesterday I said to you that saying -
0:28:34 > 0:28:37"Mummy's baby, Daddy's maybe."
0:28:37 > 0:28:40You know? And that's just the way it is.
0:28:40 > 0:28:42You've got to make your peace with it.
0:28:42 > 0:28:44- Yeah.- Because it's a fact of life.
0:28:44 > 0:28:47- Yeah. Yeah.- It's a quite interesting city,
0:28:47 > 0:28:51because it has one of the highest percentages of Caribbean men
0:28:51 > 0:28:53having relationships with English women,
0:28:53 > 0:28:56so there's lots of mixed race people in this city.
0:28:56 > 0:28:58- Wow.- So, you're not alone.
0:28:58 > 0:29:00No. Just one of many.
0:29:00 > 0:29:02- Yeah.- I'm just another one.
0:29:02 > 0:29:04You know what I mean? Where's the father?
0:29:06 > 0:29:07- Don't know!- Yeah, don't know.
0:29:07 > 0:29:10- Who is he? Don't know. - Dad, are you out there?
0:29:10 > 0:29:13Are you out there? Yeah, no, it's difficult, isn't it?
0:29:13 > 0:29:16You've got to get, people have got to get over these issues
0:29:16 > 0:29:18in their own way, and you wrote a poem on it?
0:29:18 > 0:29:22Yeah. I wrote a poem. And it's called Me.
0:29:22 > 0:29:23Me.
0:29:23 > 0:29:25A child from passionate nights
0:29:25 > 0:29:28When shebeen smells mingle with firewater
0:29:28 > 0:29:30I'm the child that came
0:29:30 > 0:29:32And you
0:29:32 > 0:29:34Fathering children
0:29:34 > 0:29:37Wearing silk shirts with crease-free slacks
0:29:37 > 0:29:40Strutting around the city like a lord
0:29:40 > 0:29:43With me photo-fitting your face to snippets of snatched
0:29:43 > 0:29:46afterthoughts and whispers from loose tongue
0:29:48 > 0:29:49And I've never said that
0:29:50 > 0:29:54And they say it's got nothing to do with me
0:29:54 > 0:29:55They say
0:29:55 > 0:29:57It's big people tings.
0:30:03 > 0:30:06It was obvious we were going to have to hit the streets.
0:30:06 > 0:30:09So, accompanied by Panya and Aoni,
0:30:09 > 0:30:11I went around established shops in the black neighbourhood,
0:30:11 > 0:30:15to try to get some information and put the word out.
0:30:15 > 0:30:18That's all the information I've got and I don't know if it's the correct
0:30:18 > 0:30:20name or not but, you know.
0:30:20 > 0:30:23But he would have gone by the name Lenny, though, wouldn't he?
0:30:23 > 0:30:25Yeah. They'd call him Lenny.
0:30:25 > 0:30:29The guys of my age group, I can always ask them and so on.
0:30:29 > 0:30:31Yeah. Yeah.
0:30:33 > 0:30:36We always played football together after school, after work,
0:30:36 > 0:30:38rallying everyone.
0:30:38 > 0:30:41- Yes.- Used to meet at Lenton Park and we all used to play football.
0:30:41 > 0:30:44I do know that, if he was in Castle Boulevard,
0:30:44 > 0:30:46he's somebody that I definitely know.
0:30:49 > 0:30:50We have been around a long time.
0:30:50 > 0:30:53- Yeah, yeah.- And there's a lot of the older generation...
0:30:53 > 0:30:56- OK.- ..I can actually put the word to.
0:30:56 > 0:30:59- Oh, wicked. Nice.- So that would be the best thing, really.
0:30:59 > 0:31:01- OK.- But you'll stand a good chance.
0:31:01 > 0:31:03- OK.- I would imagine.
0:31:03 > 0:31:07- I've heard that name round the family.- Yeah, yeah, yeah.
0:31:07 > 0:31:10We're the Mackenzie family so we know a lot of people.
0:31:10 > 0:31:11We're nice people, so...
0:31:11 > 0:31:13- OK.- My dad is Father Demas.
0:31:13 > 0:31:16If I give you his number, basically you can phone him.
0:31:16 > 0:31:19- Yeah.- Have a word on the dinger.
0:31:19 > 0:31:21I don't know how old your dad is.
0:31:21 > 0:31:23- He's 62.- 62. He's around on my dad's age.
0:31:23 > 0:31:26My dad's 57, so that's probably...
0:31:26 > 0:31:28He looked up to your dad when he came from Jamaica.
