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Plea by woman abandoned as baby in Cardiff 71 years ago

It was December 1939, Britain had declared war on Germany weeks before, and a baby girl was found abandoned in the doorway of a city centre hotel.

Pat Fitzgerald was three months old when she was found wrapped in blankets on the steps of the Royal Hotel in Cardiff.

Now 71 and a grandmother, she is appealing for help to find the relatives she has never known.

She was adopted by loving parents, but would love to trace her "lost family".

The Royal Hotel marked the anniversary of the night she was found by giving her VIP treatment....

Read entire article at BBC