The long way home

It is very sad when members of the same family do not talk with each other. The childred suffer for the adult ego. Cousins miss the wonderful opportunity to be together, and al due to a bruised ego.

A long way to go

A lot of work to do or improvements to make:

He has a long way to go before he can present the plans to the public.

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First it was a media sensation. Then it became the New York Times bestseller and #1 international bestseller A Long Way Home. Now it’s Lion, the major motion picture starring Dev Patel, Nicole Kidman, and Rooney Mara—nominated for six Academy Awards!

This is the miraculous and triumphant story of Saroo Brierley, a young man who used Google Earth to rediscover his childhood life and home in an incredible journey from India to Australia and back again…

At only five years old, Saroo Brierley got lost on a train in India. Unable to read or write or recall the name of his hometown or even his own last name, he survived alone for weeks on the rough streets of Calcutta before ultimately being transferred to an agency and adopted by a couple in Australia.

Despite his gratitude, Brierley always wondered about his origins. Eventually, with the advent of Google Earth, he had the opportunity to look for the needle in a haystack he once called home, and pore over satellite images for landmarks he might recognize or mathematical equations that might further narrow down the labyrinthine map of India. One day, after years of searching, he miraculously found what he was looking for and set off to find his family.

A Long Way Home is a moving, poignant, and inspirational true story of survival and triumph against incredible odds. It celebrates the importance of never letting go of what drives the human spirit: hope.

“A Long Way Home” is a memoir by Saroo Brierley that chronicles his journey from being a five-year-old child in India who got lost and ended up being adopted by an Australian couple, to his quest as a young adult to find his birth family. Some of the key points of the book include:

  1. Saroo grew up in a small village in India with his mother, brothers, and sister. One night, when he was five years old, he got lost on a train and ended up in Kolkata, thousands of miles away from his home.

  2. Saroo survived on the streets of Kolkata for several weeks before being taken in by an orphanage. Eventually, he was adopted by an Australian couple and moved to Tasmania.

  3. Saroo had a happy childhood in Australia, but as he grew older, he became increasingly curious about his birth family and his past. He began to have vivid memories of his life in India and decided to try to find his way back home.

  4. Saroo used Google Earth to trace his way back to his hometown in India, and eventually, he was able to reunite with his birth mother and sister. The reunion was emotional and powerful, and Saroo finally felt a sense of closure about his past.

  5. “A Long Way Home” is a story of resilience, determination, and the power of love. Saroo’s journey is an inspiring reminder that even in the darkest of times, there is always hope for a brighter future.

True Story of A 5 Years Old Indian Boy Gets Lost On a Train Which Takes Him Thousands of Miles Away

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4 feb 2022 
 
Saroo gets separated from his family at the age of five and ends up being adopted by an Australian couple. However, 25 years later, he returns to India to search for his birth parents.

Going Home After 25 Years with Google Earth | Saroo Birerley | Google Zeitgeist

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18 sep 2013

Saroo Birerly recounts the incredible story of how he found his birth mother and family that inspired the Academy-Award nominated film Lion.

Google Zeitgeist is a collection of talks by people who are changing the world. Hear entrepreneurs, CEOs, storytellers, scientists, and dreamers share their visions of how we can shape tomorrow.

1 Lost in India at 5 Years Old, Saroo Brierley spent 25 Years Trying to Find His Family | Goalcast

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12 feb. 2021

✪5-year-old Saroo Brierley woke up on a train heading 2,000km away from his home in India & thought he’d never see his family again. Accidentally orphaned, an Australian family adopted him but Saroo couldn’t let go of the thought that his family mighty still be alive. 25 years later, he embarked on a quest to find the truth and what happens next is truly unbelievable.

2 Saroo’s incredible journey to find his long lost family | 60 Minutes Australia

5 jul. 2019

Few life stories involve such impossible odds, incredible love, and sheer determination as Saroo Brierley’s. Born into a poor family in central India, Saroo became lost when he was just five years old. A terrifying train ride took him to the other side of the country. And with no way home, Saroo ended up among the millions of desperate kids living on India’s streets. But the love of a Tasmanian couple offered him a new life. He grew up and prospered as a young Australian, but all the while there was a yearning for his long lost family in India. In this 60 Minutes Special, Saroo tells the astonishing story of how he found them (2013).