0:31:28 > 0:31:30Here what you do. You take my dad's number.
0:31:30 > 0:31:34- OK, yeah.- And hopefully you can find your dad, innit.
0:31:34 > 0:31:36That'd be wicked, innit.
0:31:37 > 0:31:40Do you want to ring him off my phone?
0:31:40 > 0:31:43No, I've got no credit so you've got to ring him off your phone, mate.
0:31:43 > 0:31:46- LAUGHTER - You've got to.
0:31:46 > 0:31:48- What's your dad's name? - Derek Mackenzie.
0:31:48 > 0:31:51Father Demas. Just say Father Demas.
0:31:51 > 0:31:52RINGING TONE
0:31:52 > 0:31:56- Do you want to speak to him?- No, you speak to him, say my name's Wayne,
0:31:56 > 0:31:58you've met me and I'm his son.
0:31:58 > 0:31:59- 'Hello?'- Hello, is that Father Demas?
0:31:59 > 0:32:01'Yes, it is.'
0:32:01 > 0:32:04I'm with Wayne in the barber shop and he said to give you a ring.
0:32:04 > 0:32:08I was adopted, so I've never met my father yet and I know he's from
0:32:08 > 0:32:11Nottingham, so I'm trying to search for him,
0:32:11 > 0:32:14and apparently, you're the man to try and chat to.
0:32:15 > 0:32:17'Suddenly, everyone seemed to want me
0:32:17 > 0:32:20'to ring their father to see if they knew my father.'
0:32:22 > 0:32:23Hello?
0:32:23 > 0:32:26'A lot of people, I found out, don't know their fathers.
0:32:26 > 0:32:30'You know, people who haven't been adopted don't know their fathers.'
0:32:30 > 0:32:34So this is not a Jamie Baulch case, this is a Nottingham case,
0:32:34 > 0:32:36this is a black history case, you know.
0:32:36 > 0:32:37There's so many people out there,
0:32:37 > 0:32:39who don't know who their fathers are,
0:32:39 > 0:32:42and there's so many people out there, who,
0:32:42 > 0:32:44their father may be in the next street
0:32:44 > 0:32:46and they don't know who they are.
0:32:52 > 0:32:55I'm still in hope, I am still in hope and hopefully over the next
0:32:55 > 0:32:59couple of weeks, somebody may come through woodwork and say, you know,
0:32:59 > 0:33:00we know who your father is, you know.
0:33:00 > 0:33:03- I'm not going to give up yet.- Yeah. - Don't give up.
0:33:03 > 0:33:05No, no. But thanks.
0:33:06 > 0:33:08Give us a hug!
0:33:08 > 0:33:09Cheers, guys, cheers.
0:33:09 > 0:33:11Thanks a lot and all the best.
0:33:11 > 0:33:13- Take care.- Bye. Bye-bye.
0:33:22 > 0:33:27So I've just been called in to the TV production office and...
0:33:27 > 0:33:29basically, in short,
0:33:29 > 0:33:32I got a call last night saying that there's been a breakthrough.
0:33:32 > 0:33:34Claudette, who I met last week,
0:33:34 > 0:33:36has phoned the production team and said,
0:33:36 > 0:33:39"We've got some information and it's a breakthrough
0:33:39 > 0:33:43"and we want Jamie to speak to this person."
0:33:43 > 0:33:44And I'm going,
0:33:44 > 0:33:49you know, "Who is this person who's going to ring up?
0:33:49 > 0:33:51"What are they going to say to me? Is it my father?
0:33:51 > 0:33:53I"s it somebody who knows my father?"
0:33:57 > 0:34:01It's funny, you go on these...
0:34:01 > 0:34:05this trip in search of... but nobody can prepare you,
0:34:05 > 0:34:07nobody can prepare that.
0:34:11 > 0:34:12PHONE RINGS
0:34:12 > 0:34:14Oh, my God, oh, my God.
0:34:17 > 0:34:19Hello?
0:34:21 > 0:34:24Yeah, hi, it's Jamie speaking, how are you?
0:34:26 > 0:34:30Yeah, I'm all good, I'm all good. Who am I speaking with?
0:34:31 > 0:34:35Hello, Levi. How are you, you OK?
0:34:35 > 0:34:36'I'm not too bad thanks, yourself?'
0:34:36 > 0:34:38Yeah, good, good.
0:34:38 > 0:34:43OK, so do you know why we're in touch with each other?
0:34:48 > 0:34:49OK.
