Girl 4 Stolen By Gypsies Reunited With UK Family 53 Yrs On

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Girl Stolen Aged 4 With Fake Disney Offer Miraculously Reunited With UK Family 53 Years On

Susan Gervaise vanished in 1969 when a traveller family offered to take her on holiday to Disney World in Florida, US, with their children and never brought her back

Daily Mirror UK 8 OCT 2022







Susan Gervaise aged four





Susan Gervaise who has been reunited with the family she didn’t know she had after 53 years



Madeleine McCann’s parents were given fresh hope she may be found after a Brit girl stolen aged four was reunited with her family 53 years on.

Susan Gervaise vanished in 1969 when a traveller family offered to take her on holiday to Disney World in Florida, US, with their children - and never brought her back.

She was taken to Canada, Australia and New Zealand by her new `mum and dad’ who lied they had adopted her.

Meanwhile, her UK family spent five decades desperately searching for her fearing they would never set eyes on her again.

They have now been reunited after Susan’s husband posted an appeal on Facebook in Australia.

Within 30 minutes her relatives in Pontefract, West Yorkshire, quickly found out about it and responded.

Now Susan has been reunited with four of her six siblings.




Susan Gervaise with long lost siblings (L-R): Roger Preece, Susan, Angela Hall and Catherine Bailey


The mum-of-three spoke out to give hope to other relatives of missing children such as the McCanns whose daughter Madeleine vanished aged three on holiday in Portugal in 2007.

Susan, who lives in Australia and herself has four grandchildren, said: “As a child I lived with my six siblings in an old vicarage on a travellers' site. We weren’t travellers.

"My mum was on her own and we were all in and out of foster care.

"I was befriended by a couple on the site who were from Scotland, the woman, who I call my mum, had MS and they had two sons. I think they wanted a girl.

"They asked my mum if they could take me to Disney World and she gave them my birth certificate so I could be put on their passport.

"Instead, they took me to Canada, then Australia and later New Zealand.

"This was always their plan."

Susan, whose family surname is Preece, was told she had been put for adoption after her biological parents disowned her.

"I lived with the travelling community and lived a cherished life where I was spoiled rotten," she said.

"My mum died from MS when I was 10, but even then, being raised in the hub of a travelling community I was very loved.

"I have always been happy growing up. I travelled the world."