3 – 60 Minutes Australia: The long way home (2017), part one

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Joel De Carteret’s remarkable journey proves the power of love can overcome truly impossible odds. There’s an extraordinary ending to this story, but it begins with heartbreak. As a five year old Joel got hopelessly lost from his mother when he wandered away from the family home and into a bustling city market in the Philippines. He searched and searched but couldn’t find her, and eventually was taken to an orphanage. Imagine his despair as for the next 18 months this little boy contemplated a future with little hope. But Joel is plucky and also lucky. He’s adopted by a caring and loving Australian family. He goes on to lead a happy and successful life here, except something is always missing. Six months ago, 30 years after getting lost, Joel De Carteret couldn’t ignore the pain any longer. He had to find his birth mother. But in a country of one hundred million, where would he even start to look? Reporter: Liam Bartlett Producer: Jo Townsend

4 – 60 Minutes Australia: The long way home (2017), part two

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Joel De Carteret’s remarkable journey proves the power of love can overcome truly impossible odds. There’s an extraordinary ending to this story, but it begins with heartbreak. As a five year old Joel got hopelessly lost from his mother when he wandered away from the family home and into a bustling city market in the Philippines. He searched and searched but couldn’t find her, and eventually was taken to an orphanage. Imagine his despair as for the next 18 months this little boy contemplated a future with little hope. But Joel is plucky and also lucky. He’s adopted by a caring and loving Australian family. He goes on to lead a happy and successful life here, except something is always missing. Six months ago, 30 years after getting lost, Joel De Carteret couldn’t ignore the pain any longer. He had to find his birth mother. But in a country of one hundred million, where would he even start to look? Reporter:

Liam Bartlett
Producer: Jo Townsend

5 – 60 Minutes Australia: The long way home (2017), part three


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6 Little boy lost in market embarks on journey to find family | 60 Minutes Australia

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17 jun. 2020

Subscribe here: http://9Soci.al/chmP50wA97J Full Episodes: https://9now.app.link/uNP4qBkmN6 | The Long Way Home (2017)
 
Joel De Carteret’s remarkable journey proves the power of love can overcome truly impossible odds. There’s an extraordinary ending to this story, but it begins with heartbreak. As a five year old Joel got hopelessly lost from his mother when he wandered away from the family home and into a bustling city market in the Philippines. He searched and searched but couldn’t find her, and eventually was taken to an orphanage. Imagine his despair as for the next 18 months this little boy contemplated a future with little hope. But Joel is plucky and also lucky. He’s adopted by a caring and loving Australian family. He goes on to lead a happy and successful life here, except something is always missing. Six months ago, 30 years after getting lost, Joel De Carteret couldn’t ignore the pain any longer. He had to find his birth mother. But in a country of one hundred million, where would he even start to look?
 
Reporter: Liam Bartlett
Producer: Jo Townsend
 
For forty years, 60 Minutes have been telling Australians the world’s greatest stories. Tales that changed history, our nation and our lives. Reporters Liz Hayes, Allison Langdon, Tara Brown, Charles Wooley, Liam Bartlett and Sarah Abo look past the headlines because there is always a bigger picture. Sundays are for 60 Minutes.
 
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7 – Defying odds of one hundred million to one to find long lost mum | 60 Minutes Australia

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8 – Saroo Brierley: Homeward Bound

 

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For more than a quarter century, Saroo Brierley searched for his family before finding his way back home with the help of #GoogleEarth. Watch the incredible true story of hope, determination and technology.

9 – 60 Minutes Australia: Lost & Found (2013) – Part One

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Gepubliceerd op 26 apr. 2017

Few life stories involve such impossible odds, incredible love, and sheer determination as Saroo Brierley’s. Born into a poor family in central India, Saroo became lost when he was just five years old. A terrifying train ride took him to the other side of the country. And with no way home, Saroo ended up among the millions of desperate kids living on India’s streets. But the love of a Tasmanian couple offered him a new life. He grew up and prospered as a young Australian, but all the while there was a yearning for his long lost family in India. In this 60 Minutes Special, Saroo tells the astonishing story of how he found them.

Reporter: Allison Langdon
Producer: Gareth Harvey

10 – 60 Minutes Australia: Lost & Found (2013) – Part Two

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11 – Saroo Brierley Went Through ‘Hell On Earth’ Before Reuniting With His Mother | TODAY

Gepubliceerd op 26 feb. 2017

Saroo Brierley, the inspiration for the Oscar-nominated movie “Lion,” sits down with Sunday TODAY’s Willie Geist to discuss his life story, saying he went through “hell on Earth” as a child before eventually reuniting with his birth mother.
 