0:34:52 > 0:34:56Yeah. OK. Well, basically, I'm searching for my father.
0:35:00 > 0:35:05Yeah, that's cool and what's the relation to Leonard and you, then?
0:35:05 > 0:35:07What's that?
0:35:08 > 0:35:10Oh!
0:35:10 > 0:35:11OK.
0:35:11 > 0:35:14And how old is Leonard?
0:35:14 > 0:35:15About 62?
0:35:21 > 0:35:22Yeah. Roughly.
0:35:23 > 0:35:25Yeah, yeah.
0:35:27 > 0:35:29Oh, wow. OK.
0:35:29 > 0:35:32Is Leonard in the UK?
0:35:36 > 0:35:38Oh, wow.
0:35:38 > 0:35:39OK.
0:35:41 > 0:35:44Yeah. Wicked, well, that's it...
0:35:47 > 0:35:48Yeah.
0:35:54 > 0:35:57Yeah. Yeah.
0:36:03 > 0:36:06Yeah, it said he was stationed in Germany in my notes.
0:36:16 > 0:36:20That's nice. I'm feeling good about this one, you know?
0:36:20 > 0:36:21All right, OK.
0:36:21 > 0:36:23Well, thank you for being in touch.
0:36:23 > 0:36:26'Yeah, have a nice day and then we'll be in touch.'
0:36:26 > 0:36:28All right, then. Cheers, Levi.
0:36:28 > 0:36:29Take care. Bye. Bye-bye, bye-bye.
0:36:29 > 0:36:31'Bye.'
0:36:32 > 0:36:34Oh.
0:36:34 > 0:36:36Ah!
0:36:40 > 0:36:42Oh, what do you say to that, man?
0:36:57 > 0:37:00What do you say to that?
0:37:03 > 0:37:05Bloody hell.
0:37:05 > 0:37:07Just gets better and better, don't it?
0:37:07 > 0:37:11That's cool. I'm going to meet my father, man.
0:37:11 > 0:37:14It's going to happen.
0:37:14 > 0:37:17MUSIC: Could You Be Loved by Bob Marley
0:37:30 > 0:37:32MUSIC: Is This Love? by Bob Marley
0:37:39 > 0:37:42When I listen to reggae now,
0:37:42 > 0:37:47I never grew up with this in my house until I was 17
0:37:47 > 0:37:51and it was a serious culture shock, you know?
0:37:51 > 0:37:55Like, there was a whole side of me which was totally missing.
0:37:57 > 0:38:01For me, when I was 17 and I'm racing Darren Campbell
0:38:01 > 0:38:07and I'm racing the ever great sprinters in this country,
0:38:07 > 0:38:10I got very respected very quickly,
0:38:10 > 0:38:15and because I'm so Welsh and my accent is so Welsh,
0:38:15 > 0:38:20the black guys and the black girls used to like me even more
0:38:20 > 0:38:23because of my accent and I had the blond dreadlocks
0:38:23 > 0:38:25and people thought, "Who is this guy?!
0:38:25 > 0:38:27"Who's this guy here now with the blond dreadlocks
0:38:27 > 0:38:30"thinking he's Bob Marley, you know?"
0:38:30 > 0:38:31Well, he was trying too hard!
0:38:31 > 0:38:32HE LAUGHS
0:38:34 > 0:38:37You know, it's... Listen, it's...
0:38:37 > 0:38:40You can't try and BE Jamaican.
0:38:40 > 0:38:41You're Jamaican.
0:38:44 > 0:38:46Jamaica, I guess, was cool
0:38:46 > 0:38:50and Jamaica was what he was trying to be and the dreadlocks
0:38:50 > 0:38:52didn't fit in with the way that he dressed.
0:38:52 > 0:38:55Yeah, he had this individual character.
0:38:55 > 0:38:58It was good to see somebody who wasn't trying
0:38:58 > 0:39:01to be like everybody else, who was slightly different.
0:39:08 > 0:39:12And, you know, Linford being our coach for so long,
0:39:12 > 0:39:16at times, I viewed Linford as a father figure
0:39:16 > 0:39:19and in the case of Linford Christie and Colin Jackson,
0:39:19 > 0:39:21they were successful
0:39:21 > 0:39:24in the sport that we wanted to be successful in
0:39:24 > 0:39:27so, you know, they do become very important in your life.
0:39:32 > 0:39:35And amazingly, while I had my heroes,
0:39:35 > 0:39:39I was a role model for some of the next generation of athletic stars.
