Twins Adopted To Different Parents Didn’t Know About Each Other Until Now

What About Ann?

Ann grew up with her adoptive parents, Hector and Gladys Wilson. Her mother had originally intended to give both babies up for adoption, because she was unmarried, was a domestic servant, and there was a huge stigma for the child and the mother in an unwed situation. Also, there was always a very real chance that the employer would not accept the pariah status of having such a woman in their employ.

As it was, Elizabeth did not live with her mother until she was 3 or 4. At that time, her mother moved to Berkhamsted and began working for Captain Hallam. She paid a woman to care for her daughter and visited her on her half-day off. Alice arrived unexpectedly one day to see Elizabeth and found her dressed in rags (even though Alice had made her dresses). She took Elizabeth to live with her at Hallam’s estate in the servant’s quarters through World War II.