12 The Family Behind ‘Lion’: Saroo Brierley’s Incredible Story | Studio 10

 

19 jan. 2017

13 – ‘Lion’ Star Sunny Pawar on Playing Little Saroo

9 jan. 2017

“Lion” star Sunny Pawar, who plays Little Saroo, discusses his role and the movie with WSJ’s Tanya Rivero. The 8-year-old boy, who had never acted before, also discusses how he prepared for the role.

14 – Roshani reunites with mother 28 years after she was forced to give her up | 60 Minutes Australia

Gepubliceerd op 13 sep. 2018

 
For forty years, 60 Minutes have been telling Australians the world’s greatest stories. Tales that changed history, our nation and our lives. Reporters Liz Hayes, Allison Langdon, Tara Brown, Charles Wooley, Liam Bartlett and Tom Steinfort look past the headlines because there is always a bigger picture. Sundays are for 60 Minutes.

15 – Baby accidentally given to wrong couple reunited with real parents – BBC News

Gepubliceerd op 2 jun. 2016

A couple who were given the wrong baby by a hospital in El Salvador a year ago, have finally been allowed to travel home with the correct child. Rich Cushworth – who is British – and his wife, Mercedes – were only given a birth certificate for their son Moses a few days ago. They landed back home in Dallas, Texas this week where they have been speaking exclusively to our correspondent Matthew Price.

16 – 2 sets of identical twins switched at birth reunite

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Gepubliceerd op 10 jul. 2015

 
Two sets of identical twins are reunited with each other after they were separated and switched at birth over 20 years ago. CNN’s Brooke Baldwin has more.

17 – Twin Sisters Separated at Birth Reunite on ‘GMA’ 

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Gepubliceerd op 11 jan. 2017

 
Two sisters, each adopted from China by different American families, meet in person for the first time.

18 – Mothers discover their babies were switched at birth | 60 Minutes Australia

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Gepubliceerd op 2 nov. 2018

 
It is the impossible choice that no mother should ever have to face: Surrender the child you have lovingly raised for the last four years, to take back the child you originally gave birth to. It’s an unimaginable dilemma that in this day should be the stuff of fiction, but for two mothers this has become a reality after their babies were switched at birth. What makes this case even more perplexing is how the hospital could confuse the two babies – you see one is a boy, and the other is a girl.
 
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19 – The Gatwick Baby – Abandoned At Birth


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Hi my name is Steve and I was abandoned as a baby on the 10th of April 1986 at Gatwick Airport I was found by a lady that worked at the airport i was found in the ladies toilets, the doctors believed I was around 10 days old, I was given the birth date of the 31st March however I don’t know if that is the day I was born but that is the day I celebrate my birthday.

When I was abandoned I was in the newspapers and all over the news. I was named by airport staff as Gary Gatwick

My first birth certificate states I was named as Gary Laker. I was adopted later on and my name changed to Steven Gary Hydes.

I am searching for any information as to what happened to me. I started my search around 9 years ago where i appealed for help on Meridian Mews, GMTV, and local newspapers, where as I then met the women who found me and other people who were involved in my case I then appeared in a documentary on channel 2 called found, I then stopped my search for a while as i had my daughter and started again 2 years ago when I appeared in a documentary on BBC 3 in April 2011 called The Gatwick Baby Abandoned at Birth.

Following this I went in national newspapers again, this morning and the late late show in Ireland. the documentary also went worldwide but unfortunately I have not found out what happened to me the day or the days before I was abandoned. since doing the Documentary I have had a son and although I have a happy family I want to know what happened to me in the early days as I do not know my name, birthday or if I have any brothers or sisters.

I am looking for any information that anyone might know or have to find out what happened to me you can message me on Facebook or on my email address at the top. I do have someone helping me who has helped me since day one and is happy to talk to anyone in confidence without me knowing if you wish. any little detail is a lot to me as I know nothing.

I was left in baby grows and blankets but no note was left they say I had been well cared for. you can view the photos of my baby grows and blankets in my photos.

You can view my story:-

Guardian – http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyl…
Daily Mail – http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/artic…
BBC Three – http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b010fq9r
Daily Mirror – http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/real-lif…
BBC News – http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-13001370
Metro – http://www.metro.co.uk/tv/reviews/860…

Keith is the person helping me and if anyone wishes to contact him in strict confidence instead of my self they can contact him on buddyatkeepers@hotmail.co.uk,he is happy to speak to anyone and would pass on a charity s information if they wish to discuss with someone more private however what is said to Keith will not even get back to me if that is there wish.I appreciate people sharing my page as this gives me more chance of finding out information someone out there must know and i want my biological family to know that i have no anger towards what happened as I believe what they did they would have had a very good reason, I understand my mum may have a family where they will know nothing about me or her past and that I understand but I have a whole family out there that I know nothing about.