0:39:40 > 0:39:43As a youngster, you know, you have a role model and, you know,
0:39:43 > 0:39:44- it's what you see on TV.- Yeah.
0:39:44 > 0:39:46I remember watching you competing for GB...
0:39:46 > 0:39:49- Yeah.- ..and watching on TV and that's what I saw,
0:39:49 > 0:39:52like you had dreadlocks and you had like bleached hair and dreadlocks.
0:39:52 > 0:39:54And I was like, "Oh, man, that looks so cool."
0:39:54 > 0:39:57I actually copied you and did exactly the same thing,
0:39:57 > 0:39:59so it was just so cool to have something different
0:39:59 > 0:40:02and everyone is always, like, shaved hair, different,
0:40:02 > 0:40:04and you were different then.
0:40:04 > 0:40:07- I was definitely different. - I just want to be like Jamie.
0:40:07 > 0:40:11- I did the dreadlocks and stuff. - That's wicked, man. That's wicked.
0:40:16 > 0:40:21Well, we're back on the motorway driving up to Nottingham
0:40:21 > 0:40:27to see a man called Levi, which is
0:40:27 > 0:40:29possibly my dad's brother
0:40:29 > 0:40:33and today could be the day I meet my father.
0:40:33 > 0:40:37This could... You know, it's one of the biggest days of your life.
0:40:43 > 0:40:47You know, I was rabbiting in the car and I just feel like
0:40:47 > 0:40:48race day again, you know.
0:40:48 > 0:40:52It's really... It's just really difficult to compute and take in.
0:40:55 > 0:40:57Here we go again.
0:41:06 > 0:41:08- Jamie?- Levi.
0:41:10 > 0:41:16You know what? I saw you in the car park and I was thinking,
0:41:16 > 0:41:19"It is, it isn't, it is." How are you, man?
0:41:19 > 0:41:22- Are you good?- I'm good.- Nice to meet you. Nice to meet you, man.
0:41:22 > 0:41:24Oh, my gosh.
0:41:28 > 0:41:31Mixed race, won a World Championships,
0:41:31 > 0:41:32got an Olympic silver medal.
0:41:32 > 0:41:35It's not from Teresa, my mother, where I got the speed from,
0:41:35 > 0:41:38it's obviously from Leonard, know what I mean?
0:41:38 > 0:41:40And apparently he was quick.
0:41:40 > 0:41:44My mum said he was quick as a kid, he was pretty fast.
0:41:44 > 0:41:46So, you know,
0:41:46 > 0:41:49to me, it is more so...
0:41:49 > 0:41:51almost to find out my roots, you know?
0:41:51 > 0:41:53Do you know what I mean?
0:41:53 > 0:41:56- Yeah.- You know him. Would he be...?
0:41:56 > 0:41:59I know this is a bit of a bombshell for him.
0:41:59 > 0:42:02I know!
0:42:02 > 0:42:04How do you think he'll react? Because you know him.
0:42:04 > 0:42:06Will he be cool?
0:42:06 > 0:42:09All I can promise you is, yeah, I'll be very diplomatic.
0:42:09 > 0:42:11OK, OK.
0:42:11 > 0:42:16Would you be willing to meet him without cameras and all that,
0:42:16 > 0:42:19- one to one? - Yeah, yeah, yeah, of course.
0:42:19 > 0:42:24- It's OK for me. - You're one step away.
0:42:24 > 0:42:26- You're my uncle!- Yeah?
0:42:26 > 0:42:28You're my uncle!
0:42:28 > 0:42:30That's the case, yeah.
0:42:30 > 0:42:32Do you know what I mean? How weird's that?
0:42:32 > 0:42:35So is the first time you're meeting your uncle, maybe.
0:42:35 > 0:42:40Yeah. So your brother is Leonard.
0:42:40 > 0:42:42Was in the Army.
0:42:42 > 0:42:43Was he in Germany at any point?
0:42:43 > 0:42:47- Yeah, that's where he was based. - Is he about five foot seven?
0:42:47 > 0:42:49- Yeah.- Well, that's all there.
0:42:49 > 0:42:52That's what the curiosity is about.
0:42:52 > 0:42:53Yeah. You know.
0:42:53 > 0:42:56And you were based in Castle Boulevard.
0:42:56 > 0:43:00- Yeah.- And your brother used to come down and stay with you there.
0:43:00 > 0:43:02- Yeah.- Did he ever...?
