Sarah Hannah Pool was adopted as an infant from an orphanage in Kenya and grew up in London . `` My head went into a spin , I did n't know what to do or how I was supposed to respond to this -- was I supposed to get on a plane and go to Eritrea , was I supposed to go back to all the people who I told my story to and tell them 'actually that story is not right , this story is right ' and the whole sense of the story of me was just pulled from beneath me like a rug . '' At 16 , she found out that her father was alive and well in Eritrea . Years later , Pool embarked on a journey to trace her unknown family .
Sarah Hannah Pool was adopted as an infant from an orphanage in Kenya and grew up in London . At 16 , she found out that her father was alive and well in Eritrea . Years later , Pool embarked on a journey to trace her unknown family .