He revealed that when Mandy's mother was 17, and he was 18, she got pregnant. But when her search came to a dead end, she employed the help of ITV's Long Lost Family team. After meeting her sister, Mandy, on cloud nine, said: 'On a scale of 1 to 10… 100! At the age of seven, however, her mother told her that she was adopted, changing the course of her life forever. After her search came to a dead end, she reached out to ITV's Long Lost Family, who helped her learn more about her past.