0:43:02 > 0:43:05- That's the similarity.- Yeah, well,
0:43:05 > 0:43:08the likelihood of it not being your brother
0:43:08 > 0:43:10is highly unlikely, isn't it?
0:43:13 > 0:43:19- We'll do this, yeah?- Yeah, I appreciate it.- We'll do this.
0:43:19 > 0:43:21- Thanks, man.- Yeah, yeah.
0:43:23 > 0:43:26Cheers, man. We'll be in touch.
0:43:28 > 0:43:29Speak in a couple of days.
0:43:29 > 0:43:32Yeah, OK, cool. I'll look forward to your phone call.
0:43:32 > 0:43:35Cheers. You take care, Levi. Nice to meet you.
0:43:41 > 0:43:43Oh, what?
0:43:43 > 0:43:45This is just...surreal,
0:43:45 > 0:43:51meeting, potentially, my uncle, and...nice bloke,
0:43:51 > 0:43:54nice bloke, good conversation.
0:43:54 > 0:43:56He's going to ring me now in a couple of days' time.
0:43:56 > 0:44:00He's going to speak to my father.
0:44:00 > 0:44:03That's a difficult conversation for him to have,
0:44:03 > 0:44:06but I'm hoping that I really get to see him.
0:44:09 > 0:44:13This has definitely got to be the same guy who Teresa spoke about,
0:44:13 > 0:44:15my mother spoke about.
0:44:15 > 0:44:17I feel a lot better now.
0:44:17 > 0:44:21But I'm still, like, you know, thinking I want to meet him
0:44:21 > 0:44:24and I don't know what's going to come of this now. I don't know what
0:44:24 > 0:44:26the next phase is because he may not want to see me, you know?
0:44:26 > 0:44:28And I'm going to have to wait and see.
0:44:42 > 0:44:46So, I'm coming back to Nottingham.
0:44:46 > 0:44:51Me and Levi have been speaking quite a few times on the phone and he's
0:44:51 > 0:44:54spoken to his brother, my potential dad, my biological father,
0:44:54 > 0:44:59and it's a lot of confusion because my biological father...
0:45:01 > 0:45:03..Leonard, is saying that he was too young.
0:45:04 > 0:45:06My father's name is quite unique,
0:45:06 > 0:45:09it's quite different to any other name I've heard,
0:45:09 > 0:45:12and, you know, looking on file, in this country,
0:45:12 > 0:45:15there only seems to be one of them, so it's got to be...
0:45:15 > 0:45:19You know, I don't get it, I'm very lost by it and quite confused.
0:45:21 > 0:45:26So I'm coming today to have a DNA test with Levi.
0:45:26 > 0:45:28We're going to find out...
0:45:29 > 0:45:31..if I'm part of the family.
0:45:33 > 0:45:36This is it. This is the moment!
0:45:36 > 0:45:42I know! This will tell us if I'm related to your family.
0:45:42 > 0:45:45Yeah. I'm glad I'm here for you, anyway.
0:45:45 > 0:45:48So we'll find out exactly what's going on for both sides,
0:45:48 > 0:45:50- both parties. - No, I really appreciate that.
0:45:50 > 0:45:52So, let's have a look here now.
0:45:52 > 0:45:56- This is it.- So, father, that's you.
0:46:01 > 0:46:05- So what is it? OK. Basically... - My brother is very lucky!
0:46:05 > 0:46:07I'm doing a lot for my brother, I'm saving him.
0:46:07 > 0:46:11You are! You are saving him!
0:46:11 > 0:46:13So let's have a look here.
0:46:13 > 0:46:15Two of these swabs.
0:46:15 > 0:46:17So I've got a little idea.
0:46:17 > 0:46:20They've both got to face downwards,
0:46:20 > 0:46:22when you put them into the envelope.
0:46:22 > 0:46:25Right, OK. I'm ready to start now.
0:46:29 > 0:46:31OK, so I've done the one. Then you've got to...
0:46:31 > 0:46:33You have actually got to...
0:46:34 > 0:46:37- Swab two.- Swab two.
0:46:37 > 0:46:39And then that one.
0:46:39 > 0:46:42- I did that with the first one. - I didn't do that.
0:46:42 > 0:46:44There we go. And then face down.
0:46:44 > 0:46:47- OK.- And seal it up.
0:46:47 > 0:46:49That looks like it.
0:46:49 > 0:46:50That's it.
0:46:51 > 0:46:52You know what? This is
0:46:52 > 0:46:55- the sort of thing you see in the Jeremy Kyle Show!- Exactly, I know!
