an illegitimate child, which back then could have resulted in her losing her job. Years of separation Because of Alice's situation, Elizabeth did not live with her for a number of years. An aunt took care of Elizabeth until she was about three or four years old when her mother moved to Berkhamsted where she worked for Captain Hallam. A woman in Berkhamsted then took care of Elizabeth. Alice would visit Elizabeth every week on her half-day off, but one week she was unable to visit at her usual time because of a dinner party at the Hallam's estate. When she did arrive unexpectedly, Alice found Elizabeth dressed in rags. Alice had made many dresses for Elizabeth to wear. She immediately took Elizabeth to the Hallam's estate and they lived in the servants quarters, which occurred during World War II. Both Alice and Elizabeth moved to London where Alice earned £2 a week with room and board. When Elizabeth was 15 her mother got married. It was at about this time that Alice told Elizabeth that she had a twin sister. She saw Ann's adoption papers but they were lost in 1980 when Alice died. At the time, Elizabeth wished that she had asked her mother more questions because her cousins told her two conflicting stories about the reason for the adoption. One story was that when her father found out she was pregnant, he completely rejected her. The other story was that he wanted the twins but by the time his message got to Alice, it was too late. Both Elizabeth and Ann married in their mid-20s. After Ann left school, she worked as a printer until she was 25 when she married Jim Hunt, whom she had met at school. They lived in Aldershot and had three daughters. After Elizabeth left school, she worked in a sweet shop, but wanted to join the Navy. She went to night school and was later able to join the Women's Royal Naval Service in Portsmouth. She was then stationed in Malta where she met Jim Hammel, an American, on a blind date. Elizabeth married Jim when she was 28. They moved to Oregon, had two sons, and were married for 48 years until Jim died in 2012. Reunion After the initial call, the sisters got to know each other using Skype. Finally, on 1 May 2014, over a year after the