Aldridge cancer patient with only 18 months to live in plea to trace sister

Pamela Mornington, aged 65, was diagnosed with lung and liver cancer earlier this year.

Twenty five years ago the mother-of-four, who was adopted at early age, was reunited with three of her four siblings thanks to help from the Express & Star.

She met Linda Fletcher, 63, Maureen Grigg, 69 and brother Michael Edwards, 61 – but not her other sister Caroline Harper, whose maiden name was Edwards.

Now she is appealing for anyone who may know Caroline in a final bid to meet her before she dies.

She has been carrying out the search on her own for some time, with the help of administrators and members of a Facebook group called Long Lost Families.

Mrs Mornington, from Aldridge, believes Caroline, who was born in 1948 , could be living in Hednesford. She said: "I just think it would be fantastic to be able to know that I have met everyone from the family.

"I have never let being adopted get me down, I had a great family growing up, they really looked after me.

"I have enjoyed tracking down all of my other siblings too, it is amazing to go through all of this searching and actually achieve something.

"This is a missing link left in the family and it would be nice before anything does happen to me if I could find her. Finding the others was a huge moment in my life and getting to meet my final sibling would be so fulfilling. The rest of us get together regularly, have a little drink and a chat and make up for lost time.

"It would be amazing if Caroline was able to get in touch."

Mrs Mornington, who recovered from cancer of the voice box three years ago, has been told by doctors that she may only have 18 months left.

She said: "I have had six lots of chemotherapy and I have been told radiotherapy is next. I still hope I can last a little bit longer than the doctors have told me."