0:46:55 > 0:46:57I'm glad I'm not on the Jeremy Kyle Show, though!
0:46:57 > 0:47:01I know what you mean! That's coming next!
0:47:01 > 0:47:03Listen to this man!
0:47:03 > 0:47:04So, OK, cool.
0:47:04 > 0:47:08Basically, names and addresses on them and then we're done.
0:47:08 > 0:47:11- Swabs done.- Thanks, man.
0:47:11 > 0:47:12Bro.
0:47:12 > 0:47:15- No problem.- I really appreciate it.
0:47:15 > 0:47:18- Everything's all good.- Cheers, man, I really appreciate that.- OK.
0:47:27 > 0:47:29I'll be giving you a call...
0:47:29 > 0:47:31- I'm listening to the call. - ..when we know the results.
0:47:31 > 0:47:33I'm listening to you.
0:47:33 > 0:47:36I'll let you know. It will be about a week's time, I reckon.
0:47:36 > 0:47:39So, if anything, I'll be taking you to Leonard.
0:47:39 > 0:47:41Yeah. Yeah!
0:47:41 > 0:47:43Bringing the family together.
0:47:43 > 0:47:45I can hear that. Cheers.
0:47:45 > 0:47:47Nice meeting you all.
0:47:48 > 0:47:52Cheers, maybe Dad!
0:47:52 > 0:47:54- Cheers!- OK, mate. Take it easy, all right?
0:47:54 > 0:47:55- See you later.- Bye.
0:47:57 > 0:47:59He's such a nice guy, you know.
0:47:59 > 0:48:01He didn't need to do this
0:48:01 > 0:48:04and he knows he didn't need to do it but he's helping me out.
0:48:04 > 0:48:09And it means a lot because we're going to know...
0:48:09 > 0:48:10In a week's time, I'll know the results,
0:48:10 > 0:48:12if I'm part of that family or not.
0:48:12 > 0:48:14If I am, we go one step further,
0:48:14 > 0:48:17if I'm not, I don't know where it leads me.
0:48:17 > 0:48:20But, yeah, great.
0:48:43 > 0:48:45Well, we're at my parents' house
0:48:45 > 0:48:49and we've got the results back today.
0:48:49 > 0:48:51I don't want to open it! I don't want to open it.
0:48:51 > 0:48:54OK. Here we go.
0:49:07 > 0:49:09HE SIGHS
0:49:13 > 0:49:15Well. It looks like...
0:49:15 > 0:49:16Let's have a look.
0:49:18 > 0:49:20It looks like...
0:49:20 > 0:49:22nothing to do with me.
0:49:22 > 0:49:24I'm gutted.
0:49:37 > 0:49:38HE SIGHS
0:49:38 > 0:49:41I'm really... I'm angry, that's what it is.
0:49:50 > 0:49:54You know, the reason I'm upset, I'm angry,
0:49:54 > 0:49:59is the fact of it stops now, where do I go, you know?
0:49:59 > 0:50:02And we've got this far where, you know,
0:50:02 > 0:50:06you get told this is your father, this is the name, this is that
0:50:06 > 0:50:08and then suddenly it's nothing. It's just a mismatch.
0:50:08 > 0:50:10You just say...
0:50:10 > 0:50:11You know?
0:50:15 > 0:50:17Well, there we have it.
0:50:22 > 0:50:25Based on the DNA analysis, individual one,
0:50:25 > 0:50:27James Stephen Baulch,
0:50:27 > 0:50:29and individual two, Levi,
0:50:29 > 0:50:31belonging to two distinct lineages
0:50:31 > 0:50:36which supports a hypothesis that both individuals do not share
0:50:36 > 0:50:40the common paternal ancestor.
0:50:40 > 0:50:42No links at all.
0:50:42 > 0:50:45I don't get it. You know, is that information 43 years ago wrong?
0:50:45 > 0:50:47Well, it is.
0:50:47 > 0:50:53And I'll tell you why I'm upset and I feel slightly angry
0:50:53 > 0:50:54is because
0:50:54 > 0:50:57I'm a human being, do you know what I mean?
0:51:01 > 0:51:02I just want...
0:51:04 > 0:51:07I'm going to get the words out. I want to know who I am.
0:51:24 > 0:51:26RINGING TONE
0:51:29 > 0:51:30'Hi.'
0:51:30 > 0:51:32Hey, Levi, it's Jamie.
0:51:32 > 0:51:34'All right, mate? How's the whole thing?'