20 What happens when children switched at birth aren’t swapped back? | 60 Minutes Australia

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23 okt. 2021

 
It’s been one of the most extraordinary stories ever reported on 60 Minutes, two boys born on the same day who were switched at birth. Two years later, the mothers discovered the terrible truth: they’d each been raising the wrong child. Then, the agonising decision – should they give back the sons they’d believed were their own? Well, they chose nurture over nature and decided not to swap the boys back. Today, they’re teenagers, having grown up living the other’s life – for one it’s been a tough life on the breadline, while the other has struck it lucky.
 
For forty years, 60 Minutes have been telling Australians the world’s greatest stories. Tales that changed history, our nation and our lives. Reporters Liz Hayes, Tom Steinfort, Tara Brown, Liam Bartlett and Sarah Abo look past the headlines because there is always a bigger picture. Sundays are for 60 Minutes.

21 Mom’s DNA Test Reveals Daughter Was Switched at Birth | The Oprah Winfrey Show | OWN

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1 dec. 2020

 
When Paula Johnson took a DNA test, she received the shocking news that the girl she raised as her own was not her biological daughter. There had been a terrible mix-up at the hospital and two little girls, Rebecca and Callie, were mistakenly switched and sent home with the wrong mothers. In 2001, Paula sat down with Oprah to share her story and how learning the results of the DNA test proved life-changing.
 
 
 

22 – 18-Year-Old Kidnapped at Birth Speaks Out About Accused Kidnapper


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Gepubliceerd op 19 jan. 2017

 
Alexis Manigo, who was given the name Kamiyah Mobley at birth, said she will always consider her alleged abductor “mom.”

23 – Teen Kidnapped As Baby Defends Abductor: ‘She Will Always Be Mom’ | TODAY

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Gepubliceerd op 16 jan. 2017

 
The 18-year-old girl who was kidnapped as a baby from the hospital meets her birth parents for the first time, while the man who raised her processes the fact he’s not her biological father.

24 – Woman accused of kidnapping baby faces bio mom in court

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Gepubliceerd op 4 mei 2018

 
Gloria Williams, who pleaded guilty to kidnapping a baby and raising her as her own, faces up to 22 years in jail.

25 – Gloria Williams Sentencing

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Gepubliceerd op 4 mei 2018

 
Gloria Williams faces sentencing for kidnapping newborn Kimayah Mobley in 1998. Family members from both sides testify, aside from Kimayah who has decided not to.

26 – 5 Disappearances That Were Solved Decades Later | Part 2

 

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Gepubliceerd op 13 aug. 2019

 
5 Missing Person Cases That Were Solved Decades Later. Some of these mysterious cases took years to solve.

27 – Meet Alice Plebuch, A Woman Who Discovered That Her Father Was Switched At Birth | Megyn Kelly TODAY

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Gepubliceerd op 12 mrt. 2018

 
Alice Plebuch always thought she was Irish-Catholic until a DNA test gave her startling news – and led her to uncover that her father had been switched at birth with another baby born the same day. She is joined on Megyn Kelly TODAY by Pam Benson, daughter of the man with whom her father was switched.

28 Bitter family saga as mothers discover sons were switched at birth | 60 Minutes Australia

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(2012) Imagine making a decision – just one decision – that would haunt you for life and rip away everything you loved. Back in 1991, Sandy Dawkins and Megs Clinton Parker discovered that their two-year-old sons had been switched at birth, that they were each raising a child that was not biologically their own. They could have swapped the boys over then and there. But they didn’t. For the next two decades, we watched as Sandy and Megs tried to make their bizarre relationship work. But, perhaps inevitably, it all fell apart. Now, 23 years later, there’s been yet another and even more extraordinary twist in this bitter family saga.
 
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29 –  William Tyrrell investigation: Largest manhunt in Australian history | 60 Minutes Australia

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Gepubliceerd op 12 sep. 2019

 
“William was stolen” – William Tyrrell’s heartbroken mum and dad open up for the first time since their boy vanished. (2015)

30 – Neighbour tells William Tyrrell inquest of ‘boy in Spiderman suit’ sighting

Gepubliceerd op 30 aug. 2019
 
A neighbour has told an inquest into the disappearance of William Tyrrell that he is 100 per cent sure he saw a boy in a Spiderman suit, the day the toddler disappeared.

