Abandoned as a baby in a Gatwick Airport toilet, after 33 years British man manages to track down parents
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Steve Hydes, who was abandoned as a baby at Gatwick Airport more than 30 years ago, has tracked down his parents.
Steve Hydes was left in the airport’s south terminal in 1986 when he was just 10 days old and was found wrapped in a blanket in the women’s toilets. He had initially been given the name of ‘Gary Gatwick’, after the teddy donated to him bought from one of the airport’s gift shops. His name was changed to Steven Hydes when he was formally adopted.
Hydes has spent 15 years trying trace his family and now, after genealogists tested DNA samples, has discovered that his mother passed away but his father is still alive.
I would like to confirm that I have found my birth parents. For more info visit my Gary Gatwick facebook page. Thank you all for your continued support.
After making contact with his father, Hydes found he had siblings who did not know he existed.
Hydes wanted to be able to tell his own children his background and more about their family heritage and started the search for his parents.
He was fostered and then adopted by a family with three sisters. He never harboured any ill-feeling towards his biological parents, but was curious about his past. Steve has kept all the items that he was found with under the sink, including the Gary Gatwick teddy bear that was given to him.