0:51:34 > 0:51:39I'm all good, I'm all good. I'm just ringing cos I've got the results.
0:51:39 > 0:51:43- 'Oh, how did it come back?' - No, we're not related, man.
0:51:43 > 0:51:45'OK, man, I had a feeling about that, man.'
0:51:45 > 0:51:49Yeah, I'm gutted because I just feel like, you know,
0:51:49 > 0:51:54I had all this information and it's just gone nowhere, you know?
0:51:54 > 0:51:56'Yeah, I'm ever so sorry about that.'
0:51:56 > 0:51:59I do really appreciate what you've done because you didn't have to...
0:51:59 > 0:52:02'It's OK, man. It's no problem, mate. It's all good, yeah?'
0:52:02 > 0:52:05- Cheers, Levi. You take care.- 'I hope you're successful the next...
0:52:05 > 0:52:07'time you go to find your dad, yeah?'
0:52:07 > 0:52:09Yeah, yeah, thank you. No, I really appreciate it.
0:52:09 > 0:52:12- 'All right, mate.'- Cheers, man. - 'Bye.'- Bye-bye.
0:52:20 > 0:52:26On record, 43 years ago, it said in ink who my father was.
0:52:26 > 0:52:30You know, Teresa would have given them that information.
0:52:30 > 0:52:33My biological birth mother would have given them that information
0:52:33 > 0:52:37and it's wrong. Was he always giving Teresa a false name?
0:52:40 > 0:52:43I don't know. I don't know if I'll ever find him and...
0:52:44 > 0:52:47..that hurts. That really hurts.
0:53:03 > 0:53:05'I spoke to Teresa about the swab DNA results
0:53:05 > 0:53:08'and she was as surprised and as shocked as I was
0:53:08 > 0:53:11'and couldn't give me any more information
0:53:11 > 0:53:12'about my biological dad.
0:53:13 > 0:53:16'So maybe I'll never actually meet him.'
0:53:27 > 0:53:31We're in Eastbourne today to meet up with a scientist who has basically
0:53:31 > 0:53:33tested hundreds of athletes,
0:53:33 > 0:53:37including some of the Jamaican athletes, about the sprint gene.
0:53:37 > 0:53:41So, for me, knowing I'm Jamaican or half Jamaican,
0:53:41 > 0:53:44I want to know how much do I owe to my father.
0:53:44 > 0:53:46Is it nature/nurture?
0:53:46 > 0:53:50Is it because my father has given me that extra power?
0:53:50 > 0:53:52Is it through grit and determination?
0:53:52 > 0:53:54Is it a culmination of everything?
0:53:54 > 0:53:56So today we'll find out.
0:53:58 > 0:54:00The sprint gene is a genetic variation
0:54:00 > 0:54:02linked to faster muscle twitch,
0:54:02 > 0:54:04helping explosive movement.
0:54:07 > 0:54:10- Come and join me.- Cheers, thank you.
0:54:10 > 0:54:12OK, so, this is our laboratory.
0:54:12 > 0:54:14This is where all the work happens
0:54:14 > 0:54:18and what you see around here is various laboratory equipment,
0:54:18 > 0:54:22but the most important bit is what you see on the left-hand side.
0:54:22 > 0:54:24- Wow.- These are four -80 freezers,
0:54:24 > 0:54:28- so much colder than your freezer at home.- Yeah.
0:54:28 > 0:54:30But that's not what's special about these freezers.
0:54:30 > 0:54:34What's special about these freezers is some of the great athletes that
0:54:34 > 0:54:36you competed against are in there.
0:54:36 > 0:54:40- Oh, really?- Not literally, OK, but their DNA is in there.
0:54:40 > 0:54:42- OK?- Some of the Jamaicans? - Some of the Jamaicans.
0:54:42 > 0:54:45- Actually, a lot of the Jamaicans, OK?- OK.
0:54:45 > 0:54:48- So let's see if we can find some. - Yeah, yeah.
0:54:48 > 0:54:49OK, so...
0:54:54 > 0:54:56- ..Jamaican sprinters.- Wow.
0:54:56 > 0:54:58Somehow you may have been, some who may have beaten you.
0:54:58 > 0:55:01Yeah, I think they might have beaten me
0:55:01 > 0:55:04a few more times than I've beaten them, to be honest.
0:55:09 > 0:55:16The sprint gene is influenced by both the mother and the father.
0:55:16 > 0:55:19OK? So the wrong version is an X.
