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Holly Lennon

Woman in desperate search to find dad she's never met that could be in Glasgow

A woman has launched a desperate search to trace her dad who she believes is living in Glasgow.

Colette Murphy, from East Ham in London, has been searching for her dad Kevin Bennett for nearly two decades.

The 34-year-old has taken her search down every possible avenue in an attempt to meet her biological father for the first time but has so far been unsuccessful.

She's now hoping the people of Glasgow will be able to give her the answers that she's been searching for.

She told Glasgow Live: "I found out when I was 17 that the person who I thought was my dad wasn't my real dad and ever since then I've been searching.

"I tried Salvation Army but they couldn't help as they weren't married. I even tried Jeremy Kyle but they said I didn't have enough information to go on.

"Recently I found a company called Findermonkey who have a very high success rate and have started a Facebook campaign as other searches have failed."

Kevin lived in Westferry Road, Isle of Dogs, in London and was best friends with Colette's uncle David Thomas. He started seeing her mum Sally Thomas but when she fell pregnant, he was wrongly told that the baby wasn't his.

It's known that Kevin supported Millwall FC and Rangers as his mum was from Glasgow. He had a Millwall tattoo on his hand, was born on July 23 of either 1961 or 1963, and had a sister called Kathy.

Colette is searching for her dad Kevin (Contributed)

Colette explained: "I have a letter written by him at the time 35-years-ago saying he hoped the baby (me) was his.

"After this, he disappeared and it was said he went back to Glasgow to his mums and he's not been seen again.

"I desperately want answers and just to genuinely know the man who is my Dad. I have my own family now and even if he's passed away I would hopefully still want to know any remaining family connections."

Do you know Kevin? Get in touch with us at news@glasgowlive.co.uk

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