31 Hero cop found guilty of illegal recording in William Tyrrell investigation | 60 Minutes Australia

13 apr. 2020

Full Episodes here http://9Soci.al/sImy50wNiXL | Man of conviction (2020)
 
Crooks revile Gary Jubelin but victims of crime revere him. It’s the former New South Wales homicide detective’s greatest reward. Gary is a man of enormous conviction who’s had great success solving the toughest cases. But last week a court found him guilty of illegally recording conversations on his phone. At the time of the offence he was investigating the disappearance and suspected murder of three-year-old William Tyrrell. As Tara Brown reports, Gary escaped a jail sentence for his crime, but copped a ten thousand dollar fine. However, he’s also suffered something far worse: the disintegration of his reputation, and the accusation he put himself above the law.
 

Gepubliceerd op 12 jun. 2019
 
In May of 2019 a coronal inquiry into the disappearance of young William Tyrell, released two significant pieces of evidence obtained in 2014 by investigating officers. During the initial search of bushland around the Tyrell residence, located in the rural bushland suburb of Kendall on the mid north coastal region of NSW, officers found a tuft of strawberry blond hair as well as red cloth fibers snagged on a barb wire fence, directly across from Williams last known location. The barb wire fence adjoined expansive and almost inaccessible bushland. Ironically the hair and fiber was found exactly, where in 2016, my own investigation offered an alternative abduction route into the local bushland. Why was my correct abduction route theory ignored by authorities you may ask? Authorities ignored the new theory because I strongly suggested that William was abducted by a Yowie (an Australian variant of Sasquatch). Why then would such a creature abduct a human child? It was, and still is my contention that this creature had been habituating the Kendall residential area for some time, and was, in my view, a female of the species that abducted young William after grieving the loss or still birthed it’s own young. Potentialy affected by strong ongoing maternal instinct and hormonal imbalance. Although this theory sounds absurd in the extreme, extensive historical research reveals that such abductions have happened before, in Australia and almost every country that has similar cryptic, non human primates. Additionally, the region that William Tyrell vanished from has an extensive history of Yowie sightings going back to the mid 1800’s (and much, much earlier when Aboriginal oral tradition is taken into account) Link to my original 2016 research video… https://youtu.be/oyLhLkPBTsc
 
Supporting evidence: All known Yowie sightings from the region William Tyrell was abducted from (The Australian Mid North Coastal region) https://youtu.be/xTBVUjdqlHE

32 How Bike Shop Owner Discovered He Was Jeff Bezos’ Dad

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Gepubliceerd op 9 jul. 2019

Jeff Bezos changed the way we shop forever when he founded Amazon in 1994. He later became the world’s richest man. In 2014, Inside Edition met his biological father, Ted Jorgensen, a bicycle repairman in Phoenix. He was a teenage circus performer when he married Bezos’ mom and after their marriage broke up, Jorgensen gave up custody of his son. “Big mistake,” he told Inside Edition. He only realized who his son was when a biographer contacted him. Jorgensen passed away in 2015.

33 Reality Show Reunites Father and Son

3 jun. 2010

After 28 years apart, a TV show and kind stranger help reconnect a family.

34 How three children survived being stranded on a deserted island | 60 Minutes Australia

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6 dec. 2021

 
Castaways (2004) Their survival is quite extraordinary, their story, unique. Little wonder that on remote Badu Island, in the Torres Strait, the locals are calling it a miracle. Three children, castaway, all alone on a deserted island living on coconuts and oysters. But first there was that disaster at sea; an accident that would claim the lives of their parents and another child, a three-year-old. Then the marathon swim through treacherous waters, braving sharks and crocodiles. And they’re just youngsters, remarkable, courageous youngsters now telling their story for the first time.

35 Canular du hamster qui joue au soccer

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Le petit blond met la main sur un hamster logé dans une balle d’exercices et la lance à de jeunes joueurs de soccer. Ils se mettent à jouer avec la boule et le hamster dedans, devant le visage horrifié des passants qui essaient de dégager la pauvre bête. Une présentation de la chaine vidéo YouTube officielle de Juste pour rire les gags. Bourrez-vous la face des meilleurs et plus drôls gags de caméra cachée jamais tournés.

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