0:55:19 > 0:55:23- Yeah.- The right version is an R.
0:55:23 > 0:55:26- OK.- So what you want is for the perfect scenario
0:55:26 > 0:55:29to really say, "I have the sprint gene,"
0:55:29 > 0:55:32is to have the R from the mother
0:55:32 > 0:55:35and the R from the father.
0:55:35 > 0:55:40Let me show you the results. You are indeed R-R.
0:55:40 > 0:55:44- Come on! - So you have the sprint gene.
0:55:44 > 0:55:46So I got it from my mum, as well?
0:55:46 > 0:55:47That's my point.
0:55:47 > 0:55:50I'm loving that. I don't know why I'm boxing.
0:55:50 > 0:55:52I don't know why you're boxing.
0:55:52 > 0:55:58So the point is that both your mum and your dad influenced this
0:55:58 > 0:56:01- and that's your result. - That's brilliant. That is so good.
0:56:01 > 0:56:02That is so cool.
0:56:02 > 0:56:04In the freezer you saw before,
0:56:04 > 0:56:07we have hundreds of the world's greatest sprinters
0:56:07 > 0:56:11- and not one of them had the wrong version.- Oh, OK.
0:56:11 > 0:56:12So they all have the same.
0:56:12 > 0:56:16However, the vast majority in Jamaica,
0:56:16 > 0:56:1898%,
0:56:18 > 0:56:20have the right version,
0:56:20 > 0:56:22they have an R,
0:56:22 > 0:56:24but so do 80% of Europeans.
0:56:26 > 0:56:28- OK.- Which tells you what?
0:56:28 > 0:56:32That the gene in itself can't be the predictor for
0:56:32 > 0:56:35whether you make it as a sprinter or you're going to be a great sprinter.
0:56:35 > 0:56:37It's NOT having it.
0:56:37 > 0:56:40It's funny because you presume with me being mixed race
0:56:40 > 0:56:46that it's obviously going to be the black part of me but, you know,
0:56:46 > 0:56:47it is quite interesting to say,
0:56:47 > 0:56:50"No, it's all of you which makes you fast."
0:56:59 > 0:57:01I haven't done this for, like, 20 years.
0:57:04 > 0:57:07I'm back at Cwmbran Stadium. This is just like...
0:57:07 > 0:57:09I haven't been here for a long time
0:57:09 > 0:57:11and this is where it all started for me, really.
0:57:11 > 0:57:15You know when you get older, you can't believe that you used to do this, do you know what I mean?
0:57:15 > 0:57:18I remember winning a competition in 1980.
0:57:18 > 0:57:21It was my first. It was called the Mini Olympics
0:57:21 > 0:57:23and I think I beat people who were a year older than me.
0:57:23 > 0:57:26Oh, you know what? I don't even really want to try.
0:57:26 > 0:57:27I'll hurt myself.
0:57:28 > 0:57:30We found out that my biological mother
0:57:30 > 0:57:34and my biological father have both given me the genes,
0:57:34 > 0:57:35which is amazing.
0:57:35 > 0:57:40So they gave me that start off in life but was it because of them?
0:57:40 > 0:57:41Was it because of my father?
0:57:41 > 0:57:46Well, no, you know? I feel it's because where I have been raised.
0:57:46 > 0:57:48My adoptive parents, Marilyn and Alan,
0:57:48 > 0:57:52brought me here, training with the right people.
0:57:52 > 0:57:55Colin Jackson, you know, Linford Christie,
0:57:55 > 0:57:57Darren Campbell all on this track
0:57:57 > 0:58:01and it's that which I believe has got me to where I am today.
0:58:01 > 0:58:05And it's crazy that it's gone full circle for me.
0:58:05 > 0:58:08It's gone full circle where you search, you search, you search
0:58:08 > 0:58:10and you find that you had the answer in the first place
0:58:10 > 0:58:12and it's because of this.
0:58:12 > 0:58:15On your marks...
0:58:18 > 0:58:19..get set.
0:58:20 > 0:58:23Go, go, go, go! Good job.
0:58:24 > 0:58:26Makes me want to do it.
0:58:26 > 0:58:29Now I'm here, right here, right now, yes,
0:58:29 > 0:58:31it's disappointing that I haven't found out who my father is, but
0:58:31 > 0:58:33you know what? I've got my father.
0:58:33 > 0:58:35His name's Alan Baulch.
0:58:36 > 0:58:38Yeah, that's who my father is.
0:58:40 > 0:58:43MUSIC: We by Neil Diamond