A moving reunion is going viral after Jon Scarlett-Phillips met his biological family 40 years after being abandoned as a newborn.<\/p>\n
In 1984, Jon was found in a toilet at a leisure center near Milton Keynes, UK\u2014left in a shopping bag with his placenta still attached. Three teenage girls heard his cries and saved his life.<\/p>\n
Now 40 and a chef, Jon appeared on Long Lost Family: Born Without a Trace<\/em> to search for answers. \u201cI\u2019m grateful they found me,\u201d he said. \u201cThey saved my life.\u201d<\/p>\n Jon was adopted into a loving home but always wondered why his birth mother left him. After struggles in his youth, including a near-fatal overdose, his wife encouraged him to find the truth.<\/p>\n Through the show, Jon learned his birth mother was 20 at the time, had two daughters, and was in a bad mental state. Though she declined to meet him, his half-sisters did, sharing a message: \u201cIt\u2019s not a no, Jon. It\u2019s just time.\u201d<\/p>\n After meeting them, Jon said, \u201cThat emptiness has disappeared completely. I\u2019m a happy man.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" A moving reunion is going viral after Jon Scarlett-Phillips met his biological family 40 years after being abandoned as a newborn. In 1984, Jon was found in a toilet at a leisure center near Milton Keynes, UK\u2014left in a shopping bag with his placenta still attached. Three teenage girls heard his cries and saved his…<\/p>\n