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Reform politician found out she was adopted when she was 40
BBC • • world
Key Points:
- Catherine Cullen, a Welsh politician and mother of six, discovered at age 40 that she was adopted, a fact kept hidden by her parents, which led her to research and find her birth parents.
- Cullen and her husband, himself an adoptee, have adopted three children in addition to their three biological children, with three of their children on the autistic spectrum.
- Her personal experience with adoption has fueled her political focus on improving support for adoptees, including emotional support and assistance in locating birth families.
- Cullen emphasizes the importance of adoption as a means to provide children with a loving and stable foundation, and advocates for reducing the time children spend in care before being adopted.
- Before entering politics, Cullen was a science teacher and full-time parent, later earning a master's degree in additional learning needs, and she now represents Blaenau Gwent Caerffili Rhymni in the Welsh Parliament as a member of Reform UK.
